Front-End System Interface (FESI)

About Payroll Document Processing

The payroll document file includes payroll documents that are entered in FESI and transmitted for processing in PPS. Payroll documents are processed in PPS to make deductions, disburse payments, transfer leave data, evaluate employees’ performance, disburse payments through direct deposit (DD)/electronic funds transfer (EFT), and update miscellaneous data elements in the PPS database.

Payroll documents that are effective in a future pay period are edited in PINE and applied to the future file, if no errors are encountered. Payroll documents that are effective in the past or in the current processing pay period are edited and applied to the database, if no errors are encountered. If any document fails the PINE edits, it may remain in suspense for one PINE pass; then automatically be deleted based on the batch number used.

The payroll document record of the Payroll/Personnel Documents File consists of the control data and the specific payroll document data record. Each payroll document is a separate record. All data elements are described in the FESI Code Catalog. Go to to the NFC Web site (www.nfc.usda.gov) and select the HR and Payroll Clients page from the MyNFC drop-down menu. Click the Publications tab. Then on the right-hand Other Publications menu, click FESI Code Catalog.