What is the purpose of the “Bank Details” section in Salary Slip?

[dormant]

Hai, Guys. I am new to payroll in erpnext
I noticed there’s a “Bank Details” section in the Salary Slip (or Payroll Entry) form, which includes these fields:

• Journal Entry
• Bank Name
• Bank Account No

I’m wondering:

1. What is the actual purpose of these fields?
2. Is the “Journal Entry” field supposed to be linked automatically after creating a bank payment entry, or should it be filled manually?
3. How does this section integrate with payroll payment processing or GL entries?

I couldn’t find detailed documentation on this part, so any clarification or example workflow would be really helpful

Thanks in advance!

[rk_root]

Payroll Entry = Accounting for salary expense
Bank Payment = Clearing the payable (linked through the Journal Entry field)

If you’re managing salary payments through the “Generate Bank File” option, these fields help record which account the file belongs to and simplify reconciliation later.

[dormant]

Thank you, I am new to this kind of thing, where is the Generate Bank File?

I was trying to understand the flow, and got stuck in how do i make Journal Entry for Payroll.

[volkswagner]

Once you set up the account and bank account in Payroll Entry, you’ll see the “Make Bank Entry” button after submitting Salary Slips.