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title: Payroll Analysis
keywords: payroll analysis, payroll over time, time analysis, employee hours, payroll report, advanced payroll batches, logged time, per-day hours
summary: "Guide to the Payroll Analysis page in Manor: the time-over-time table of logged hours per employee, its filters (payroll batch, project, pay period, unit), the day columns grouped by month, the per-employee drill-down and how the data relates to pay periods and payroll batches."
url: /payroll/analysis
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# Payroll Analysis

## Introduction

The **Analysis** page in the Payroll section shows how much time employees have logged over time, broken down day by day. Rather than a single total per period, it lays out the logged hours for every employee against the days of the surrounding months, so you can spot patterns, unusually high or low days, and gaps at a glance. Selecting an employee opens a detailed breakdown of their time per project.

> **Requirement:** The **Analysis** page only appears in the Payroll menu when **Enable payroll** is set to **Enabled with advanced payroll batches** in Management > Settings > Features. With plain **Enabled**, the entry is not shown. See [Payroll](payroll.md).

![The Payroll Analysis page](../screenshots/payroll-analysis-page.png)

## Accessing the Analysis page

1. Open **Payroll** in the main navigation.
2. Select **Analysis**.

The page always shows a single firm at a time. Use the firm selector at the top to switch firm. This page has **Settings** and **Payroll rules** links to the firm's payroll configuration. These links appear on most Payroll pages, but not on the Flextime report.

## Filters

A filter row at the top narrows the data that is shown:

| Filter | Description |
|---|---|
| **Quick filter** | Free-text search across the table. |
| **Payroll batch** | Restrict the data to a specific payroll batch. Defaults to **Unpaid**, which shows time that has not yet been included in a payroll batch. |
| **Project** | Restrict the data to a single project. Defaults to **All projects**. |
| **Pay period** | Choose the period scope: **Both current and past payroll periods** (default), **Only past payroll periods**, or an individual period such as **September 2026**. |
| **Unit** | Restrict the data to a department (unit). Defaults to **All departments**. |

The filters combine, so you can, for example, view only unpaid time for one project within one pay period.

## The Time table

The main card is titled **Time** and contains a table:

- **Rows** are the employees of the firm, one row per person.
- **Columns** are a **Total** column on the left, one column per day, and a second **Total** column at the far right; both **Total** columns show that employee's hours for the whole visible range. The day columns are grouped under month headings (for example **August 2026** and **September 2026**) and numbered with the day of the month.
- **Weekend days** are shaded so that non-working days stand out.
- Each cell shows the hours that employee logged on that day; empty cells mean no time was logged.
- Selecting an employee row opens that person's detail view.

The table scrolls horizontally where a month has more days than fit on screen.

When the current filters match no logged time, the table keeps its month and day columns but shows no employee rows.

### Employee details

Click an employee's **Total** value (or open the row) to open that person's detail. The detail shows the same day-by-day layout, but adds:

- An **Employment ratio (%)** row, showing the employee's employment ratio for each day.
- One row per **project** the employee logged time against, each expandable to its activities; time that is not tied to a specific activity appears in a **No activity** sub-row under its project.
- A **Collapse all** control to collapse or expand every project at once.
- A **Total** row summarising the period for that employee.

![Per-employee time detail](../screenshots/payroll-analysis-user-detail.png)

## What the numbers mean and how they relate to payroll

- The hours shown come from the time employees have logged in Manor, the same entries that feed [Confirmations](confirmations.md) and [Payroll Batches](payroll-batches.md).
- The **Pay period** filter reflects the firm's payroll periods, which are generated from the firm's payroll settings. See [Pay Periods](pay-periods.md).
- The **Payroll batch** filter lets you see which logged time has already been picked up by a payroll batch and which is still **Unpaid**.
- Use Analysis to review and sanity-check logged time before confirming hours and processing a payroll batch.

## Best Practices

- **Check unpaid time before processing** — filter **Payroll batch** to **Unpaid** and **Pay period** to the period you are about to process, so nothing is missed.
- **Drill into outliers** — open an employee with an unusual day or total and check their per-project breakdown.
- **Combine with confirmations** — use Analysis to spot missing or extra hours, then resolve them in [Confirmations](confirmations.md).

## Related Documentation

- [Payroll](payroll.md) — Overview of the Payroll section
- [Pay Periods](pay-periods.md) — Period generation and work quotas
- [Confirmations](confirmations.md) — Reviewing and confirming employee hours
- [Payroll Batches](payroll-batches.md) — Processing and exporting payroll runs
- [Firm Payroll Settings](../management/firm-payroll-settings.md) — Firm payroll configuration