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Pay Analyst

Shows employees their payslips and payslip history, breaks down each line (base pay, overtime, deductions, taxes and net pay) and explains particular earnings, bonuses or deductions. From 26C it also answers questions about payroll policies, processes and schedules from your own payroll policy documents. Inside Employee Concierge, Oracle calls it Payslip Analyst (from 26A).
PayrollAI agentGood first agent: YesTake careReads onlyRelease 25C

Where it helps

An employee asks why their net pay was lower last month, sees the deduction that changed, and then asks when the next pay date is.

My take

MY PRACTITIONER VIEW

"Why has my pay changed?" is one of the questions payroll teams answer most, so the value is obvious. But pay mistakes cause real worry, and its policy answers are only as good as the documents you upload. Get those right first.

Things you can ask

Can I see my most recent payslip?
Show me all my payslips from January to March.
What was the total bonus in my last pay?
Can you explain the deductions on my latest payslip?
How much was my net pay two months ago?
When is the next payroll date? (26C, from your policy documents)

Examples based on Oracle's notes. What works depends on your setup.

What it won't do

  • It only answers about the employee's own pay, within their access.
  • Policy answers (26C) depend on the payroll policy documents you upload.
  • Oracle's notes don't describe it making any changes.

Good first agent?

Yes. if your payslips are already right and your policy documents are current. It only reads.

Risk level: Take care. Pay data is sensitive and a wrong explanation causes worry, but it only reads the employee's own payslips.

Before you switch it on

  1. Are payslip descriptions clear enough for an AI to explain?
  2. Which payroll policy documents will it use, and who owns them?
  3. What should an employee do if an answer looks wrong?

Next steps

Setup at a glance

Open Setup at a glance for the setup steps. Select the agent's type label to see what that type means.

Test it after each update

For Oracle Fusion Applications, non-production (test) quarterly updates follow the weekend after the first Friday of the update month; production follows the weekend after the third Friday. Run these checks after the test update and before production, and verify your tenant's exact dates in Oracle update notifications.

  • Ask about a recent payslip and check every figure.
  • Ask about a deduction and check the explanation matches your payroll setup.
  • Ask about someone else's pay and check it refuses.
  • Ask a policy question your documents don't cover and check it says so.

Watch out

Employees may treat an explanation as payroll's official answer. Make it easy to raise a query with the payroll team.

How it's changed

25C arrived; 26C payroll policy guidance from your documents.

  1. 26C
    Pay Analyst Enhanced with Payroll Policy GuidanceOracle's note ↗
  2. 25C
    Pay Analyst - AI AgentOracle's note ↗

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One place for employees to ask HR questions. It passes each question to the right agent behind it (Leave and Absence Analyst, Benefits Analyst, Compensation Advisor or Payslip Analyst), each answering from your policy documents.

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Gives employees quick answers about their own pay: current base salary, bonuses, stock grants and other variable compensation, and their full salary history.

Personal Contributions Assistant

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Time agents

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Last reviewed November 2026

This is an independent practitioner view, not Oracle documentation. Features, names and availability change each release and depend on your licences and setup; some agentic applications carry extra costs. Always check Oracle's own notes and your environment.