Accounting & payroll
Archiving a job with payroll
Archiving a job that has payroll asks first — and the payroll is never lost: it keeps counting everywhere, marked with the archived order.
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Archiving an order hides it from the office and stops its money counting anywhere — with one exception: payroll. People were paid (or are owed) for the work, so their pay stays.
When you archive a job with payroll
MoveBoard asks first, naming the people:
> This job has payroll for Alex Sandoval, Gustavo Guzman. Archive anyway?
- Archive anyway archives the order.
- Cancel changes nothing.
Changing several orders to Archived at once from the orders list asks one question (Payroll on this job) naming each order with payroll and its people, for example "These jobs have payroll: #216244 (Alex Sandoval); #216250 (…). Archive anyway?".
What happens to the payroll
Nothing is deleted. The payroll keeps showing and counting in every payroll screen, report and statement — the Accounting page, a person's page, Payroll by Employee, Payroll by Pay Period, Commission Details — marked "archived order #216244" so you know why the order itself is gone.
Things that stop archiving altogether
Before it asks about payroll, MoveBoard refuses to archive:
- an order linked to a storage tenant who is still in storage — see Archiving an order with storage;
- a completed job: "This job is completed. Reopen the job first to change its status."
Only company admins can see archived orders, by choosing Archived in the orders list's Status filter.
Related guides
- OrdersPostpone, cancel or archive an orderWhat Postponed, Cancelled and Archived each do to an order, its trucks, its crew and your numbers.
- StorageArchiving an order with storageAn order linked to a tenant who is still in storage can't be archived — unlink it on the tenant first.
- Accounting & payrollJob payrollWhen a job's payroll is made, who is on it, what it is worked out from, and who may see or change it.
- Accounting & payrollThe Accounting pagePayroll for everyone — by department, then each person, then their jobs, misc payments and paychecks — for any pay period.
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