About Data as a Service (DaaS)

DaaS is a cloud-based product that gives you access to the Payroll and Human Resources (HR) reporting information for all users you have permission to access. Currently, DaaS offers the following reporting services:

  • My Reports
  • Adhoc Report Builder

In addition to the reporting services, the DaaS Administration feature provides security settings that control the type of information your company and your company's users can access.

Note: Depending on your company's configuration and your role, one or more of these services and features may not be available. The My Reports service is available to all users.

DaaS recognizes three user roles:

  • Internal users
  • Customer administrator users
  • Customer users

Using a user management system, your company assigns one of the following roles to its users:

  • Customer administrator user
  • Customer user

When a user logs in to DaaS, the system recognizes the role and allows the user access associated with that role.

Use the My Reports service to review reports. This service provides access to all of the following types of reports that are available to your company:

  • Powerpay Plus Standard reports
  • Client Custom reports

User access

This service is available to all users.

Accessing reports

You can use either of the following tools to access reports:

For more information about these tools, see About Page Components.

The Adhoc Report Builder service is available as a standalone service or can be used with My Reports. Use the Adhoc Report Builder service to easily:

  • Add new reports.
  • Copy predefined starter reports and customize the starter reports to meet your specific needs.

User access

This service is available to:

  • Internal users.

  • Customer administrators if the client purchases the service and administrators complete the required Powerpay Plus Adhoc Report Builder training.

  • Customer users if a customer administrator assigns the customer user access.

The Administration pages include the Client Configuration page and the User Access page.

When to use the Client Configuration page and the User Access page
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Client Configuration page
  • Review the DaaS options that are selected for the client.
  • Add or delete client custom folders.
User Access page Assign, review, and manage the DaaS security permissions for customer users.

User access

The Administration pages are available to Internal users and customer administrators only.

The primary page components for each DaaS page include the:

  • Navigation panel
  • Tool bar
  • Task pane

For detailed information about each page component, see About Page Components.

For more information about the DaaS services and features, see the online Help.

To open the Help and navigate to a specific Help topic, do this:

  1. On any page in the task bar, click Help icon..

    The following information appears:

    • Detailed Help for the page.
    • On the left side of the page, the Help navigation panel displays the Help Table of Contents, which allows you to navigate to other Help topics.
  2. After you read the information, you can close the Help window or keep it open with the product.

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