Although each screen has its own purpose, they all fit into the same overall payroll flow.
At a high level:
Staff stores employee records and their relative settings
Codes stores paycodes and how they work
Settings stores company-wide defaults, which can impact Staff & Codes
Pay dates sets the dates for the current pay process
Payrun uses all of the above to build and process payroll
Reports, Print, and Files provide different ways to generate, reopen, or retrieve outputs
Tools supports utility and maintenance actions
Resources stores supporting reference material
A simple way to think about it is:
Settings, Staff, Codes and Pay dates define payroll and any default settings
Payrun processes payroll
Reports, Print, and Files allow you to review, or retrieve outputs
Next Steps
Once you understand the basic flow of payroll in SmoothPay, you should move on to The main screens in SmoothPay