{"id":157882,"date":"2026-11-01T11:14:52","date_gmt":"2026-11-01T11:14:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/docs.daftra.com\/?post_type=faq&#038;p=157882"},"modified":"2026-11-10T11:48:04","modified_gmt":"2026-11-10T11:48:04","slug":"why-do-some-rows-appear-read-only-in-the-payroll-sheet","status":"publish","type":"faq","link":"https:\/\/docs.daftra.com\/en\/faq\/why-do-some-rows-appear-read-only-in-the-payroll-sheet\/","title":{"rendered":"Why do some rows appear read-only in the Payroll Sheet?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\n<p style=\"margin: 0 0 14px; line-height: 1.9; font-size: 16px; color: #1f2430;\">A payslip appears read-only (in gray) in these cases:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin: 0 0 16px; padding-left: 26px;\">\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 10px; line-height: 1.9; font-size: 16px; color: #1f2430;\">The payslip status is <strong style=\"color: #111827;\">Approved<\/strong> or <strong style=\"color: #111827;\">Paid<\/strong>; editing is available only for payslips with the <strong style=\"color: #111827;\">Generated<\/strong> status.<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 10px; line-height: 1.9; font-size: 16px; color: #1f2430;\">You don\u2019t have the <strong style=\"color: #111827;\">Edit Payslips<\/strong> permission, or you have <strong style=\"color: #111827;\">Edit His Department Payslips<\/strong> and the payslip belongs to an employee outside your department.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"margin: 0 0 14px; line-height: 1.9; font-size: 16px; color: #1f2430;\">Even in editable payslips, the basic salary can\u2019t be deleted, and loan and commission values can\u2019t be typed manually.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0 0 14px; line-height: 1.9; font-size: 16px; color: #1f2430;\">To edit an approved payslip, unapprove it first from Payslips.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":39,"template":"","categories":[10389,10391],"tags":[29846,29848,29829,29847,29838,29845],"class_list":["post-157882","faq","type-faq","status-publish","hentry","category-payslips","category-payslips-en","tag-approved-payslip","tag-edit-his-department-payslips","tag-edit-payslips","tag-paid-payslip","tag-payroll-sheet-en","tag-read-only"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v17.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Why do some rows appear read-only in the Payroll Sheet? 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