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Keep more than the final payroll number.

Exports are useful for moving data, but they often separate an amount from the facts, rules, approval, correction history, and evidence needed to understand it later.

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Record anatomy

One answer, still explainable.

Record model

Answer: Net payroll total
Sources: Approved facts
Rule: Dated snapshot
Authority: Named approval
Change: Append-only delta
Evidence: Verifier path

An export moves values. The record model keeps the supporting context attached.

What each format keeps.

A useful export can move payroll values into another system. A useful record should also preserve why those values were approved and how later facts changed them.

What a payroll export keeps compared with the Runbook payroll record model
Need	Payroll export	Runbook record model
Explain a number	Register amount with limited context.	Source facts, rule snapshot, calculation, approval, and evidence stay attached.
Correct a period	Manual edit or replacement export.	The original run stays preserved while late facts produce a correction delta.
Reconcile settlement	Bank file, tax confirmation, or journal stored separately.	Liability, instruction, external result, and supporting evidence share one record.
Advisor review	CSV plus screenshots.	A review packet carries gaps, caveats, and a verifier path.
Answer a later question	Reopen CSVs, screenshots, and support threads.	Follow the connected facts, decisions, changes, and verification path.

Need more than an export?

Start with the payroll question and route to the right Runbook path.

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