Hi Sean,

Most of our reports in FDI are based on the Payroll Balances subject area. A common use case for us is comparing pay by pay period for a single employee—either against OTBI reports or the actual paystub in the system.

We also analyze specific Balance Groups (e.g., all balances within a deduction group) to verify whether values align for a given time period. This approach has helped us proactively catch discrepancies or identify items that were unexpectedly included or excluded.

We’ve found that building a dashboard with a date filter, Balance Group, and the associated monetary value or hours makes it easy to review data at a glance. You can enhance it further by adding filters like Business Unit, Legal Entity, Department, etc., to support more detailed comparisons.