Invalid Variant Type Conversion
This troubleshooting guide addresses the "Invalid variant type conversion" error that occurs when trying to preview or print Payroll Checks in ACS Financial Suite.
When trying to preview or print Payroll Checks, this error displays:
Invalid variant type conversion. Could not initialize payroll checks.
Products affected: Payroll
Versions affected: Any
This occurs because the Pay Type is blank in Add/Edit Employee. To resolve this, enter a pay type for the employee, then reset payroll and process the payroll journal again.
- In ACS Financial Suite, click on the Records tab.
- In the drop-down list, select Add/Edit Employees and click Go.
- Select the employee you want to enter a pay type for and click Edit.
- Click the Pay tab.
- Select the line with a blank Pay Type and click Edit.
- Enter the Pay Type and click OK.
- On the main Financial Suite menu, click the Transaction tab.
- In the drop-down list, select Payroll Checks and click Go.
- Click Reset Payroll.
- If there are unposted checks, a confirmation message displays. Click Yes to continue. This clears everything in the Payroll Run except for the timesheet entries, and you must reprocess Payroll.
- Under Manage Records, click the Transactions tab.
- In the drop-down list, select Payroll Checks and click Go.
- Click Process Payroll Journal.
- Select the Pay Period with the adjustments that you want to process for the employees' checks. If you do not select the correct dates, not all adjustments will display.
- Select the Period Start and Period End dates.
- In the Check Date field, enter the date you want to print on the checks.
- Select the appropriate option to print the journal in summary or in detail.
- Click OK.
- To remove the Social Security Number from the report, clear the Print Social Security Number checkbox.
- To print the report, click Print. To preview before printing, click Preview.