Oracle EBS R12 General Ledger-TRAINING

Oracle EBS R12 General Ledger
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Table of Contents
Introduction.......................................................................................................................vi
Journal Entry.....................................................................................................................1
Creating Journal Batches............................................................................................................1
Entering Journals........................................................................................................................8
Changing the Journal Entry Currency.......................................................................................12
Entering Journal Lines..............................................................................................................18
Entering Entered Currency Journal...........................................................................................22
Entering Statistical Journals.....................................................................................................27
Autocopying Journal Batches...................................................................................................32
Changing a Batch Period..........................................................................................................38
Entering and Posting Journal Batches.......................................................................................43
Creating Recurring Journal Entries...........................................................................................48
Creating Skeleton Journal Entries.............................................................................................52
Changing a Recurring Journal Entry.........................................................................................57
Reviewing Recurring Journal Batches......................................................................................61
Posting Journals........................................................................................................................65
Copying Entries from an Existing Recurring Journal Batch.....................................................71
Entering a Year-End Closing Journal Entry..............................................................................75
Creating Standard Recurring Journal Entry Lines....................................................................80
Correcting Batch Posting Errors...............................................................................................85
Posting Journal Batches Automatically (AutoPost)................................................................100
Reversing Journals..................................................................................................................106
Generating Reversing Journal Batches...................................................................................113
Enabling Journal Line Reconciliation.....................................................................................120
Entering Reconciliation References........................................................................................125
Using Automatic Journal Scheduling.....................................................................................130
Adding Attachments to a Journal Entry..................................................................................139
Checking or Reserving Funds for a Journal Batch..................................................................148
Online Inquiries.............................................................................................................156
Performing Account Inquiries................................................................................................156
Performing Journal Entry Inquiries.........................................................................................167
Drilling Down to Subledger Details........................................................................................178
Viewing T-Accounts...............................................................................................................200
Performing Budget Inquiries..................................................................................................207
Reviewing Budget Balance in a Master Budget......................................................................211
Processing Consolidated Balance Inquiries............................................................................216
Defining Budgets............................................................................................................223
Defining Budgets....................................................................................................................223
Assigning Budget Periods.......................................................................................................226
Opening a Budget Period........................................................................................................228
Copying Budget Amounts from a Budget...............................................................................233
Managing Budget Organizations..................................................................................239
Defining Budget Organizations..............................................................................................239
Assigning Account Ranges to Budget Organizations.............................................................243
Protecting a Budget Organization with a Password................................................................250
Adding or Changing Individual Accounts..............................................................................255
Budget Formulas............................................................................................................261
Creating a Budget Formula Entry...........................................................................................261
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Creating Budget Formula Entry Lines....................................................................................264

Copying Existing Budget Formulas........................................................................................270
Changing a Budget Formula Entry.........................................................................................272
Entering Budget Amounts.............................................................................................277
Entering Budget Amounts for Multiple Accounts..................................................................277
Entering Budget Rules to Distribute Budget Amounts...........................................................281
Entering Budget Journals........................................................................................................287
Creating Unposted Journal Batches........................................................................................291
Exporting a Budget Worksheet Using the Budget Wizard......................................................301
Transferring Budget Amounts......................................................................................320
Transferring Budget Amounts Using Budgetary Control........................................................320
Entering Budget Transfer Amounts.......................................................................................324
Freezing Budgets............................................................................................................330
Freezing Budget Formula Batches..........................................................................................330
Freezing Budget Organizations...............................................................................................333
Freezing Budgets for a Range of Accounts.............................................................................335
Encumbrance Accounting.............................................................................................340
Defining Encumbrance Types................................................................................................340
Entering Encumbrances..........................................................................................................343
Viewing Funds Available.......................................................................................................350
Carrying Forward Year-End Encumbrance and Budget Balances..........................................354
Average Balance Processing..........................................................................................360
Opening a New Period............................................................................................................360
Archiving Journals..................................................................................................................368
Consolidating Transactions.....................................................................................................373
Consolidating Balances..........................................................................................................386
Financial Reporting.......................................................................................................398
Running Simple Reports.........................................................................................................398
Using the Financial Statement Generator (FSG).....................................................................406
Viewing Ledger Sets..............................................................................................................412
Maintenance...................................................................................................................418
Defining a Move/Merge Request............................................................................................418
Submitting a Move/Merge Request........................................................................................421
Creating New Accounts with Mass Creation..........................................................................425
Global Consolidation System........................................................................................429
Using the Consolidation Workbench......................................................................................429
Transferring Subsidiary Data to Your Parent..........................................................................436
Creating Elimination Entries..................................................................................................439
Purging Consolidation Audit Data..........................................................................................445
Multi-Currency..............................................................................................................449
Defining Foreign Currencies..................................................................................................449
Defining Currency Cross Rates..............................................................................................453
Entering a Journal with Conversion Rounding Differences....................................................457
Using the Currency Rates Manager........................................................................................465
Journal or Subledger Level Reporting Currencies.....................................................476
Entering Reporting Currencies...............................................................................................476
Using Reporting Currencies....................................................................................................479
Using the Account Hierarchy Manager.......................................................................495
Starting the Account Hierarchy Manager...............................................................................495
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Displaying Multiple Hierarchies.............................................................................................497

Adding or Changing Rollup Groups.......................................................................................508
Adding or Changing Parent Hierarchies.................................................................................520
Adding or Changing Child Values..........................................................................................541
Basic General Ledger Setup..........................................................................................563
Defining General Ledger Value Sets......................................................................................563
Creating a Responsibility for the Controller...........................................................................567
Creating a Security Rule.........................................................................................................573
Defining Accounting Key Flexfield Structures.......................................................................582
Entering Values for Key Flexfields........................................................................................596
Using the Account Hierarchy Editor.......................................................................................602
Defining an Accounting Calendar..........................................................................................617
Defining a Ledger...................................................................................................................628
Opening the First Accounting Period......................................................................................635
Setting Up Journal Categories and Sources............................................................................641
Setting Up Suspense Accounts...............................................................................................646
Entering Unbalanced Journals................................................................................................649
Custom General Ledger Reports..................................................................................659
Creating a Row Set.................................................................................................................659
Running an Ad-Hoc Row Set Report......................................................................................667
Running a Row Set Summary and Detail Report....................................................................671
Creating a Column Set............................................................................................................675
Creating a Column Set Heading.............................................................................................685
Running a Column Set Ad-Hoc Report..................................................................................689
Running Column Set Detail and Summary Reports................................................................694
Defining a Content Set...........................................................................................................698
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Introduction
Oracle General Ledger enables you to create and maintain ledgers, ledger currencies, budgets,
and journal entries.
Upon completion of this module, you will be able to:

• Perform journal entry.
• Perform online inquiries.
• Define budgets.
• Manage budget organizations.
• Manage budget formulas.
• Enter budget amounts.
• Freeze budgets.
• Use encumbrance accounting.
• Perform average balance processing.
• Run financial reporting.
• Perform maintenance.
• Use the Global Consolidation system.
• Manage multi-currencies.
• Enter reporting currencies.
• Use the Account Hierarchy Manager.
• Set up general ledger users.
• Set up general ledger.
• Manage custom general ledger reports.
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Journal Entry
Journal Entry includes information on journal batches, journal entries, batch periods, recurring
entries, and recurring batches.
Upon completion of this lesson, you will be able to:

• Create journal batches.
• Enter journals.
• Enter journal lines.
• Enter entered currency journal.
• Enter statistical journals.
• Auto-copy journal batches.
• Change batch periods.
• Enter and post journal batches.
• Create recurring journal entries.
• Create skeleton journal entries.
• Post Journals.
• Correct batch posting errors.
• Post journal batches automatically.
• Reverse journals.
• Generate reversing journal batches.
• Enter reconciliation references.
• Use automatic journal scheduling.
• Check or reverse funds for a journal batch.
Creating Journal Batches

You can organize journal entries with common attributes into batches. For example, you might
group your journal entries by type or date. You can have multiple journals in one batch, or you
can have a separate batch for each journal entry.
In this topic, you will create journal batches.
Procedure
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Step Action
1 Begin by navigating to the Enter Journals page.
. Click the vertical scrollbar.
2 Click the General Ledger, Vision Operations (USA) link.

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3 Click the Journals: Enter link.

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4 The Find Journals page enables you to search for journals based on specific search
. criteria.
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Step Action
5 Click the New Batch button.
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Press [Alt+B].
6 The Batch page enables you to create, view, and modify a batch.
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A batch can contain multiple journals, each of which can belong to a different ledger.
However, all the ledgers within a batch must have the same calendar, period type, and
chart of accounts.
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Step Action
7 Click in the Batch field.
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8 Enter the desired information into the Batch field. Enter "Provisioning of Accrual
. Expenses".
9 Click in the Period field.

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1 Enter the desired information into the Period field. Enter "Oct-07".
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1 Click the Journals button.

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Press [Alt+J].
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Step Action
1 The Journals page enables you to enter all journal entries in a batch in the same
2 period.
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You can create a journal batch for any Open or Future Enterable accounting period.
You can only post batches in Open accounting periods.
Step Action
1 Enter the desired information into the Journal field. Enter "Accrual Expenses for
3 Computer Resources".
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1 Enter the desired information into the Description field. Enter "Journal Entry for
4 Accrual Expenses of Computer Resources".
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1 Click in the Line field.

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Step Action
1 Enter the desired information into the Line field. Enter "10".
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1 Click in the Account field.

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1 Enter the desired information into the Account field. Enter "01-130-6100-0000-000".
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1 Click in the Debit field.

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2 Enter the desired information into the Debit field. Enter "150".
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2 Click in the Credit field.

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2 Enter the desired information into the Credit field. Enter "150".
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2 Click in the Journal field.

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2 Click the New button.

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Step Action
2 Click the Yes button.
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Press [Alt+Y].
2 Enter the desired information into the Journal field. Enter "Accrual Expenses for
8 Marketing Department".
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2 Click in the Description field.

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3 Enter the desired information into the Description field. Enter "Journal Entry for
0 Accrual Expenses of Marketing Department".
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Step Action
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4 Click the Save button.

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4 You have completed the Creating Journal Batches procedure.

2 End of Procedure.
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Entering Journals
The Enter Journals page enables you to create journal entries with or without batch information.
In this topic, you will learn to enter journals.
Procedure
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Step Action
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Click the vertical scrollbar.
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4 The Find Journals page enables you to search for the appropriate journal based on
. specific search criteria.
To enter a journal without entering batch information, click the New Journal button.
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Step Action
5 Click the New Journal button.
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or
Press [Alt+J].
6 The Journals page enables you to:
. • Enter a unique name and description
• Select a ledger for a journal entry
• Enter a category to describe the purpose of your journal entry
• Enter the period
• Accept or change the effective date
• Enter journal lines
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Step Action
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8 Enter the desired information into the Journal field. Enter "Labor Cost Provision".
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1 Enter the desired information into the Description field. Enter "Lab our Cost
0 Provision for the month of Oct-07".
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Step Action
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2 You have completed the Entering Journals procedure.

2 End of Procedure.
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Changing the Journal Entry Currency

You can change the currency for any unposted journal entry.
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If you are using budgetary control, and have reserved funds for the journal entry, you must
unreserve funds before you can change the currency.
In this topic, you will change the journal entry currency.
Procedure
Step Action
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Step Action
4 The Find Journals page enables you to search for a journal based on specific search
. criteria.
Step Action
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6 Enter the desired information into the Batch field. Enter "Accrued Expenses 02-DEC-
. 2007 23:01:21".

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9 Click in the Status: Posting field.

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Step Action
1 Enter the desired information into the Status: Posting field. Enter "Unposted".
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1 Click the Find button.

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Press [Alt+i].
Step Action
1 Click the Review Journal button.
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Press [Alt+u].
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Step Action
1 The Journals page enables you to define, create and view journal entries.
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Step Action
1 Click the Change Currency... button.
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or
Press [Alt+y].
1 The Change Currency page enables you to enter the journal currency conversion
5 information such as currency date, conversion type, and conversion rate.
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Step Action
1 Enter the desired information into the Currency: To field. Enter "EUR".
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1 Click in the Type: To field.

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1 Enter the desired information into the Type: To field. Enter "Corporate".
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1 Click in the Rate: To field.

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2 Click the OK button.

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Step Action
2 You have completed the Changing the Journal Entry Currency procedure.
1 End of Procedure.
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Entering Journal Lines

Enter a Line number for each journal line to control the sequence in which the journal entry lines
appear online and in reports.
In this topic, you will enter journal lines.
Procedure
Step Action
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Step Action
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4 The Find Journals page enables you to search for the appropriate journal based on
. specific search criteria.
To enter a journal without entering batch information, click the New Journal button.
Step Action
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or
Press [Alt+J].
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Step Action
6 The Journals page enables you to:
. • Enter a unique name and description
• Select a ledger for a journal entry
• Enter a category to describe the purpose of your journal entry
• Enter the period
• Accept or change the effective date
You can enter a line number for each journal line to control the sequence in which the
journal entry lines appear online and in reports. After you enter the first journal
entry line number, Oracle General Ledger automatically increments the numbers for
the following lines, but you can change the line numbers as necessary.
You can enter an account for the journal line. Your data access set must provide read
and write access to the ledger, or read and write access to the account's balancing
segment value or management segment value.
Step Action
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Step Action
8 Enter the desired information into the Description field. Enter "Rent Accrual for the
. month of Oct-07".

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Step Action
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2 You have completed the Entering Journal Lines procedure.

1 End of Procedure.
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Entering Entered Currency Journal

You can enter manual journal entries using an entered currency using the Enter Journals page.
An entered currency is a currency that is not the ledger currency. If you use reporting currencies
(journal or subledger level), an entered currency is a currency that is not the currency of the
reporting currency.
In this topic, you will enter entered currency journals using the Enter Journals page.
Procedure
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Step Action

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4 When you click the Journals: Enter link, the Find Journals page appears.
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You can use this page to enter or query a batch, or click the New Batch button or the
New Journal button.
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Step Action
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or
Press [Alt+J].
6 You can use the Journals page to enter journal information, specifying the entered
. currency you want to use for your journal entry.
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Step Action
7 Enter the desired information into the Journal field. Enter "Accrued Expense".
.

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9 Enter the desired information into the Description field. Enter "Accrued salary
. expenses for the month of Oct-07".
1 Click in the Conversion: Currency field.

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1 Enter the desired information into the Conversion: Currency field. Enter "GBP".
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1 The conversion date is the posting date for the journal entry and should fall within the
2 accounting period you defined for the journal entry.
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Step Action
1 Click in the Conversion: Type field.
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1 In the conversion Type field, you can select Spot, Corporate, or User type, or any
4 conversion type you defined.
. Enter the desired information into the Conversion: Type field. Enter "Corporate".

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1 You can enter your journal lines using the Lines Tab. You can use debit and credit
6 amounts in the entered currency.
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Oracle General Ledger automatically converts the entered amounts into your ledger's
currency based on the designated conversion rate.
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2 Enter the desired information into the Entered: Debit field. Enter "15000".
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Step Action
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2 You have completed entering entered currency journals using the Enter Journals
7 page.
. End of Procedure.
Entering Statistical Journals

With General Ledger you can enter statistical journals in two ways. You can enter journals with
only statistical debit and credit amounts. You can also, if your user profile permits, combine
monetary and statistical amounts in the same journal line.
In this topic, you will enter a statistical journal using the Enter Journals page.
Procedure
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Step Action

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4 When you click the Journals: Enter link, the Find Journals page will display.
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You can use this page to enter or query a batch, or click the New Batch button or the
New Journal button.
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Step Action
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or
Press [Alt+J].
6 You will use the Journals page to enter your journal information, specifying STAT for
. the journal currency. Statistical journal entries do not require balanced debits and
credits.
If you use the Reporting Currencies option (Journal or Subledger Level), statistical
journals will be generated for your reporting currencies, but the journals are not
affected by the currency conversion process.
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Step Action
7 Enter the desired information into the Journal field. Enter "Employee strength per
. department".

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9 Enter the desired information into the Description field. Enter "Employee headcount
. for various departments".

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1 Enter the desired information into the Conversion: Currency field. Enter "STAT".
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1 In the Lines tab, enter your journal lines, using statistical debit and credit amounts. The
2 debits do not need to equal credits for a statistical journal.
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Step Action
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1 You can enter the statistical quantity for each journal line in the Debit (STAT) and the
7 Credit (STAT) fields.
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Oracle General Ledger automatically displays the unit of measure associated with the
natural account segment value for the line.
1 Click in the Debit (STAT) field.
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1 Enter the desired information into the Debit (STAT) field. Enter "200".
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Step Action
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3 You have completed entering statistical journals using the Enter Journals page.
0 End of Procedure.
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Autocopying Journal Batches

You can create a new journal batch by copying and modifying an existing journal batch. Use
Autocopy to copy a journal batch from the Journals window, the Batch window or the Enter
Journals window. If you have multiple journals contained in a journal batch, using Autocopy will
copy the entire batch. You cannot copy a single journal in the batch.
In this topic, you will autocopy journal batches.
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Procedure
Step Action

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4 The Find Journals page enables you to search for a journal batch based on specific
. criteria.
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Step Action
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. Expenses".

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or
Press [Alt+i].
8 The Enter Journals page displays journals for an existing batch. It also enables you to
. view the batch status, source, category, period, batch name, and currency for a journal.
In addition, use the Enter Journals page to access the Review Journal, Review Batch,
Post, New Journal, New Batch, Tax Batch, and Autocopy windows.
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Step Action
9 Click the Autocopy button.
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1 The Autocopy page enables you copy the batch. You can also review the batch or
0 review the journal before autocopying.
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1 Expenses for Nov-07".
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Press [Alt+O].
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Step Action
1 Click the View menu.
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or
Press [Alt+V].
1 Click the Requests menu.
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or
Press [R].
1 The Find Requests page enables you to search for the requests you submitted based on
6 specified search criteria.
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Step Action
1 Click the Specific Requests option.
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1 Click in the Request ID field.

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1 Enter the desired information into the Request ID field. Enter "5179393".
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Press [Alt+i].
2 The Requests page enables you to view request status information, drill down to view
1 details, log and output information,and access the Diagnostics window.
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Step Action
2 You have completed the Autocopying Journal Batches procedure.
2 End of Procedure.
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Changing a Batch Period

If you change the period for an unposted batch, General Ledger updates the posting date for each
journal entry.
If you are using budgetary control, and have reserved funds for the batch, you must unreserve
funds before you can change the batch period.
In this topic, you will change batch periods.
Procedure
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Step Action
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Step Action
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. Expenses".
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Step Action
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or
Press [Alt+i].
8 The Enter Journals page enables you to view details of journal entries, and access the
. Review Journal, Review Batch, New Journal, and New Batch pages.
Step Action
9 Click the Review Batch button.
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or
Press [Alt+c].
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. A batch can contain multiple journals, each of which can belong to a different ledger.
chart of accounts.
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Step Action
1 Click the Change Period... button.
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or
Press [Alt+g].
1 The Change Period page enables you to update the batch period.
2
. If the original creation date of your journal entry batch is within the new period, Oracle
General Ledger assigns the creation date as the new effective date.
If the creation date of your journal entry batch is not in the same period as the new
batch period, Oracle General Ledger assigns either the first or last day of the new
period as the new effective date, depending on which date is closer to the creation date.
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Step Action
1 Enter the desired information into the Period: To field. Enter "Sep-07".
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1 Click in the Effective Date: To field.

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1 Enter the desired information into the Effective Date: To field. Enter "15-SEP-2007".
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1 You have completed the Changing a Batch Period procedure.

7 End of Procedure.
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Entering and Posting Journal Batches

You can organize journal entries with common attributes into batches. A batch can contain
multiple journals, each of which can belong to a different ledger, but all of the ledgers within a
batch must have the same calendar, period type, and chart of accounts.
All journal entries in a batch must share the same period. You can create a journal batch for any
Open or Future Enterable accounting period, but you can only post batches in Open accounting
periods.
In this topic, you will enter and post journal batches.
Procedure
Step Action
1 Begin by navigating to the Find Journals page.

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Step Action
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4 Use the Find Journals page to navigate to the New Batch button to enter journal
. batches.
Step Action
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or
Press [Alt+B].
6 The Journals page enables you to enter your journal information for the journal
. batches.
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Step Action
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8 Enter the desired information into the Journal field. Enter "Training Journal 1".
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9 The Lines tab enables you to enter a line number for each journal line to control the
. sequence in which the journal entry lines appear online and in reports.
After you enter the first journal entry line number, Oracle General Ledger
automatically increments the numbers for the following lines.
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Step Action
2
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1 Enter an account for the journal line. Your data access set must provide read and write
3 access to the ledger, or read and write access to the account's balancing segment value
. or management segment value.
Enter the desired information into the Account field. Enter "01-000-1570-0000-000".
1 Click in the Entered: Debit field.
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1 Enter the debit amount for the designated account.

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2 Enter the Credit amount for the designated account.

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Step Action
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Step Action
3 The Post button enables you to post journal batches to update the account balances of
4 your detail and summary accounts.
. Click the Post button.
or
Press [Alt+P].
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or
Press [Alt+O].
3 You have completed the Entering and Posting Journal Batches procedure.
6 End of Procedure.
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Creating Recurring Journal Entries

You can use recurring journal entries to define automatic consolidating and eliminating entries.
Recurring journal entries examples include; intercompany debt, bad debt expense, and periodic
accruals.
In this topic, you will create the recurring journal entries and use them for each subsequent
accounting period you generate.
Procedure
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Step Action
1 Begin by navigating to Define Recurring Entries page.

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Step Action
3 Click the Recurring link.
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4 Use the Define Recurring Journal Entries page to define the recurring journal entries
. that you want to use later.
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Step Action
5 Click in the Recurring Batch: Batch field.
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6 Enter the desired information into the Recurring Batch: Batch field. Enter "DBI
. COGs Adjustments".
7 Click in the Recurring Batch: Description field.

.
8 Enter the desired information into the Recurring Batch: Description field. Enter "To
. adjust COGS for DBI Reports".

.
1 Enter the desired information into the Journal field. Enter "DBI COGS Adjustment".
0
.
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Step Action
1 Click in the Category field.
1
.
1 Enter the desired information into the Category field. Enter "Adjustment".
2
.
1 The Currency field is used to convert foreign currency recurring journals.

3
.
1 Click in the Journal Entry: Effective From Date field.

4
.
1 Enter a range of Effective Dates that includes only those periods for which you
5 want the recurring journal entry to be used.
. Enter the desired information into the Journal Entry: Effective From Date field.
Enter "27-NOV-2007".
1 Click in the Journal Entry: Effective To Date field.
6
.
1 Enter the desired information into the Journal Entry: Effective To Date field. Enter
7 "01-Dec-2007".
.

8
.
1 You have created a recurring journal entry.

9 End of Procedure.
.
Creating Skeleton Journal Entries

Create skeleton journal entries for journal entries that affect the same accounts each period, but
have different posting amounts. After you generate skeleton journal entries, edit the unposted
journal batch using the Enter Journals page and enter the debit and credit amounts for the journal
lines.
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In this topic, you will create skeleton journal entries.
Procedure
Step Action
1 Begin by navigating to the Define Recurring Journal Formula page.

.
3 Click the Recurring link.

.
4 The Define Recurring Journal Formula page enables you to enter or query the batch
. name and the journal entry name for creating a skeleton journal entry.
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Step Action
.
6 Enter the batch name.

. Enter the desired information into the Recurring Batch: Batch field. Enter
"Training".
.
8 Enter the journal entry name.

. Enter the desired information into the Journal field. Enter "Training Recurring
Journal 1".
.
0
.
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Step Action
1 Click the Lines button.
1
.
or
Press [Alt+n].
1 The Journal Entry Lines page enables you to enter a line number to set the order of
2 your recurring journal entry lines.
.
Step Action
3
.
4
.
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Step Action
5
.
1 Enter the Account you want General Ledger to update when you generate and post
6 your recurring journals.
. Enter the desired information into the Account field. Enter "01-000-7420-0000-000".
1 Enter the desired information into the Line Description field. Enter "RENT
7 EXPENSE".
.
Step Action
8
.
or
Press [S].
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Step Action
1 You have completed the Creating Skeleton Journal Entries procedure.
9 End of Procedure.
.
Changing a Recurring Journal Entry

If the recurring journal entry does not have security enabled, you can modify the recurring journal
entry. However, if the recurring journal entry has security enabled, you can only modify recurring
journal entries for which you have modify privileges through your definition access sets.
In this topic, you will change the recurring journal entry information.
Procedure
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Step Action

.
3 Click the Journals: Define: Recurring link.

.
4 Use the Define Recurring Journal Formula page to query the name of the recurring
. journal formula batch that you want to change.
Step Action
5 Click the Find... button.
.
6 Use the Source Batches page to search and select the batch that you want to change.
.
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Step Action
7 Click the Recurring Expenses Journal list item.
.
8 Use the Find Recurring Batches page to query and select the name of the recurring
. journal entry you want to change.

.
or
Press [Alt+O].
0
.
or
Press [Alt+n].
1 Use the Journal Entry Lines page to review or change the recurring journal entry
1 lines.
.
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Step Action
1 Enter the information to edit the recurring journal lines.
2 Click in the Formula: Amount field.
.
1 Enter the desired information into the Formula: Amount field. Enter "100".
3
.
Step Action
4
.
1 You have changed the recurring journal entry information.

5 End of Procedure.
.
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Reviewing Recurring Journal Batches

You must generate recurring journals to create unposted journal entries from the recurring journal
formulas you defined. After generating the formulas, you can review or edit the recurring journal
batches before posting them.
You must have read-only or read and write access to the ledger and the balancing segment value
or management segment value used in the recurring journal formula to generate recurring
journals.
When you generate recurring journals from the recurring journal definition or from the Generate
Recurring Journals page for average daily balance ledgers, you can set the profile option to GL:
Number of Formulas to Validate for each Recurring Journal Batch, to validate your recurring
journal batch before running the generation program for any average balancing processing
violations with the calculation effective date or average balance usage.
In this topic, you will review the recurring journal batches.
Procedure
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Step Action

.
3 Click the vertical scrollbar.

.
4 Click the Inquiry: Journal link.

.
5 Use the Find Journals page to find journal batches and journal entries. General
. Ledger displays search results in either the Journal Entry Inquiry or Enter Journals
page.
Step Action
.
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Step Action
7 Enter the desired information into the Batch field. Enter "Training Recurring
. Journal 01".

.
or
Press [Alt+i].
9 Use the Journal Entry Inquiry page to review the batch or journal entry information.
. You can also perform a journal entry inquiry by clicking the Request button.
Step Action
0
.
or
Press [Alt+c].
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Step Action
1 Use the Batch page to review detailed information of a batch, a journal entry within
1 that batch, and the line details within that journal entry.
.
Step Action
2
.
or
Press [Alt+J].
1 Use the Journals page to view journal and subledger transaction information as
3 balanced accounting entries.
.
1 Click the Close button.

4
.
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Step Action
1 You have reviewed the recurring journal batches.
5 End of Procedure.
.
Posting Journals
Post journal batches to update the account balances of your detail and summary accounts. You
can post actual, budget, or encumbrance journal batches.
In this topic, you will post journals.
Procedure
Step Action
1 Begin by navigating to the Post Journals page.
.
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Step Action
.
3 Click the Journals: Post link.

.
4 The Find Journal Batches page enables you to find journal batches based on specific
. search criteria.
Step Action
.
.

.
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Step Action
or
Press [Alt+i].
8 The Post Journals page enables you to view and post the batch.
.
Step Action
9 Click the Selected for Posting option.
.

0
.
1 Click the Post button.

1
.
or
Press [Alt+P].
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Step Action
2
.
or
Press [Alt+O].
Step Action
3
.
or
Press [Alt+V].
4
.
or
Press [R].
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Step Action
1 The Find Requests page enables you to search for requests based on specific search
5 criteria.
.
Step Action
6
.

7
.
8
.
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Step Action
9
.
or
Press [Alt+i].
2 The Requests page enables you to view details of your request search, and to access
0 the View Details, View Output, Diagnostics, and View Log pages.
.
Step Action
2 Click the View Output button.
1
.
or
Press [Alt+p].
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Step Action
2 Review the Posting Validation Report to assure your journals were properly posted.
2
.
2 You have completed the Posting Journals procedure.

3 End of Procedure.
.
Copying Entries from an Existing Recurring Journal Batch

You can create a new recurring journal formula batch quickly by copying and modifying an
existing recurring journal formula batch.
In this procedure, you will copy a journal batch using the Autocopy function in the Define
Recurring Journal Formula page.
Procedure
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Step Action

.

.
4 In the Define Recurring Journal Formula page, you can create or copy recurring
. journal formula batches which include ledgers that have the same chart of accounts,
calendar, and period type as the data access set of your current responsibility.
When you generate the recurring journal formula batches, you must have read or read
and write access to the ledger and balancing segment value or management segment
value to generate recurring journals.
If you use reporting currencies (journal or subledger level), you can create recurring
journal formula batches for single reporting currencies or multiple reporting currencies.
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Step Action
.
6 Enter the desired information into the Recurring Batch: Batch field. Enter "Training
. Recurring Journal 01".
7 Though not selected for this procedure, you can optionally select the Enable Security
. checkbox to apply Definition Access Set security to your recurring journal formula.
8 Click the AutoCopy... button.

.
or
Press [Alt+A].
9 Click the Training Recurring Journal 1 list item.
.

0
.
or
Press [Alt+O].
1 Click the Generate button.
1
.
or
Press [Alt+G].
1 Click the Submit button.
2
.
or
Press [Alt+S].
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Step Action
3
.
1 Enter the desired information into the Period field. Enter "Dec-06".
4
.

5
.
or
Press [Alt+S].
6
.
or
Press [Alt+O].
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Step Action
1 You have completed the Copying Entries from an Existing Recurring Journal Batch
7 procedure.
. End of Procedure.
Entering a Year-End Closing Journal Entry

Many organizations follow specific procedures to generate special journal entries to close and
open fiscal years. These closing entries apply to both the income statement and balance sheet.
Auditable closing procedures vary considerably, depending on country reporting requirements,
generally accepted accounting practices in a country, and organization business needs.
Oracle General Ledger enables you to create actual closing journals for year-end and other
closing periods. If your organization has multiple legal entities, you can create closing journals
for multiple ledgers simultaneously with ledger sets. You also have added security through data
access sets because you can only run the closing journals programs against ledgers you have full
read and write access to through your data access set.
In this procedure, you use the Journals page to enter a year-end closing journal entry.
Procedure
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Step Action
1 Begin by navigating to the Journals page.

.

.
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Step Action
.
or
Press [Alt+J].
5 Use the Journals page to enter a journal entry.
.
6 Before you process year-end closing journals, you should:

. • Set up the last day of the fiscal year as an adjusting period.
• Set up the first day of the new fiscal year as an adjusting period.
• Ensure the period you are closing is an Open period.
• Complete your routine accounting before the last day of the year.
• Post your adjustments and closing entries in the adjusting period.
• Define your ledger set if you plan to submit the closing journals programs for
multiple ledgers simultaneously.
7 In the last adjusting period of the fiscal year you want to close, you should:
. • Run the Create Income Statement Closing Journals process to transfer income
statement year-end account balances of your revenue and expense accounts to the
retained earnings account.
• Run the Create Balance Sheet Closing Journals process to close and zero out the
year-to-date balances of all balance sheet accounts: assets, liabilities, and owner's
equity.
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Step Action
8 In the first adjusting period of your new fiscal year, you should:
. • Run the Open Period program to open the first period of the new year.
• Reverse and post the balance sheet closing journals to reopen those balances.
Note: When closing journals, you are closing actual journals. You cannot close budget
or encumbrance balances. For more information about closing journals, see the Oracle
General Ledger User's Guide.
Step Action
.
1 Enter the desired information into the Journal field. Enter "Training 2007 Year End
0 Close Journal".
.

1
.
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Step Action
1 Enter the desired information into the Category field. Enter "Year End Close".
2
.

3
.
1 Enter the desired information into the Period field. Enter "Dec-2007".
4
.
1 Click in the Effective Date field.

5
.
1 Enter the desired information into the Effective Date field. Enter "31-Dec-2007".
6
.

7
.
8
.

9
.
0
.

1
.
2
.
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Step Action
3
.
4
.

5
.
6
.

7
.
2 You have completed the Creating Year-End Closing Journal Entry procedure.
8 End of Procedure.
.
Creating Standard Recurring Journal Entry Lines

You can define an unlimited number of journal entry lines for each recurring journal entry. The
journal entry lines specify the accounts to update with the recurring journals. Each line also
contains the amount to post to the designated account, or a formula to calculate the journal
amounts.
In this procedure, you will use the Define Recurring Journal Formula page to enter recurring
journal lines for a journal batch.
Procedure
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Step Action

.

.
4 Use the Define Recurring Journal Formula page to define a recurring journal entry.
.
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Step Action
.

.
or
Press [Alt+O].
.
or
Press [Alt+n].
8 The number you enter in the Line field sets the order of your recurring journal entry
. lines. You can
indicate an automatic offsetting line for your recurring journal entry by entering the
line number 9999.
See the Oracle General Ledger User's Guide for more information regarding automatic
formatting.
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Step Action
.
0
.
1 In the Account field, you enter the account you want Oracle General Ledger to update
1 when you generate and post your recurring journals.
.

2
.
3
.
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Step Action
1 When entering formula information, note that there are two types of factors associated
4 with formula entries you can use:
.
• A fixed amount
• A specific account. You can use standard, end-of-day, or average balances in your
formula lines.
1 You enter a step number in the Step field to specify the order in which you want to
5 process the steps in your formula.
.
Each formula can contain an unlimited number of steps.
1 Click in the Step field.
6
.
1 Enter the desired information into the Formula: Step Number field. Enter "1".
7
.
1 Click in the Amount field.

8
.
1 Enter the desired information into the Amount field. Enter "1500".
9
.

0
.
2 Enter the desired information into the Formula: Account field. Enter "01-000-1120-
1 0000-000".
.

2
.
2 You have completed the Creating Standard Recurring Journal Entry Lines procedure.
3 End of Procedure.
.
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Correcting Batch Posting Errors

You need read and write access to the ledger or read and write access to all the balancing segment
values or management segment values in the journal batch to make corrections to the journal
batch.
When you correct the error, the error status and error number do not change until you post the
batch. If you eliminate all your errors, the status changes to Posted after the batch is successfully
posted.
In this topic, you will correct batch posting errors.
Procedure
Step Action
1 Begin by navigating to the Post Journals page.
.
.
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Step Action
3 Click the Journals: Post link.
.
4 The Find Journal Batches page enables you to find journal batches based on specific
. search criteria.
Step Action
.
.

.
8 Enter the desired information into the Batch field. Enter "Purchase of Assets :
. Furniture and Vehicles".
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Step Action
.
or
Press [Alt+i].
1 The Post Journals page enables you to view and post the batch.
0
.
Step Action
1
.

2
.
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Step Action
or
Press [Alt+P].
3
.
or
Press [Alt+O].
Step Action
4
.
or
Press [Alt+V].
5
.
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Step Action
or
Press [R].
6 criteria.
.
Step Action
7
.

8
.
9
.
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Step Action
0
.
or
Press [Alt+i].
2 The Requests page enables you to view details your request, and you can also access
1 the View Details, View Output, Diagnostics, and View Log pages.
.
Step Action
2
.
or
Press [Alt+p].
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Step Action
2 The output is generated in a webpage.
3
.
Step Action
4
.
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Step Action
2 Click the File menu.
5
.
or
Press [Alt+F].
2 Click the Close Form menu.
6
.
or
Press [C].
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Step Action
2 Click the File menu.
7
.
or
Press [Alt+F].
2 Click the Close Form menu.
8
.
or
Press [C].
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Step Action
2 Click the Open button.
9
.
or
Press [Alt+O].
3 Notice the Journals section is expanded.
0
.

1
.
or
Press [Alt+O].
2 criteria.
.
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Step Action
3 Enter the desired information into the Batch field. Enter "Purchase of Assets :
3 Furniture and Vehicles".
.

4
.
or
Press [Alt+i].
3 The Enter Journals page enables you to view details of journal entries, and access the
5 Review Journal, Review Batch, New Journal, New Batch pages.
.
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Step Action
6
.
or
Press [Alt+u].
7 period.
.
You can create a journal batch for any Open or Future Enterable accounting period, but
you can only post batches in Open accounting periods.
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Step Action
3 Click in the Control Total field.
8
.
3 Enter the desired information into the Control Total field. Enter "20000".
9
.

0
.

1
.
or
Press [Alt+P].
2
.
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Step Action
or
Press [Alt+O].
3
.
or
Press [Alt+V].
4
.
or
Press [R].
Step Action
5
.
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Step Action
6
.
7
.

8
.
or
Press [Alt+i].
Step Action
9
.
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Step Action
or
Press [Alt+p].
5 You have completed the Correcting Batch Posting Errors procedure.
0 End of Procedure.
.
Posting Journal Batches Automatically (AutoPost)

You can automatically post journal batches that meet specific criteria that you defined in an
AutoPost criteria set. You can define multiple criteria sets that include a range of journal effective
dates and multiple AutoPost priorities. AutoPost priorities include combinations of ledger or
ledger set, journal source, journal category, balance type, and period.
Once you define an AutoPost criteria set, run the AutoPost program to select and post any journal
batches that meet the criteria defined by the criteria set. You can also schedule the AutoPost
program to run at specific times and submission intervals.
In this topic, you will post journal batches automatically.
Procedure
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Step Action
1 Begin by navigating to the Autopost page.
.
.

.
4 Click the Setup: Journal: AutoPost link.

.
5 The AutoPost page enables you to define an AutoPost criteria set and run the AutoPost
. program to select, and post any journal batches that meet the criteria defined by the
criteria set. You can also
schedule the AutoPost program to run at specific times and submission intervals.
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Step Action
6 Click in the Criteria Set field.
.
7 Enter the desired information into the Criteria Set field. Enter "Criteria Set :
. Source : Manual".

.
9 Enter the desired information into the Description field. Enter "Criteria Set where
. Journal Source is Manual".
1 Click in the Priority field.

0
.
1 Enter the desired information into the Priority field. Enter "1".
1
.
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Step Action
1 Click in the Ledger/Ledger Set field.
2
.
1 Enter the desired information into the Ledger/Ledger Set field. Enter "Vision
3 Operations (USA)".
.
1 Click in the Source field.

4
.
1 Enter the desired information into the Source field. Enter "Manual".
5
.

6
.
7
.

8
.
1 Enter the desired information into the Period field. Enter "Sep-07".
9
.

0
.

1
.
or
Press [Alt+u].
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Step Action
2
.
or
Press [Alt+O].
3
.
or
Press [Alt+V].
4
.
or
Press [R].
5 criteria.
.
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Step Action
6
.

7
.
8
.

9
.
or
Press [Alt+i].
3 The Requests page enables you to view details of your request, and to access the View
0 Details, View Output, Diagnostics, and View Log pages.
.
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Step Action
1
.
or
Press [Alt+p].
3 You have completed the Posting Journal Batches Automatically (AutoPost) procedure.
2 End of Procedure.
.
Reversing Journals
Use reversing journal entries to reverse accruals, estimates, errors, or temporary adjustments and
reclassifications.
Assign a reversal period and, if average balances is enabled, a reversal effective date to a journal
entry if you want to generate a reversing entry from the Enter Journals page, or later from the
Reverse Journals page. You can enter a reversal period and effective date at any time, even after
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the journal is posted. However, you cannot reverse batches and journals that you have already
reversed.
You can also reverse a journal or batch from the Enter Journals page, even if you have not
assigned a reversal period and effective date.
In this topic, you will reverse journals.
Procedure
Step Action
1 Begin by navigating to Journal Entry page.

.

.
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Step Action
4 Use the Find Journals page to search for an existing or an unposted journal.
.
Step Action
.
6 Enter the desired information into the Batch field. Enter "Accrued Expenses 02-DEC-
. 2007 23:01:21".

.
or
Press [Alt+i].
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Step Action
.
or
Press [Alt+u].
9 Use the Review Journal page to review the journal entry information and reverse the
. journal entry period.
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Step Action
1 Click in the Reverse: Period field.
0
.
1 Enter the Period for the reversing entry. If the average balances option is enabled, you
1 must also enter the effective date.
. Enter the desired information into the Reverse: Period field. Enter "Nov-07".
1 Click the Reverse button.

2
.
or
Press [Alt+R].
3
.
or
Press [Alt+Y].
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Step Action
4
.
or
Press [Alt+O].
5
.
or
Press [Alt+O].
6
.
or
Press [Alt+V].
7
.
or
Press [R].
1 Use the Find Requests page to search and view the requests that you have submitted.
8
.
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Step Action
9
.

0
.
2 Enter the Request ID that you have submitted.

.

2
.
or
Press [Alt+i].
2 You have reversed journals.
3 End of Procedure.
.
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Generating Reversing Journal Batches

You can generate reversing entries from the Enter Journals page, or you can use the Reverse
Journals page to reverse any unreversed journals. The unreversed journals must have an assigned
reversing period and reversal method. Also, if average balances are enabled, the unreversed
journals must have an assigned reversing effective date.
You can reverse a single journal or an entire batch from the Enter Journals page. You can even
reverse a journal entry or batch if you have not assigned it a reversal period and, if average
balances are enabled, a reversal effective date.
In this topic, you will generate reversing journal batches.
Procedure
Step Action
1 Begin by navigating to Reverse Journals page.
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Step Action
.
3 Click the Generate: Reversal link.

.
4 Use the Find Journals page to search for an existing or an unposted journal.
.
Step Action
5 Click in the Ledger field.
.
6 You must post the journal in the ledger before you can reverse the journal.
. Enter the desired information into the Ledger field. Enter "Vision Operations
(USA)".
.
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Step Action
8 Enter the desired information into the Batch field. Enter "Expense Provisioning".
.

.
or
Press [Alt+i].
1 Use the Reverse Journals page to generate unposted reversal batches for each entry.
0
.
Step Action
1 Select the batch you want to reverse.
1 Click the Selected for Reversal option.
.
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Step Action
1 Click the Selected for Reversal option.
2
.
1 Use the Reverse button to generate unposted reversal batches for each entry.
3 Click the Reverse button.
.
or
Press [Alt+R].
4
.
or
Press [Alt+O].
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Step Action
5
.
or
Press [Alt+V].
6
.
or
Press [R].
1 Use the Find Requests page to search and view the requests that you have submitted.
7
.
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Step Action
8
.
1 Enter the Request ID that you have submitted.

.

0
.
or
Press [Alt+i].
Step Action
1
.
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Step Action
2
.
3
.

4
.
or
Press [Alt+i].
2 You have generated reversing journal batches.
5 End of Procedure.
.
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Enabling Journal Line Reconciliation

General Ledger Entry Reconciliation enables you reconcile transactions in General Ledger
accounts that should balance to zero, such as a VAT control account. You can enable
reconciliation either for natural account segment values or for complete accounting code
combinations.
In this procedure, you will use the Accounting Setup Manager page to enable journal line
reconciliation.
Procedure
Step Action
1 Begin by navigating to the Accounting Setup Manager page.

.
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Step Action
.
4 Click the Accounting Setups link.

.
5 In the Accounting Setup Manager page, you can search and review the accounting
. options for the ledgers defined in your organization.
Step Action
6 Click in the Search criteria field.
.
7 Enter the desired information into the Search criteria field. Enter "Vision Belgium".
.
8 Click the Go button.

.
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Step Action
9 Click the Update Accounting Options button.
.
Step Action
1 Click the Update button.
0
.
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Step Action
1 Click the Next button.
1
.
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Step Action
2
.
1 With General Ledger Entry Reconciliation, you can selectively cross-reference

3 transactions in Oracle General Ledger with each other by entering reconciliation
. reference information at the journal line level.
When the balance for a group of transactions is zero, you can mark the transactions as
reconciled. You can perform account reconciliation automatically with the General
Ledger Automatic Reconciliation report, or manually in the reconciliation Lines
window.
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Step Action
1 Click the Enable Journal Reconciliation option.
4
.
1 Click the Finish button.

5
.
1 You have completed the Enabling Journal Line Reconciliation procedure.

6 End of Procedure.
.
Entering Reconciliation References

You can enter a reconciliation reference for a journal line with an account that has reconciliation
enabled. Use the Reconciliation Reference column in the Journals page to enter reconciliation
references. Enter the same reconciliation reference for all the transactions that you want to group
together in one reconciliation.
Alternatively, use the Reconciliation Reference at the journal header level under the Other
Information tab in the Journals page to apply the same reference to all journal lines that include a
reconciliation account.
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You can also import reconciliation references from Subledger Accounting.
In this topic, you will enter reconciliation references.
Procedure
Step Action
1 Begin by navigating to Journal Entry page.

.

.
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Step Action
4 Use the Find Journals page to search for an existing, unposted journal and click the
. Review Journals button.
Click the New Journals button to open a enter journal. The Journals page appears.
Step Action
.
or
Press [Alt+J].
6 Use the Journals New page to query or enter the journal lines that you want.
.
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Step Action
7 Enter the desired information into the Journal field. Enter "Assets Purchased - Not
. Capitalized".

.
9 Enter the desired information into the Description field. Enter "Assets Purchased but
. not capitalized, temporarily booked in Assets clearing acc".

0
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1
.

2
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Step Action
3
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4
.
5
.
1 Click the horizontal scrollbar.

6
.
1 Click in the Reconciliation Reference field.

7
.
1 Enter the value in the Reconciliation Reference field to assign to all lines in the
8 Journal Entry that are for reconciliation accounts.
. Enter the desired information into the Reconciliation Reference field. Enter "ABC".

9
.

0
.
1
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2
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3
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Step Action
4
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2 You have entered reconciliation references.

5 End of Procedure.
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Using Automatic Journal Scheduling

Automatic Journal Scheduling lets you generate Recurring Journals, AutoAllocation sets,
MassAllocations, MassBudgets, and Budget Formulas according to a schedule you define. For
example, you can schedule the same journal and allocation sets to be generated every month as
part of your month-end closing procedures.
In this topic, you will use automatic journal scheduling.
Procedure
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Step Action
.
.

.
4 The Define Recurring Journal Formula page enables you to define recurring journal
. formula for transactions that have a common format or that you enter frequently. You
can also create recurring journal formulas to create allocation entries.
Step Action
.
or
Press [Alt+V].
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Step Action
6 Click the Query By Example list.
.
7 Click the Enter menu.

.
or
Press [E].
8 Enter the desired information into the Recurring Batch: Batch field. Enter "Rent
. Expenses - Provision".

.
or
Press [Alt+V].
0
.
1 Click the Run menu.

1
.
or
Press [R].
1 Click the Generate button.
2
.
or
Press [Alt+G].
1 Click the Schedule button.
3
.
or
Press [Alt+h].
1 The Recurring Journal Parameters page enables you to enter parameters for
4 recurring journals.
.
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Step Action
5
.
6
.
1 Click the Schedule button.

7
.
or
Press [Alt+c].
1 The Submit Request page enables you to enter the name, parameters, language, and
8 other details of the request you want to submit.
.
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Step Action
1 Click the Schedule... button.
9
.
or
Press [Alt+d].
2 The Schedule page enables you to create, view, and modify the schedule to run the
0 request.
.
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Step Action
2 Click the On Specific Days option.
1
.
2 Click in the End At field.

2
.
2 Enter the desired information into the End At field. Enter "10-DEC-2008 23:00:00".
3
.

4
.
or
Press [Alt+O].
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Step Action
5
.
or
Press [Alt+m].
6
.
or
Press [Alt+O].
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Step Action
7
.
or
Press [Alt+V].
8
.
or
Press [R].
9 criteria.
.
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Step Action
0
.

1
.
2
.

3
.
or
Press [Alt+i].
3 The Requests page enables you to view details of your request, and access the View
4 Details, View Output, Diagnostics, and View Log pages.
.
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Step Action
3 Click the View Details... button.
5
.
or
Press [Alt+s].
3 You have completed the Using Automatic Journal Scheduling procedure.
6 End of Procedure.
.
Adding Attachments to a Journal Entry

The Attachments feature enables you to link objects, such as images and spreadsheets to General
Ledger data. For example, you can attach spreadsheets to journal entries to support how the
values for a journal were derived. The attachment will be linked to the journal entry, and can be
viewed with the journal in the Enter Journals page.
In this procedure, you will use the Enter Journals page to enter journal lines and add an
attachment.
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Procedure
Step Action

.
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Step Action
.
or
Press [Alt+J].
4 Use the Journals page to edit journal entries. One type of edit is to add an attachment
. to the journal entry.
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Step Action
.
6 Note: This procedure assumes that you already entered the journal header information.
.
7 When you are actively updating journal lines, the Attachments button is disabled.
.
.

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0
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Step Action
1 Enter the desired information into the Debit field. Enter "500.00".
1
.

2
.

3
.
4
.

5
.
1 Enter the desired information into the Credit field. Enter "450.00".
6
.
1 Before you add an attachment, you must post any active journal lines.
7
.

8
.
or
Press [Alt+P].
9
.
or
Press [Alt+Y].
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Step Action
or
Press [Alt+Y].
1
.
or
Press [Alt+O].
2 Click the Attachments... button.
2
.
2 In the Attachments page, you can specify a document sequence number, category, or
3 description.
.
After you specify the attachment details, you use the Source tab to add the attachment.
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Step Action
2 Enter the desired information into the Sequence field. Enter "10".
4
.

5
.
2 Enter the desired information into the Category field. Enter "Journal".
6
.
2 Click the Source tab.

7
.
2 Click in the Data Type field.

8
.
2 Enter the desired information into the Data Type field. Enter "File".
9
.
3 Click in the File or URL field.

0
.
3 When you click the File or URL field in the Attachments page, the system
1 automatically opens the File Upload page.
.
You use the File Upload page to select the file you want to attach.
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Step Action
3 Browse and select the file you want to attach.
2 Click the Browse... button.
.
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Step Action
3
.
3 The Confirmation page verifies that your document has been uploaded successfully.
4
.
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Step Action
5
.
or
Press [Alt+Y].
3 Your attachment name displays in the File or URL field.
6
.
3 You have completed the Adding Attachments to a Journal Entry procedure.

7 End of Procedure.
.
Checking or Reserving Funds for a Journal Batch

If you are using budgetary control, you can check, reserve, or unreserve funds for individual
journal entries or a journal batch.
Funds are checked or reserved for the entire batch, whether you perform the fund check or
reservation at the journal or batch level.
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In this topic, you will check or reserve funds for a journal batch.
Procedure
Step Action
.
.

.
. criteria.
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Step Action
.
or
Press [Alt+B].
.
A batch can contain multiple journals, each of which can belong to a different ledger.
chart of accounts.
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Step Action
7 Enter the desired information into the Batch field. Enter "Health & Welfare
. Expenses for Sep-07".

.
9 Enter the desired information into the Period field. Enter "Sep-07".
.

0
.
or
Press [Alt+J].
1 period.
.
You can create a journal batch for any Open or Future Enterable accounting period, but
you can only post batches in Open accounting periods.
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Step Action
1 Enter the desired information into the Journal field. Enter "Health & Welfare
2 Expenses".
.

3
.
1 Enter the desired information into the Description field. Enter "Health & Welfare
4 Expenses for Sep-07".
.

5
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6
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Step Action
7
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8
.

9
.
0
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1
.
2
.

3
.
4
.

5
.

6
.
2 Click the Check Funds button.

7
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Step Action
or
Press [Alt+k].
2 The Note page indicates that your transaction has passed a funds check.
8
.

9
.
or
Press [Alt+O].
Step Action
3 Click the Reserve Funds button.
0
.
or
Press [Alt+n].
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Step Action
3 The Note page indicates that your transaction has passed funds reservation.
1
.

2
.
or
Press [Alt+O].
3 You have completed the Checking or Reserving Funds for a Journal Batch procedure.
3 End of Procedure.
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Online Inquiries
Online Inquiries includes information on account inquiries, journal entry inquiries, subledger
detail, viewing T-Accounts, budget inquiries, reviewing budget balances in a master budget
inquiry, and processing consolidated balance inquiries.

• Perform account inquiries.
• Perform journal entry inquiries.
• Drill down to subledger detail.
• View T-Accounts.
• Perform budget inquiries.
• Review budget balances in a master budget inquiry.
• Process consolidated balance inquiries.
Performing Account Inquiries

You can perform an account inquiry to view actual, budget, and encumbrance account balances
for summary and detail accounts. You can also compute variances between two balance types, for
both summary and detail accounts when querying on balances for a specific ledger.
You can also view account balances for multiple ledgers, journal and subledger transaction
information. You can also view journal entries that comprise your account balances and drill
down Subledger Accounting and subledger transactions.
In this topic, you will perform an account inquiry.
Procedure
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Step Action
1 Begin by navigating to the Account Inquiry page.

.

.
4 Click the Inquiry: Account link.

.
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Step Action
5 Double-click the Inquiry list item.
.
6 Double-click the Account list item.

.
7 The Account Inquiry page enables you to perform an account inquiry to view actual,
. budget, and encumbrance account balances for summary and detail accounts.
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Step Action
8 Specify a ledger or a reporting currency. Your data access set must provide read access
. to at least one balancing segment value or management segment value to view balances
for a ledger.
Click in the Name field.
9 Enter the desired information into the Name field. Enter "Vision Operations (USA)".
.
1 Click in the Accounting Periods: From field.

0
.
1 Enter the desired information into the Accounting Periods: From field. Enter "Jan-
1 03".
.
1 Click in the Accounting Periods: To field.

2
.
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Step Action
1 Enter the desired information into the Accounting Periods: To field. Enter "Dec-03".
3
.
1 Specify the currency type to include in the inquiry using:

4
. • Total to view the cumulative ledger currency balances.
• Entered and specify a currency in the Entered field to only view balances that were
entered in a specific currency.
• Statistical to only view balances entered using the Statistical currency.
1 Click the Currency Option list.
5
.
Step Action
1 Click the Entered list item.
6
.
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Step Action
1 Click in the Entered field.
7
.
1 Enter the desired information into the Entered field. Enter "USD".
8
.
1 Click in the Accounts: Drilldown Record Indicator field.

9
.
2 The Find Accounts page enables you to search for an account.

0
.
2 Click in the Company: Low field.

1
.
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Step Action
2 Enter the desired information into the Company: Low field. Enter "03".
2
.

3
.
or
Press [Alt+O].
2 Click the Show Journal Details button.
4
.
or
Press [Alt+J].
2 The Journals page displays the journal entry activity for the current account based on
5 your inquiry criteria.
.
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Step Action
2 Click the Drilldown button.
6
.
or
Press [Alt+D].
2 The Consolidation Drilldown page displays information about the subsidiary balance
7 that was consolidated to the parent.
.
Step Action
8
.
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Step Action
2 Click the Show Full Journal button.
9
.
or
Press [Alt+J].
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Step Action
0
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Step Action
3 Click the Detail Balances button.
1
.
or
Press [Alt+B].
3 The Detail Balances page displays the detail balances for the selected journal.
2
.
3 Click the Summary Balances button.

3
.
or
Press [Alt+S].
3 The Summary Balances page displays the summary accounts into which the detail
4 account rolls up.
.
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Step Action
5
.
Step Action
6
.
3 You have completed the Performing Account Inquiries procedure.

7 End of Procedure.
.
Performing Journal Entry Inquiries

You can perform an inquiry using the Find Journals page to obtain information about actual,
budget, or encumbrance journal entry batches for a ledger.
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In this topic, you will perform journal entry inquiries.
Procedure
Step Action

.
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Step Action
.
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Training Guide
Step Action
.
5 Use the Find Journals page to find journal batches and journal entries. General
. Ledger displays search results in either the Journal Entry Inquiry or Enter Journals
page, depending on how you navigated to the Find Journals page.
Your search results include information about actual, budget, or encumbrance journal
entry batches for a ledger.
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Training Guide
Step Action
.

.
or
Press [Alt+i].
8 The Journal Entry Inquiry page displays journal batches or journals that meet your
. query criteria in the Find Journals page.
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Step Action
9 Click in the Batch Status field.
.

0
.
or
Press [Alt+u].
1 The Journals page displays detailed information about the selected journal.
1
.
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Step Action
2
.
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Training Guide
Step Action
3
.
or
Press [Alt+c].
1 The Batch page displays detailed information on the selected batch in the Journal
4 Entry Inquiry page.
.
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Step Action
1 You can click Journals to go back to the Journals page.
.
or
Press [Alt+J].
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Training Guide
Step Action
6
.
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Training Guide
Step Action
7
.
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Training Guide
Step Action
8
.
1 You have completed the Performing Journal Entry Inquiries procedure.

9 End of Procedure.
.
Drilling Down to Subledger Details

When you perform an account or journal inquiry in General Ledger, you can drill down to view
transaction-level detail if the transactions originated in an Oracle subledger application that uses
Oracle Subledger Accounting (SLA).
In this topic, you will drill down to subledger details.
Procedure
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Step Action
1 Begin by navigating to the Account Balances page.

.

.
4 Click the Inquiry:Acct Analysis-Drilldown link.

.
5 The Account Balances page enables you to search and view account balances in the
. ledgers.
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Step Action
6 Click in the Account From field.
.
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Step Action
7 Enter the desired information into the Account From field. Enter "01-000-1110-0000-
. 000".
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Step Action
8 Click in the Account To field.
.
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Step Action
9 Enter the desired information into the Account To field. Enter "01-000-1110-0000-
. 000".
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Step Action
1 Click the Currency Type list.
0
.
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Step Action
1
.
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Step Action
1 Click in the Currency field.
2
.
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Step Action
1 Enter the desired information into the Currency field. Enter "USD".
3
.
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Step Action
1 Click in the Period From field.
4
.
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Step Action
1 Enter the desired information into the Period From field. Enter "Sep-07".
5
.
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Step Action
1 Click in the Period To field.
6
.
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Step Action
1 Enter the desired information into the Period To field. Enter "Dec-07".
7
.
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Step Action
8
.
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Training Guide
Step Action
1 Click the 7,878,350.08 link.
9
.
2 All the journal entries display for the account you specified.
0
.
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Step Action
1
.
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Step Action
2 Click the Return to Account Balances link.
2
.
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Training Guide
Step Action
2 You can view a summary of the accounts in the selected ledger.
3 Click the Summary Accounts button.
.
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Step Action
2 Click the 01-000-1000-T-T link.
4
.
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Step Action
5
.
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Step Action
2 Click the Return to Summary Balances link.
6
.
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Step Action
2 Click the Return to Account Balances link.
7
.
2 You have completed the Drilling Down to Subledger Details procedure.

8 End of Procedure.
.
Viewing T-Accounts
Use the T Accounts page to view General Ledger journals or subledger accounting entries in a
graphical T-account format, displayed in the T Accounts page. The system displays information
such as the account, the activity detail, the net activity for the entry, and the account balance.
You can also choose to view journals or subledger accounting entries as an activity summary
report, displayed in the Activity Summary page. The page displays information such as the
account, the net activity for the entry, and the account balance.T-accounts can be accessed from
General Ledger, the Enter Journals, Journals, and Journal Entry Inquiry pages.
T-accounts can also be accessed by an account inquiry, by first drilling down to the Journals
page.
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In this topic, you will view T-Accounts using the T Accounts page.
Procedure
Step Action
1 Begin by navigating to the Journals Entry Inquiry page.

.

.

.
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Step Action
5 The Find Journals page enables you to find journal batches and journal entries.
. General Ledger displays search results in either the Journal Entry Inquiry or Enter
Journals
page, depending on your navigation to the Find Journals page.
Step Action
.

.
or
Press [Alt+i].
8 The Journal Entry Inquiry page displays journal batches and journal entries.
.
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Step Action
9 Click in the Batch Status field.
.

0
.
or
Press [Alt+u].
1 The Journals page displays detailed information about the selected journal.
1
.
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Step Action
1 Click the T Accounts... button.
2
.
or
Press [Alt+c].
1 The T Accounts page displays General Ledger journals or subledger accounting
3 entries in a graphical T-account format. The system displays information such as the
. account, the activity detail, the net activity for the entry, and the account balance.
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Step Action
1 Click the Activity Summary button.
4
.
or
Press [Alt+m].
1 The Activity Summary page displays information such as the account, the net activity
5 for the entry, and the account balances for journal or subledger entries.
.
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Step Action
6
.
1 You can click the Options button and specify the default page that will open the next
7 time you want to view T-accounts.
.
For example, you can view T-Accounts by full accounting flexfield or by segment.
You can also choose whether account balances should be displayed.
1 The Options page enables you to specify the display options and the default window
8 that will open the next time you view T-accounts.
.
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Training Guide
Step Action
9
.
2 You have completed the Viewing T-Accounts procedure.

0 End of Procedure.
.
Performing Budget Inquiries

You can perform online inquiries about your master and detail budgets. General Ledger compares
summary balances between your master and detail budgets, and checks for budget variances and
violations. In addition, you can drill down from summary
balances to detail account balances, and then to budget journal details.
In this topic, you will perform a budget inquiry.
Procedure
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Step Action
1 Begin by navigating to the Budget Inquiry page.

.

.
4 Click the Inquiry: Budget link.

.
5 The Budget Inquiry page enables you to perform online inquiries about your master
. and detail budgets.
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Step Action
6 Enter the Ledger and Budget you want to review. You can enter a master budget,
. detail budget, or a budget not associated with a master-detail relationship. However,
you must enter a budget which has at least one open budget year.
Click in the Ledger field.
7 Enter the desired information into the Ledger field. Enter "Vision Operations
. (USA)".
8 Click in the Budget field.

.
9 Enter the desired information into the Budget field. Enter "Bis Corporate".
.

0
.
1 01".
.
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Step Action
2
.
3
.
1 Click in the Summary Accounts drop-down field.

4
.

5
.

6
.
7
.

8
.
or
Press [Alt+O].
1 Click in the Summary Accounts field.
9
.
2 Click the Show Balances button.

0
.
or
Press [Alt+B].
2 The Budget Balances page displays summary balances for the master budget.
1
.
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Step Action
2
.
2 You have completed the Performing Budget Inquiries procedure.

3 End of Procedure.
.
Reviewing Budget Balance in a Master Budget

When you perform an inquiry on a master budget, you can view summary balances for the master
budget and drill down to the detail balances. You can also see master and detail budgets together,
or show only those periods for which the sum of the detail budget balances exceeds the master
budget balance.
In this topic, you will review budget balances in a master budget.
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Procedure
Step Action
1 Begin by navigating to the Budget Inquiry page.

.

.
4 Click the Inquiry: Budget link.

.
5 The Budget Inquiry page enables you to review the budget balances.
.
Enter your budget inquiry criteria, specifying a master budget.
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Step Action
6 Click in the Ledger field.
.
. (USA)".

.
9 Enter the desired information into the Budget field. Enter "Bis Corporate".
.

0
.
1 01".
.
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Step Action
2
.
3
.
1 Click in the Summary Accounts drop-down field.

4
.
1 The Find Accounts page enables you to search for your account.
5
.

6
.
7
.

8
.
or
Press [Alt+O].
1 Click in the Summary Accounts field.
9
.

0
.
or
Press [Alt+B].
2 The Budget Balances page displays the period-to-date (PTD) Master Balance for
1 every period in the inquiry
. range, for the master budget and summary account you specified.
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Step Action
2
.
2 Click the Detail Accounts button to review the budget balances for the detail accounts
3 that roll up into the summary account for the selected period.
. Click the Detail Accounts button.
or
Press [Alt+D].
2 Click the Summary Balances button.
4
.
or
Press [Alt+S].
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Training Guide
Step Action
5
.
2 You have completed the Reviewing Budget Balance in a Master Budget procedure.
6 End of Procedure.
.
Processing Consolidated Balance Inquiries

From your consolidated parent ledger, you can drill down to account balances, subsidiary ledger,
subsidiary ledger entries and details, review consolidation journal entries and review subsidiary
account balances.
In this topic, you will perform consolidated balance inquiries.
Procedure
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Step Action

.

.

.
Step Action
5 Double-click the Inquiry list item.
.
6 Double-click the Account list item.

.
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Step Action
7 The Account Inquiry page enables you to perform an account inquiry to view actual,
. budget, and encumbrance account balances
for summary and detail accounts.
Step Action
.
. 03".

0
.
1
.
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Step Action
1 Click the Currency Option list.
2
.
Step Action
3
.
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Step Action
1 Click in the Entered field.
4
.
1 Enter the desired information into the Entered field. Enter "USD".
5
.

6
.

7
.

8
.
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Step Action
9
.

0
.
or
Press [Alt+O].
2 Choose the Show Journal Details button to drill down to the Journals page.
1 Click the Show Journal Details button.
.
or
Press [Alt+J].
2 The Journals page displays the journal entry activity for the current account based on
2 your inquiry criteria.
.
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Training Guide
Step Action
2 Click the Detail Balances button.
3
.
or
Press [Alt+B].
2 The Detail Balances page displays the detail balance for the selected journal entry.
4
.

5
.
2 You have completed the Processing Consolidated Balance Inquiries procedure.

6 End of Procedure.
.
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Defining Budgets
Defining Budgets includes information budget creation, management, and budget periods.

• Define budgets.
• Assign a budget period.
• Open a budget period.
• Copy budget amounts from an existing budget.
Defining Budgets
The Define Budgets page enables you to create a budget to represent a collection of estimated
amounts for a range of accounting periods. You can use AutoCopy to create a new budget from
an existing budget. You can create budget hierarchies by assigning lower-level budgets to a
master budget. This enables you to track budgeted amounts against your control budget.
In this topic, you will define budgets.
Procedure
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Step Action
1 Begin by navigating to the Define Budget page.
.
.

.
4 Click the Budget: Define: Budget link.

.
5 The Define Budget page enables you to create or copy budgets if your data access set
. provides read and write access to the ledger and all of its balancing segment values or
management segment values. You will not be able to create budgets if you only have
read access to the ledger or read and write access to just a portion of its balancing
segment values or management segment values.
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Step Action
.
7 Enter the desired information into the Budget field. Enter "H.R. BUDGET".
.

.
9 Enter the desired information into the Description field. Enter "Human Resources
. Department budget".
1 Click in the Status field.

0
.
1 Enter the desired information into the Status field. Enter "Open".
1
.
1 Click in the Budget Periods: First field.

2
.
1 Enter the desired information into the Budget Periods: First field. Enter "Jan-07".
3
.
1 Click in the Budget Periods: Last field.

4
.
1 Enter the desired information into the Budget Periods: Last field. Enter "Sep-07".
5
.

6
.
1 You have completed the Defining Budgets procedure.

7 End of Procedure.
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Assigning Budget Periods

Create a budget to represent a collection of estimated amounts for a range of accounting periods.
You can use AutoCopy to create a new budget from an existing budget. You can create budget
hierarchies by assigning lower-level budgets to a master budget. This enables you to track
budgeted amounts against your control budget.
In this topic, you will assign budget periods.
Procedure
Step Action
1 Begin by navigating to the Define Budgets page.
2 Click the Budgets: Define: Budget link.

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Step Action
3 In the Define Budget page, enter the first period of your budget. Once you save the
. budget, you cannot change the first period.
Step Action
4 Enter the desired information into the Budget field. Enter "CORPORATE".
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6 Enter the desired information into the Description field. Enter "5 Year".
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Step Action
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1 Enter the last period for your budget. Your budget can include up to sixty periods per
2 year, and can span an unlimited number of fiscal years.
. Enter the desired information into the Budget Periods: Last field. Enter "Dec-10".

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1 You have completed the Assigning Budget Periods procedure.

4 End of Procedure.
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Opening a Budget Period

Budget periods must be opened before data can be input and analyzed for defined budget.
In this topic you will learn how to open a budget period using the Define Budget page.
Procedure
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Step Action

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4 Click the Budgets : Define : Budget link.

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5 Use the Define Budget page to define and open budget periods.
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Step Action
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Press [Alt+V].
7 Click the Query By Example menu.
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Press [E].
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1 Enter the desired information into the Budget field. Enter "H.R. Budget".
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Step Action
1
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or
Press [Alt+V].
1 Click the Query By Example menu.
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3
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Press [R].
1 Click the Open Next Year button.
4
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Press [Alt+O].
5
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Press [Alt+Y].
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Press [Alt+O].
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Press [Alt+V].
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Step Action
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Press [R].
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Step Action
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Step Action
2
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Press [Alt+i].
2 You have completed the Opening a Budget Period procedure.
4 End of Procedure.
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Copying Budget Amounts from a Budget

The Define Budget page enables you to use Autocopy to copy budget amounts to a new budget
from an already existing budget.
You can only copy budget amounts if you have read and write access to the ledger and all of its
balancing segment values or management segment values as defined by your data access set.
In this topic, you will copy budget amounts from a budget.
Procedure
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Step Action
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4 Click the Budgets: Define: Budget link.

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5 The Define Budget page enables you to create or copy budgets if your data access set
. provides read and write access to the ledger and all of its balancing segment values or
management segment values. You will not be able to create budgets if you only have
read access to the ledger or read and write access to just a portion of its balancing
segment values or management segment values.
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Step Action
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7 Enter the desired information into the Budget field. Enter "CORPORATE 2003".
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9 Enter the desired information into the Description field. Enter "Auto copying budget
. amounts from existing budget".

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Step Action
2
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1 Enter the desired information into the Budget Periods: Last field. Enter "Dec-03".
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Press [Alt+A].
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Press [Alt+Y].
1 Click the CORPORATE 2002 list item.
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Press [Alt+O].
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Press [Alt+V].
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Step Action
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Press [R].
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Step Action
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Step Action
5
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6
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Press [Alt+i].
7 details, log and output information, and access the Diagnostics page.
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2 You have completed the Copying Budget Amounts From a Budget procedure.
8 End of Procedure.
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Managing Budget Organizations

Managing Budget Organizations enables you to add or change individual accounts, password
protection for the organization, assigning account ranges, and defining new budget organizations.

• Assign account ranges
• Define and manage budget organizations
• Define passwords
• Define individual accounts
Defining Budget Organizations

You can use the Define Budget Organization page to define budget organizations or update
existing budget
organizations.
Before you define a budget organization you must define your ledger using Accounting Setup
Manager,and assign your ledger to an Accounting Setup that has a status of Confirmed using
Accounting Setup Manager. You can optionally,define definition access sets and assign them to
Responsibilities if you want to secure use, view, or modify access to your Budget Organization.
In this topic, you will define a budget organization using the Define Budget Organization page.
Procedure
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Step Action
1 Begin by navigating to the Define Budget Organization page. Select the
. responsibility General Ledger, Vision Operations(USA).
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4 Click the Budgets: Define: Organization link.

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5 Use the Define Budget Organization page to define budget organizations or update
. existing budget organizations. You can review, assign, delete or copy ranges of
Accounting Flexfields to your budget organizations.
If you have defined at least one budget organization, you can define an "All" budget
organization that contains all the Accounting Flexfields from all the budget
organizations you define. This all-inclusive budget organization is useful if you want
one budget organization for budgeting to all
accounts, or if you do not currently need specialized budget organizations, but may
want to add them later.
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Step Action
6 Click in the Organization field.
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7 To define a new budget organization that includes only specific ranges of accounts,
. enter a unique name in the Organization field. Budget organization names must be
unique for a ledger.
If you have defined at least one budget organization, you can create a budget
organization named "All" that automatically includes all accounts that
are assigned to any budget organization.
Enter the desired information into the Organization field. Enter "H.R. Organization".
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9 Enter the desired information into the Description field. Enter "Human Resources
. Budget Organization".
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Step Action
1 You can specify the display sequence in the Display Sequence field for your account
0 segments.
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You can use this sequence to change the order of your account segments on the Enter
Budget Amounts and Enter Budget Journals pages.
Click in the Display Sequence field.
1 In the Display Sequence page, for each segment, enter a unique sequence number
1 from 1 to n, where n is the number of segments in your account.
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1 Enter the desired information into the Company field. Enter "1".
2
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1 Click in the Department field.

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1 Enter the desired information into the Department field. Enter "2".
4
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1 Enter the desired information into the Account field. Enter "3".
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1 Click in the Sub-Account field.

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1 Enter the desired information into the Sub-Account field. Enter "4".
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1 Click in the Product field.

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Step Action
2 Enter the desired information into the Product field. Enter "5".
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1
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Press [Alt+O].
2
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2 You have completed defining a budget organization using the Define Budget
3 Organization page.
. End of Procedure.
Assigning Account Ranges to Budget Organizations

You can enter budget amounts, budget journals, upload budget amounts, and transfer budget
amounts in any currency. You can calculate budget formulas and mass budget journals.
In this topic, you will learn to assign account ranges to budget organizations.
Procedure
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Step Action
1 Begin by navigating to the Define Budget Organization page.
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5 The Define Budget Organization page enables you to specify accounts by defining a
. budget organization, then assigning appropriate accounts to that organization.
Use this window to define budget organizations or update existing budget

organizations. You can review, assign, delete or copy ranges of Accounting Flexfields
to your budget organizations. You must define at least one budget organization before
you can enter budget amounts.
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Step Action
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or
Press [Alt+V].
7 Point to the Query By Example menu.
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or
Press [E].
9 Enter the desired information into the Organization field. Enter "H.R. Organization".
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Press [Alt+V].
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Step Action
1
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2
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Press [R].
1 Click the Ranges button.
3
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Press [Alt+R].
1 The Account Ranges page contains ranges of accounts that make up the budget.
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Step Action
5
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1 Click in the Accounts: Low field.

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1 The Operations Accounting Flex page enables you to enter specified accounts within
7 the designated account range.
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1 Click in the Department: Low field.

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2 Enter the desired information into the Department: Low field. Enter "760".
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2 Click in the Account: Low field.

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2 Enter the desired information into the Account: Low field. Enter "6100".
2
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2 Enter the desired information into the Account: High field. Enter "6175".
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2 Enter the desired information into the Sub-Account: Low field. Enter "0000".
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Step Action
2 Click in the Product: Low field.
5
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2 Enter the desired information into the Product: Low field. Enter "000".
6
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7
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Press [Alt+O].
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Press [Alt+O].
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Press [Alt+V].
1
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Press [R].
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Step Action
3
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5
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Press [Alt+i].
7 details, log and output information, and access the Diagnostics window.
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Step Action
8
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or
Press [Alt+p].
3 You have completed the Assigning Account Ranges to Budget Organizations
9 procedure.
. End of Procedure.
Protecting a Budget Organization with a Password

By assigning passwords to different budget organizations within your enterprise, you can
distribute budgeting responsibilities among your various organization managers.
When a budget organization has password protection, you must enter the password before
reviewing, entering, or changing budget information for any account within that budget
organization.
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In this topic, you will protect a budget organization with a password using the Define Budget
Organization page.
Procedure
Step Action

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Step Action
5 The Define Budget Organization page enables you to define an organization.
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Step Action
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Press [Alt+V].
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Step Action
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Press [E].
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Press [Alt+V].
2
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3
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or
Press [R].
1 Click the Set Password button.
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Press [Alt+S].
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Step Action
1 Enter the desired information into the New Password field. Enter "welcome".
5
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1 Enter the desired information into the New Password field. Enter "welcome".
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Step Action
9
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2 You have completed the Protecting a Budget Organization with a Password procedure.
0 End of Procedure.
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Adding or Changing Individual Accounts

You can display each account within a specific range you assigned to your budget organization.
General Ledger sorts the accounts in ascending order by ordering segment value. You can add
new accounts to your budget organization that fall within the designated range, or you can
temporarily delete accounts from the budget organization.
In this topic, you will learn to add or change individual accounts.
Procedure
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Step Action
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4 Click the Organization link.

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5 The Define Budget Organization page enables you to specify accounts by defining a
. budget organization, then assigning appropriate accounts to that organization.
Use this window to define budget organizations or update existing budget

organizations. You can review, assign, delete or copy ranges of Accounting Flexfields
to your budget organizations. You must define at least one budget organization before
you can enter budget amounts.
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Step Action
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or
Press [Alt+V].
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or
Press [E].
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Step Action
1
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or
Press [Alt+V].
2
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3
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or
Press [R].
1 Click the Ranges button.
4
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or
Press [Alt+R].
1 The Account Ranges page contains ranges of accounts that make up the budget.
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Step Action
1 Click the Range Assignments button.
6
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or
Press [Alt+a].
1 The Account Assignments page enables you to assign, upload, and transfer budget
7 amounts in any currency.
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Step Action
8
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0
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2 You have completed the Adding or Changing Individual Accounts procedure.

1 End of Procedure.
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Budget Formulas
Budget Formulas includes information on creating a budget formula entry, entering budget
formula entry lines, copying existing budget formulas, and changing a budget formula entry.

• Create a budget formula entry.
• Enter a budget formula entry line.
• Copy existing budget formulas.
• Change a budget formula entry.
Creating a Budget Formula Entry

Your budget formulas can be simple or complex and you can use any combination of fixed
amounts and account balances, including actual or budget amounts, statistics, and period-to-date
or year-to-date balances from the current period, prior period or same period last year.
When you define budget formulas, you create a budget formula batch. The batch contains one or
more budget entries, and each entry contains one or more formulas.
In this topic, you will create a budget formula entry using the Define Budget Formula page.
Procedure
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Step Action
1 Begin by navigating to the Define Budget Formula page.

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4 Click the Budgets: Define: Formula link.

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5 You will use the Define Budget Formula page to create a budget formula entry.
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In this page, you will enter the budget formula batch information which includes:
• A name for the formula entry in the Batch field.
• The ledger you specified for the batch defaults for the formula entry in the Ledger
field.
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Step Action
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. - Jan 2008".
8 In the Journal Entry region, you will enter the details of the formula entry journal,
. currency and category as well as the effective dates.

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1 Enter the desired information into the Journal Entry: Journal field. Enter
0 "Training".
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1 Click in the Journal Entry: Category field.

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Step Action
1 Enter the desired information into the Journal Entry: Category field. Enter "AP
2 Costs".
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1 Use the Effective Dates: From/To fields to enter a range of effective dates to limit use
3 of the budget formula to a specific time
. interval.
Note that the effective dates are based on the system date. Users will be prevented
from generating budget formulas if the system date falls
outside the effective date range.
1 Click in the Effective Dates: From field.
4
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1 Enter the desired information into the Effective Dates: From field. Enter "01-JAN-
5 2008".
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1 Click in the Effective Dates: To field.

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1 Enter the desired information into the Effective Dates: To field. Enter "31-JAN-
7 2008".
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8
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1 You have completed creating a budget formula entry using the Define Budget
9 Formula page.
. End of Procedure.
Creating Budget Formula Entry Lines

When you create budget formula entries, you will also create budget formula entry lines.
Your budget formulas can be simple or complex and you can use any combination of fixed
amounts and account balances, including actual or budget amounts, statistics, and period-to-date
or year-to-date balances from the current period, prior period or same period last year.
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more budget entries, and each entry contains one or more formulas.
In this topic, you will create budget formula entry lines, using the Define Budget Formula page.
Procedure
Step Action

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Step Action
5 Before you create budget formula entry lines, you will use the Define Budget
. Formula page to create a budget formula entry.
In this page, you will enter the budget formula batch information which includes:
• A name for the formula entry in the Batch field.
• The ledger you specified for the batch defaults for the formula entry in the Ledger
field.
Step Action
.
. - Jan 2008".
8 In the Journal Entry region, you will enter the details of the formula entry journal,
. currency and category as well as the effective dates.
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Step Action
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1 Enter the desired information into the Journal Entry: Journal field. Enter
0 "Training".
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1 Click in the Journal Entry: Category field.

1
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1 Enter the desired information into the Journal Entry: Category field. Enter "AP
2 Costs".
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3
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1 Enter the desired information into the Effective Dates: From field. Enter "01-JAN-
4 2008".
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5
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1 Enter the desired information into the Effective Dates: To field. Enter "31-JAN-
6 2008".
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1 Once you have created the budget formula entry, you will use the Lines button on the
7 Define Budget Formula page to enter the formula.
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8
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Press [Alt+n].
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Step Action
1 You will use the Journal Entry Lines page to enter the details of line, line description,
9 account information as well as to enter a formula.
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2 In the Line field, enter a line number to set the order of your recurring journal entry
0 lines.
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Step Action
1
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Step Action
3
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2 In the Account field, enter the account whose budget amount you want to calculate
4 with a formula.
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5
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2 In the Step field, enter a Step number to specify the order in which you want to process
6 the steps in
. your formula.
Each formula can contain an unlimited number of steps.

2 Click in the Formula: Step Number field.
7
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8
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2 You will now enter a factor for the formula step using the Amount or the Account
9 field.
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There are two types of factors you can use. You can:
• Enter a fixed amount in the Amount field.
• Specify an account in the Account field to use a balance in the formula calculation.
You can use standard, end-of-day, or average balances in your formula lines.
You will enter a fixed amount to enter a factor for the formula step using the Amount
field.
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Step Action
2
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3 You have completed creating budget formula entry lines using the Define Budget
3 Formula page.
. End of Procedure.
Copying Existing Budget Formulas

You can create a new budget formula batch quickly by copying and modifying an existing budget
formula batch.
In this topic, you will copy an existing budget formula using the Define Budget Formula page.
Procedure
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Step Action

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5 You will use the Define Budget Formula page to copy an existing budget formula.
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In this page, you will enter a Batch Name, Description, and Ledger for the new budget
formula batch.
Note that if you use reporting currencies (journal or subledger level), you can enter a
reporting currency instead of a ledger.
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Step Action
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. - Feb 2008".
8 Choose the AutoCopy button to copy the existing budget formula.

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Note that you can only copy budget formula batches for the same ledger or reporting
currency.
.
or
Press [Alt+A].
1 Use the Source Batches page to enter the Source Batch whose formulas you want to
0 copy.
.
You can modify the budget formula entries you copied.
1 Click the Training - Jan 2008 list item.
1
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2
.
or
Press [Alt+O].
3
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1 You have completed copying an existing budget formula using the Define Budget
4 Formula page.
. End of Procedure.
Changing a Budget Formula Entry

You define budget formulas to calculate budget amounts. Your budget formulas can be simple or
complex. You can use any combination of fixed amounts and account balances, including actual
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or budget amounts, statistics, and period-to-date or year-to-date balances from the current period,
prior period or same period last year.
more budget entries, and each entry contains one or more formulas. Use budget batches and
entries to group your budget formulas.
In this topic, you will change a budget formula entry.
Procedure
Step Action

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Step Action
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5 Use the Define Budget Formula page to create a budget formula batch or budget
. formula entry, to enter a budget formula entry line, and to copy budget formulas from
an existing batch.
Step Action
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7 Use the Find Recurring Batches page to query the name of the budget formula batch
. you want to change.
8 Click the Training 2008 list item.

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Step Action
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or
Press [Alt+O].
0
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or
Press [Alt+n].
1 Use the Journal Entry Lines page to review or change the formula entry lines.
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Step Action
2
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3
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4
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1 Click in the Formula: Step Number field.

5
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6
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2 You have completed the Changing a Budget Formula Entry procedure.

0 End of Procedure.
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Entering Budget Amounts

Entering Budget Amounts includes information on multiple accounts, rules to distribute amounts,
journal entries, and journal batches.

• Enter budget amounts for multiple accounts.
• Enter budget rules.
• Enter budget journals.
• Create unposted journal batches.
• Export a budget worksheet.
Entering Budget Amounts for Multiple Accounts

Enter budget amounts for your accounts to replace any existing budget balances. You can enter
budget amounts for each account in the budget organization one-by-one, or you can use
worksheet mode to enter budgets for several accounts at once. Budget rules enable you to
distribute budget amounts for all periods.
In this topic, you will enter budget amounts for multiple accounts.
Procedure
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Step Action
1 Begin by navigating to the Enter Budget Amounts page.
2 Click the Budgets: Enter: Amounts link.

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3 The Enter Budget Amounts page enables you to enter the amounts for your budget.
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You cannot enter amounts for a budget that is frozen.
Step Action
4 Enter the desired information into the Budget field. Enter "CORP BUD 2003-6".
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5 Click in the Budget Organization field.

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Step Action
6 Specify the budget organization for the accounts to which you want to budget. If the
. budget organization is password-protected, you must enter the password before you
can enter budget amounts.
Enter the desired information into the Budget Organization field. Enter
"Operations".
7 Click in the Accounting Periods From field.
.
8 Enter the range of accounting periods to which you want to budget.

. Enter the desired information into the Accounting Periods From field. Enter "Jan-
06".
9 Click in the To field.
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1 The Worksheet Mode tab enables you to review and enter budget amounts for several
0 accounts at once.
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1 Click the Worksheet Mode tab.

1
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2
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1 The Find Accounts page enables you to query the accounts within the chosen budget
3 organization for which you want to enter budgets.
.
You can specify one or more segment values (or wildcards) to restrict the query.
Oracle General Ledger retrieves each account with a budget entry type of "Entered"
that meets your criteria.
4
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5
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Step Action
7
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8
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or
Press [Alt+O].
1 Click in the Jan-06 field.
9
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2 Enter budget amounts for accounts and periods in the designated range.
0 Enter the desired information into the Jan-06 field. Enter "1000".
.
2 Click in the Jan-06 field.

1
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2 Enter the desired information into the Jan-06 field. Enter "10000".
2
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2 Select the Post button to submit a concurrent request that updates your account budget
3 balances.
. Click the Post button.
or
Press [Alt+P].
4
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or
Press [Alt+Y].
5
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Step Action
or
Press [Alt+O].
2 You have completed the Entering Budget Amounts for Multiple Accounts procedure.
6 End of Procedure.
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Entering Budget Rules to Distribute Budget Amounts

Budget rules are predefined methods for calculating and distributing budget amounts to all
periods for an account. You can use budget rules to help you enter budgets quickly and easily.
In this topic, you will entering budget rules to distribute budget amounts.
Procedure
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Step Action
1 Begin by navigating to the Enter Budget Amounts page.
2 Click the Budgets: Enter: Amounts link.

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3 The Enter Budget Amounts page enables you to enter the budget rules to distribute
. budget amounts.
Step Action
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Step Action
6 Specify the budget organization for the accounts to which you want to budget. If the
. budget organization is password-protected, you must enter the password before you
can enter budget amounts.
Enter the desired information into the Budget Organization field. Enter
"Operations".
.
8 Enter the range of accounting periods to which you want to budget.

. Enter the desired information into the Accounting Periods From field. Enter "Jan-
06".
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1 The Single Row Mode tab enables you to review and enter budget information for one
0 account at a time. You will also see a total for all budget periods when you use the
. Single Row mode.
1 Click the Single Row Mode tab.

1
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2
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1 The Find Accounts page enables you to query the account for which you are entering
3 budgets.
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5
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6
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Step Action
7
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8
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or
Press [Alt+O].
1 Click the Budget Rules button.
9
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or
Press [Alt+R].
2 The Budget Rules page enables you to choose the rule you want to use to calculate
0 and distribute budget amounts for the account.
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Step Action
2 Click the Rule list.
1
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Step Action
2 Click the Repeat Per Period list item.
2
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Step Action
2 Click in the Amount field.
3
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2 Enter the amount you want to use with your budget rule.
4 Enter the desired information into the Amount field. Enter "100".
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2 Click the Apply button.

5
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or
Press [Alt+A].
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Step Action
2 Click in the Total field.
7
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8
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2 You have completed the Entering Budget Rules to Distribute Budget Amounts
9 procedure.
. End of Procedure.
Entering Budget Journals

You can enter budget journals to maintain an audit trail for your budget balances. You can use
budget rules to calculate budget journal amounts automatically.
Note that you can only enter budget journals to those ledgers and balancing segment values or
management segment values that you have read and write access as defined by your data access
set.
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When you post budget journals, the journal amounts update existing budget balances. You can
review and change your budget journals before posting them.
Following are the prerequisites to enter budget journals:

• Define a budget
• Open one or more years for your budget
• Define a budget organization
• Assign the "Entered" budget entry type to the accounts for which you want to enter budget
journals
In this topic, you will enter budget journals using the Enter Budget Journals page.
Procedure
Step Action
1 Begin by navigating to the Enter Budget Journals page.
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Step Action
2 Click the Budgets: Enter: Journals link.
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3 You will use the Enter Budget Journals page to enter the budget journals for the
. budget you want to update.
You cannot use a budget that is frozen.

4 In the Budget Organization field, specify the organization for the account to which
. you want to budget.
If the budget organization is password-protected, you must enter the password before
you can enter budget journals.
Note that if your budget organization has been secured using

definition access sets, you must have Use access to the budget
organization to be able to use it for budget entry.
Step Action
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1 Once you have specified the account details, enter a debit or credit amount for each
9 period in the Debit and Credit fields.
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Note: If you want to use budget rules to calculate and distribute budget amounts, you
do not have to enter journal amounts.
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2 When you save your entries, the journal amounts updates existing budget balances.
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2 You have completed entering budget journals using the Enter Budget Journals page.
4 End of Procedure.
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Creating Unposted Journal Batches

After you enter budget journals, you will run journal import to create unposted journal batches.
If you are using budgetary control, you must check and reserve funds for the budget journal
batches.
In this topic, you will create unposted journal batches using the Enter Budget Journals page.
Procedure
Step Action
1 Begin by navigating to the Enter Budget Journals page.
2 Click the Budgets: Enter: Journals link.

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Step Action
3 You will use the Enter Budget Journals page to enter your budget journal
. information, including the budget debit and credit amounts.
Step Action
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5 Enter the desired information into the Budget Organization field. Enter
. "Operations".

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7 Enter the desired information into the Accounting Periods From field. Enter "Jan-
. 06".

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Step Action
9 Click the Journal Mode tab.
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1 Select the Journal Mode tab in the Enter Budget Journals page to enter budget
0 amounts in a journal format.
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1
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1 In the Find Accounts page, you will enter the details of the account.
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Press [Alt+O].
1 Once you find the account, enter the budget debit and credit amounts.
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Step Action
9
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0
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2 To create a budget journal batch, you will click the Create Journals button.
1
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2 Click the Create Journals... button.

2
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or
Press [Alt+J].
2 In the Create Journals page, enter a unique journal batch name in the Journal Batch
3 field.
.
You will also use this page to enter a category for your budget journal batch in the
Category field.
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Step Action
2 Click in the Journal Batch field.
4
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2 Enter the desired information into the Journal Batch field. Enter "CORP BUD 2003-
5 6 ADJ 01".
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2 Once you have entered the values for the journal batch and category, click the Done
8 button and save your changes.
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Step Action
2 Click the Done button.
9
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or
Press [Alt+D].
Step Action
0
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3 Navigate back to the Create Journals page to check funds or to reserve funds.
1
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3 Click the Create Journals... button.

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Step Action
or
Press [Alt+J].
3 You will use the Create Journals page to reserve funds.
3
. Select the Check Funds button to verify available funds for the budget journal batch.
Select the Reserve Funds button to reserve funds for the budget journal batches.
Step Action
3 Click the Reserve Funds button.
4
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or
Press [Alt+R].
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Step Action
3 The Note page will display to confirm that your transaction has passed funds
5 reservation.
.
The Funds Status changes to In Process after you click Check Funds or Reserve Funds.
After the funds check or reservation process completes, your funds status will change
to Passed or Failed.
Note: Once your funds reservation has passed, you cannot change your budget journal
amounts unless you first unreserve the funds.
6
.
or
Press [Alt+O].
3 Click the View Results button in the Create Journals page to open the Budgetary
7 Control Results page.
.
3 Click the View Results button.

8
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or
Press [Alt+i].
3 In the Budgetary Control Results page, you can review the results of your funds
9 action request.
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Step Action
4 Click the Account Combination link.
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4 Click the Close Window link.
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Step Action
4 Click the Done button.
2
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or
Press [Alt+D].
3
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or
Press [Alt+O].
4 You have completed creating unposted journal batches using the Enter Budget
4 Journals page.
. End of Procedure.
Exporting a Budget Worksheet Using the Budget Wizard

You can use the Budget Wizard to download an existing budget from Oracle General Ledger
into Microsoft Excel, modify it in Excel, and then automatically upload your revised budget
amounts to General Ledger.
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You can also analyze budgets by downloading both actual and budget balances from General
Ledger, then using Excel to perform comparisons between the actual and budget values.
By using Excel to create budget worksheets, you can easily save your worksheets to your local
hard disk or floppy disk, making it possible to edit them later, or perform budget analysis work on
a different PC, even when you are disconnected from your
corporate database.
In this topic, you will export a budget worksheet using the Budget Wizard.
Procedure
Step Action
1 Begin by navigating to the Budget Wizard page.
. Click the Vertical scrollbar.

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Step Action
3 Click the Budgets: Launch Budget Wizard link.
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4 You will use the Document Parameters page to enter the selection criteria parameters
. such as budget, organization, account details, currency and the budget dates.
5 In the Budget field, select a budget that you have defined in Oracle General Ledger.
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Step Action
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Step Action
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8 In the Organization field, select a budget organization that you have defined in Oracle
. General Ledger.
Your budget organization determines the accounts against which you can budget.
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Step Action
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Step Action
1 Enter the desired information into the Organization field. Enter "ALL".
0
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1 In the Account From and To fields, enter the starting and ending account range for
1 your selected budget organization.
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Step Action
1 Click in the Account From field.
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Step Action
1 Enter the desired information into the Account From field. Enter "01-110-5110-0000-
3 000".
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Step Action
1 Click in the Account To field.
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Step Action
1 Enter the desired information into the Account To field. Enter "01-480-5110-0000-
5 000".
.
1 In the Currency field, you will select the currencies defined for your selected budget
6 organization.
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Step Action
1 Click the Currency list.
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Step Action
1 Click the USD list item.
8
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1 In the From Period and To Period fields, select the starting period for your selected
9 budget.
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Step Action
2 Enter the desired information into the From Period field. Enter "Jan-02".
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Step Action
2 Click in the To Period field.
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Step Action
2 Enter the desired information into the To Period field. Enter "Jan-05".
2
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Step Action
2 Click the Create Document button.
3
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2 In the Document Creation Review page, you can review details such as layout,
4 organization, currency, and dates.
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Step Action
2 Click the Create Document button.
5
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2 In the Information page, you will be prompted to download the file and save it to your
6 desktop.
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Step Action
7
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or
Press [Alt+S].
2 You have completed exporting a budget worksheet using the Budget Wizard.
8 End of Procedure.
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Transferring Budget Amounts

Transferring Budget Amounts includes information on entering budget transfer amounts and
using the Budgetary Control to transfer budget amounts.

• Transfer budget amounts using Budgetary Control.
• Enter budget transfer amounts.
Transferring Budget Amounts Using Budgetary Control

Transferring Budget Amounts enables you to transfer budget amounts from one account to
another within any budget. The accounts may belong to the same or different budget
organizations. You can transfer fixed amounts or a percentage of an account's budget balance.
General Ledger automatically runs Journal Import when you leave the Budget Transfer form to
create an unposted budget journal batch. Post the budget journal batch to update your budget
balances.
In this topic, you will transfer budget amounts using budgetary control.
Procedure
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Step Action
1 Begin by navigating to the Budget Transfer page.

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3 Click the Budgets: Enter: Transfer link.

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4 Use the Budget Transfer page to enter the Budget, Batch Name, Currency, Budget
. Organizations, and Accounts for the budget transfer.
Step Action
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Step Action
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7 Click in the Batch Name field.

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8 Enter the desired information into the Batch Name field. Enter "Transfer".
.
9 Click in the From: Budget Organization field.

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1 Enter the desired information into the From: Budget Organization field. Enter
0 "Operations".
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1 Click in the From: Account field.

1
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1 Enter the desired information into the From: Account field. Enter "01-110-5110-
2 0000-000".
.
1 The To Budget Organization can be the same or different from your From Budget
3 Organization. If the budget organization is password-protected, you must enter the
. password before you can transfer budget amounts.
Click in the To: Budget Organization field.
1 Enter the desired information into the To: Budget Organization field. Enter
4 "Operations".
.
1 Click in the To: Account field.

5
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1 Enter the desired information into the To: Account field. Enter "01-480-5110-0000-
6 000".
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Step Action
1 Click the Transfer Amounts button.
7
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or
Press [Alt+a].
1 Use the Transfer Amounts page to specify the fixed amounts or percentages of
8 account balances you want to transfer.
.
Step Action
9
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2 Enter the desired information into the Period field. Enter "JAN-02".
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Step Action
2 Click in the Transfer: Amount field.
1
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2 Enter the desired information into the Transfer: Amount field. Enter "2000".
2
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2 Click the Show YTD Balances button.

3
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or
Press [Alt+S].
2 Use the Decision page to confirm your transfer.
4
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5
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or
Press [Alt+Y].
6
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2 You have completed the Transferring Budget Amounts Using Budgetary Control
7 procedure.
. End of Procedure.
Entering Budget Transfer Amounts

Entering Budget Transfer Amounts enables you to transfer fixed amounts or percentages of
account balances for each accounting period.
You can enter the period for which you want to transfer budget amounts in an open budget year.
General Ledger automatically displays the old balances for the accounts from and to which you
want to transfer amounts.
In this topic, you will enter budget transfer amounts.
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Procedure
Step Action
1 Begin by navigating to the Budget Transfer page.

.

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4 Click the Budgets: Enter: Transfer link.

.
5 Use the Budget Transfer page to enter the Budget, Currency, Batch Name, Budget
. Organizations, and Accounts for the budget transfer.
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Step Action
.
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8 Click in the Batch Name field.

.
9 Enter the desired information into the Batch Name field. Enter "Transfer".
.
1 Click in the From: Budget Organization field.

0
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1 Enter the desired information into the From: Budget Organization field. Enter
1 "Operations".
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Step Action
1 Click in the From: Account field.
2
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1 Enter the desired information into the From: Account field. Enter "01-110-5110-
3 0000-000".
.
1 Click in the To: Budget Organization field.

4
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1 Enter the desired information into the To: Budget Organization field. Enter
5 "Operations".
.
1 Click in the To: Account field.

6
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1 Enter the desired information into the To: Account field. Enter "01-480-5110-0000-
7 000".
.
1 Click the Transfer Amounts button.

8
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1 Use the Transfer Amounts page to enter the period for which you want to transfer
9 budget amounts. The period that you choose must be in an open budget year.
.
The page displays old balances for the accounts from and to which you want to transfer
amounts. These balances are the year-to-date budget balances for the budget, accounts
and period you specify.
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Step Action
0
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2 Enter the desired information into the Period field. Enter "JAN-02".
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Step Action
2 Enter the desired information into the Period field. Enter "FEB-02".
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2 Enter the desired information into the Period field. Enter "Mar-02".
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3 You have completed the Entering Budget Transfer Amounts procedure.

3 End of Procedure.
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Freezing Budgets
Freezing Budgets includes information on freezing budget batches, organizations, and for a range
of accounts.

• Freeze budget formula batches.
• Freeze budget organizations.
• Freeze budgets for a range of accounts.
Freezing Budget Formula Batches

Freeze Budget page helps you to freeze a budget, budget organization, budget formula batch, or
a range of budget account combinations to prevent accidental or unauthorized changes.
You can freeze or unfreeze budget formula batches. When you freeze a budget formula, you
cannot use the formulas to calculate budget amounts for the specified budget. However, you can
still use the formulas for budgets for which the formula batch is not
frozen.
In this topic, you will freeze a budget formula batch.
Procedure
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Step Action
1 Begin by navigating to the Freeze Budget page.

.

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4 Click the Budgets: Freeze link.

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5 Use the Find Budget page to query the ledger and budget for the budget formula that
. you want to freeze.
Note: When you freeze the formula batch, you freeze it only for the budget you specify
here.
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Step Action
6 Click the <Budget to be frozen> list item.
.

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or
Press [Alt+O].
8 Click the Frozen option.
.
9 Click the Save menu.

.
or
Press [S].
1 You have completed Freezing Budget Formula Batches procedure.
0 End of Procedure.
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Freezing Budget Organizations

You can freeze or unfreeze budget organizations. However, when you freeze a budget
organization, you cannot budget to the accounts belonging to that budget organization for the
budget specified. However, you can still enter budget amounts for budgets for
which the budget organization is not frozen.
In this topic, you will freeze a budget organization.
Procedure
Step Action

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Step Action
.

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5 Use the Find Budget page to find the appropriate ledger and budget for the budget
. organization you want to freeze.
Step Action
.

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or
Press [Alt+O].
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Step Action
8 When you freeze budget organizations, you cannot budget to the account combinations
. belonging to that budget organization for the budget specified.
Click the Organizations tab.

.

0
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1 You have completed Freezing Budget Organizations procedure.

1 End of Procedure.
.
Freezing Budgets for a Range of Accounts

You can freeze or unfreeze ranges of budget accounts. Note that when you freeze a range of
budget accounts, you cannot budget to those accounts for the budget specified. However, you can
still enter budget amounts for budgets for which the range of accounts is not frozen.
In this topic, you will freeze budgets for a range of accounts.
Procedure
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Step Action

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5 Use the Find Budget page to find the ledger and budget for the accounts you want to
. freeze.
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Step Action
.

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or
Press [Alt+O].
8 Use the Organizations tab to select the budget organization for the account range you
. want to freeze.
When you freeze ranges of account combinations, you cannot use that budget
associated with those account combinations for the budget specified.
Click the Organizations tab.

.
1 Click the Account Ranges button.

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Step Action
or
Press [Alt+A].
1 Use the Operations Accounting Flex page to enter the low and high accounts for the
1 range. You can enter an unlimited number of non-overlapping ranges as long as they
. fall within the designated budget organization.
Step Action
2
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Step Action
5
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1 Click in the Sub-Account: Low field.

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1
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or
Press [Alt+O].
2
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2 You have completed Freezing Budgets for a Range of Accounts procedure.

3 End of Procedure.
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Encumbrance Accounting
Encumbrance Accounting includes information on defining encumbrance types, entering
encumbrances, viewing funds available, and carrying forward year-end encumbrance and budget
balances.

• Define encumbrance types.
• Enter encumbrances.
• View funds available.
• Carry forward year-end encumbrance and budget balances.
Defining Encumbrance Types

You can use Encumbrance Types to classify and track expenditures according to the purchasing
approval process.
You can define encumbrance types in addition to the General Ledger standard encumbrance types
or disable existing encumbrance types.
General Ledger has the following predefined encumbrance types:

• Commitment which is an encumbrance you record when you complete a purchase requisition.
• Obligation which is an encumbrance you record when you turn a requisition into a purchase
order.
In this topic, you will define an encumbrance type using the Encumbrance Types page.
Procedure
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Step Action
1 Begin by navigating to the Encumbrance Types page.
2 Click the Setup: Journal: Encumbrances link.

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3 You will use the Encumbrance Types page to define an encumbrance type.
.
You can define as many additional encumbrance types as you want, or change the
names of the standard encumbrance types to reflect the terminology you use within
your organization. You specify an encumbrance type when you enter an encumbrance
and when you perform inquiries.
To define an encumbrance type, you will enter a name and description,enable the
encumbrance type, and save your work.
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Step Action
4 Click in the Encumbrance Type field.
.
5 Enter the desired information into the Encumbrance Type field. Enter "Obligation
. Req to PO".

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7 Enter the desired information into the Description field. Enter "Requisition becomes
. PO".

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9 You have completed defining an encumbrance type using the Encumbrance Type
. page.
End of Procedure.
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Entering Encumbrances
You can enter and update encumbrance entries, as well as review and update encumbrance entries
imported to General Ledger from feeder systems such as Purchasing and Payables.
Entering encumbrances is a similar process to entering actual journals. Before entering

encumbrances manually, organize them into batches. You will group your encumbrances by
encumbrance type, date, and preparer. You can enter encumbrances only in your ledger currency.
The batch can only have journals for only one primary or secondary ledger.
Following are the prerequisites before you enter encumbrances:

• Define your ledger using Accounting Setup Manager.
• Define your encumbrance types.
• Open an encumbrance year.
In this topic, you will enter encumbrances using the Enter Encumbrances page.
Procedure
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Step Action
1 Begin by navigating to the Enter Encumbrances page
. Click the Journals: Encumbrance link.
2 When you click the Encumbrance link, it displays not only the Enter Encumbrances
. page, but also the Find Journals page.
This is because before entering encumbrances manually, you will organize them into
batches. You will use the Find Journals page to enter a new batch.
Step Action
.
or
Press [Alt+B].
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Step Action
4 Use the Batch page to enter a batch name in the Batch field.
.
You will also use this page to enter an appropriate accounting period in the Period
field, and an optional Control Total.
You can enter encumbrances up to the last period of your latest open
encumbrance year.
Step Action
.
6 Enter the desired information into the Batch field. Enter "EB112005".
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Step Action
8 Enter the desired information into the Period field. Enter "Nov-05".
.

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1 Enter the desired information into the Description field. Enter "Encumbrance Batch
0 November".
.
1 Click in the Control Total field.

1
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1 Enter the desired information into the Control Total field. Enter "100.00".
2
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1 You will now enter the encumbrance journals in the Journals page.
3
. Access the Journals page by clicking the Journals button on the Batch page.

4
.
or
Press [Alt+J].
1 Use the Journals page to create your encumbrance journal by entering a name, ledger,
5 category,
. encumbrance type, optional description, reference, and control total.
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Step Action
6
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1 Enter the desired information into the Journal field. Enter "EB112005 ADJ".
7
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8
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1 Enter the desired information into the Description field. Enter "Encumbrance
9 Adjustment".
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2 Click in the Encumbrance Type field.

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Step Action
2 Enter the desired information into the Encumbrance Type field. Enter
1 "Encumbrance".
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2 In the Lines tab of the Journals page, enter encumbrance lines, specifying an account
2 and debit or credit amount for each.
.
Oracle General Ledger automatically validates each segment value, as well as the
combination of segments you enter.
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4
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5
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2 Click the Account button.

6
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2 Use the Operations Accounting Flex page to enter account details.

7
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2 Click in the Account Alias field.

8
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2 Enter the desired information into the Account Alias field. Enter "Miscellaneous".
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or
Press [Alt+O].
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Step Action
3 Enter the desired information into the Debit field. Enter "100.00".
1
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2
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3 Click the Account button.

3
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3 Click in the Account Alias field.

4
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3 Enter the desired information into the Account Alias field. Enter "Payables".
5
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6
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or
Press [Alt+O].
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8
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4 You have completed entering encumbrances using the Enter Encumbrances page.
0 End of Procedure.
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Viewing Funds Available

You can review funds available and compare encumbrances and expenditures with budgets. You
can review primary ledger currency budget, actual and encumbrance balances, and funds
available for any detail or summary account.
General Ledger calculates funds available by subtracting expenditures and encumbrances from
budgets. When you inquire on funds available, the amount type you specify, determines how
General Ledger calculates funds available.
In this topic, you will view funds available using the Funds Available Inquiry page.
Procedure
Step Action
1 Begin by navigating to the Funds Available Inquiry page.
2 Click the Inquiry: Funds link.

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Step Action
3 You will use the Funds Available Inquiry page to view funds available.
.
When you inquire on funds available, the amount type you specify determines how
Oracle General Ledger calculates funds available.
The amount types you can specify in the Amount Type field are:
• Period-to-Date: Calculates funds available as the budgeted amount for the period,
less actuals and encumbrances for the period.
• Quarter-to-Date Extended: Calculates funds available as the budgeted amount
to date for the quarter, less actuals and encumbrances to date for the quarter.
• Year-to-Date Extended: Calculates funds available as the budgeted amount
to date for the year, less actuals and encumbrances to date for the year.
• Project-to-Date: Calculates funds available as the budgeted amount
to date, less actuals and encumbrances to date.
4 Oracle General Ledger defaults the current budget, if you have one. It also defaults to
. the first period for the current budget.
Oracle General Ledger uses the period name along with the amount type to determine
funds available.
The Amount Type selected here is Year to Date Extended.
Ensure that ALL is selected in the Encumbrance Type field so that you can view all
encumbrances types.
5 Use the Account field to enter the account information.
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Step Action
.
7 Use the Find Accounts page to enter the details of the accounts.
.
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Step Action
2
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3
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4
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5
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6
.

7
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or
Press [Alt+O].
1 Oracle General Ledger displays the functional budget, encumbrance and actual
8 amounts for each account. The displayed amounts are the posted balances plus
. reserved funds.
Oracle General Ledger displays debit balances as positive amounts and credit balances
as negative amounts.
Oracle General Ledger automatically displays funds available as:

• Budget Amount for Period Interval
• Actual Amount for Period Interval
• Encumbrance Amount for Period Interval
1 You have completed viewing funds available using the Funds Available Inquiry
9 page.
. End of Procedure.
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Carrying Forward Year-End Encumbrance and Budget Balances

You can carry forward year-end encumbrances into the following year. You can also carry
forward budget amounts equal to encumbrances and/or funds available.
When you carry forward year-end encumbrances, the Carry Forward rule you specify determines
the amounts to be carried forward. Note that General Ledger carries forward balances, not as
period activity, but as beginning balances.
In this topic, you will carry forward year-end encumbrances and budget balances using the Year-
End Carry Forward page.
Procedure
Step Action
1 Begin by navigating to the Year-End Carry Forward page.
. Click the Carryforward link.
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Step Action
2 You will use the Year-End Carry Forward page to select the ledger to carry forward
. year-end encumbrances.
You will also enter a rule in the Carry Forward Rule field.
Step Action
3 Click the Carry Forward Rule list.
.
4 In the Carry Forward Rule field, if you are using the Encumbrances Only rule or the
. Encumbrances and
Encumbered Budget rule, enter the type you want to carry forward in the
Encumbrance Type field.
Select All to carry forward amounts for all encumbrance types.
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Step Action
5 Click the Encumbrances and Enc Budget list item.
.
6 In the Budget region of the Year-End Carry Forward page, enter the organization
. for which you want to carry forward balances in the Organization field. You can
select All to include all budget organizations.
If you select All, Oracle General Ledger carries forward balances for all the accounts
you enter in the Carry Forward Ranges region, regardless of the budget organization.
If you do not select All, Oracle General Ledger carries forward balances only for those
accounts that are included in the specific budget organization and in the ranges you
specify in the Carry Forward Ranges region.
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Step Action
7 Click in the Budget: To field.
.
8 Enter the desired information into the Budget: To field. Enter "CORP BUD 2003-6".
.
9 Oracle General Ledger automatically defaults values into the From and To Period
. fields when the last period of the fiscal year for which you are carrying forward
balances is Closed or Permanently Closed (From Period), and the period following the
closed period is Open or Future Enterable (To Period).
1 Enter the details of the account in the Carry Forward Ranges region.
0
. The values you enter need not be valid segment values. You cannot enter
overlapping ranges of accounts.
Oracle General Ledger carries forward balances for only those accounts that are
included in the ranges you enter and that are assigned to the budget organization you
specify.
1 Click in the Account Low field.
1
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Step Action
1 Use the Operations Accounting Flex page to enter the details of the account.
2
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4
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1
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2
.
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Step Action
3
.
or
Press [Alt+O].
2 Once you have entered the carryforward account ranges, you will click the Carry
4 Forward button to begin the carry forward process.
.
2 Click the Carry Forward button.

5
.
or
Press [Alt+C].
2 Use the Decision page to confirm and submit the carry forward process.
6
.

7
.
or
Press [Alt+Y].
2 Note the request ID in the Note page.
.
or
Press [Alt+O].
2 You have completed carrying forward year-end encumbrances and budget balances
9 using the Year-End Carry Forward page.
. End of Procedure.
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Average Balance Processing

Average Balance Processing includes information on opening new periods, consolidating
transactions and balances, and managing multi-currency processing.

• Open a new period.
• Archive and purge.
• Consolidate transactions.
• Consolidate balances.
Opening a New Period

When you open a new accounting period, General Ledger prepares the new period for journal
entry.
If you open a new period when average balance processing is enabled, the system also:
• Populates the aggregates table. PTD, QTD, and YTD aggregate balances are created for each
balance sheet account. As transactions are posted throughout the period,General Ledger updates
these aggregates, using the transaction effective date to determine which daily balances to update.
• Initializes aggregate balances. PTD aggregates are set to zero. QTD and YTD aggregates are
only initialized if the new period is the beginning of a quarter or a year, respectively. Otherwise,
the ending QTD and YTD aggregates from the previous period are carried forward as the
beginning balance of the new period. When you open a new year, General Ledger sets the non-
postable income account back to zero. The beginning balance of retained earnings is set to the
sum of the prior year's ending balance, plus the ending balance of the non-postable net income
account (zero).
In this topic, you will open a new period using the Open and Close Periods page.
Procedure
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Step Action
1 Begin by navigating to the Open and Close Periods page.

.

.
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Step Action
4 Click the Setup: Open/Close link.
.
5 Use the Find Periods page to find the period you want to open.
.
Use the Status field to select Future-Entry from the list and the Period field to enter
the date.
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Step Action
6 Click the Status list.
.
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Step Action
7 Click the Future - Entry list item.
.
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Step Action
.
9 Enter the desired information into the Period field. Enter "Nov-07".
.

0
.
or
Press [Alt+i].
1 Use the Open and Close Periods page to open a new period.
1
.
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Step Action
1 Click the Open Period button.
2
.
or
Press [Alt+p].
1 In the Vision Operations page, open the target period.
3
.
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Step Action
1 Enter the desired information into the Target Period field. Enter "Nov-07".
4
.

5
.
or
Press [Alt+O].
6
.
or
Press [Alt+Y].
1 When you click the Yes button, the Request ID will display in the Note page.
7
.
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Step Action
8
.
or
Press [Alt+O].
1 You have completed opening a new period using the Open and Close Periods page.
9 End of Procedure.
.
Archiving Journals
You can archive and purge account balances, as well as journal batches, entries, lines, and
associated journal references for one or more accounting periods, provided the periods are
permanently closed. Except for translated balances, you must archive balances or journals before
you can purge them.
Your data access set must provide full ledger access to the ledger in order to archive and purge its
balances and journals. Full ledger access means that you have full read and write access to the
ledger and all of its balancing segment values or management segment values.
To ensure better control over your archiving and purging process, we recommend that you
perform your archive and purge in separate steps. If possible, run the archive utility when no
users are on the system. This avoids degrading performance and response time during business
hours.
In this topic, you will archive journals.
Procedure
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Step Action
1 Begin by navigating to the Archive and Purge page.

.

.
4 Click the Setup: System: Purge link.

.
5 Use the Archive and Purge page to archive or purge balances, journals, and translated
. balances.
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Step Action
6 After you click the Journals tab, Oracle General Ledger automatically displays (in the
. field, Periods From) the earliest accounting period in your ledger that has not already
been successfully archived and purged. You must archive and purge data for your
oldest period first.
Click the Journals tab.
7 Click the Archive Journals option.

.
8 Click the Balance Type list.

.
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Step Action
9 Select the Balance Type you want to archive. You can archive Actual, Budget, or
. Encumbrance journals.
Click the Budget list item.
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Step Action
0
.
1 If you are archiving budget journals, you must also enter a Budget name. You cannot
1 enter All.
. Enter the desired information into the Budget field. Enter "TRAINING".
1 Click the Archive/Purge button.

2
.
or
Press [Alt+r].
1 You have archived journals.
3 End of Procedure.
.
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Consolidating Transactions
When you consolidate transactions, you can only use the Standard Usage type. Oracle General
Ledger creates a single consolidation journal batch, consisting of your subsidiary's transactions
and their corresponding effective dates. When you post the consolidating journal entries in the
parent ledger, Oracle General Ledger updates the standard balances and the corresponding
average balances automatically (as they are when you post non–consolidation journal batches).
To consolidate transactions, both your parent and subsidiary ledger must use the same ledger
currency.
In this topic, you will consolidate transactions.
Procedure
Step Action
1 Begin by navigating to the Consolidation Definition page.
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Step Action
.

.
4 Click the Define: Consolidation link.

.
5 Use the Consolidation Definition page to transfer consolidation data from your
. subsidiary ledger to your parent ledger.
When you create your consolidation definition, you specify a subsidiary and parent
ledger and a chart of accounts mapping that maps each ledger's chart of accounts.
Step Action
6 Click in the Consolidation field.
.
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Step Action
7 Enter the desired information into the Consolidation field. Enter "Corporate
. Training".
8 Click in the Parent field.

.
9 Enter the Parent ledger name.

. Enter the desired information into the Parent field. Enter "Vision Operations (USA)".

0
.
1 If you are consolidating transactions, enter the parent's ledger currency.

.
1 Click in the Subsidiary field.

2
.
1 Enter the name of the Subsidiary ledger you are consolidating.

3 Enter the desired information into the Subsidiary field. Enter "Vision China".
.
1 Click the Method list.

4
.
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Step Action
1 Click the Transactions list item.
5
.
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Step Action
6
.
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Step Action
7
.
1 Click the Consolidation: Workbench link.

8
.
1 Use the Find Consolidation Processes page to query consolidation and elimination
9 processes. Your query results appear in the Consolidation Workbench. You can
. complete as many fields as you like to narrow your query.
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Step Action
2 Your data access set must provide read access to the parent ledger.
0 Click in the Parent Period field.
.
2 Enter a consolidation period for Parent ledger.

1 Enter the desired information into the Parent Period field. Enter "AUG-07".
.

2
.
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Step Action
2 You can select Actual, Budget, or Any. Anyone with access to your parent ledger will
3 be able to view consolidated data from your subsidiary ledgers.
. Click the Actual list item.
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Step Action
2 Click in the Consolidation Set field.
4
.
2 Enter the desired information into the Consolidation Set field. Enter "Vision
5 Operations Mapping".
.

6
.
2 Enter the desired information into the Consolidation field. Enter "Project Mfg To
7 Operations (USD)".
.

8
.
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Step Action
2 Enter the desired information into the Subsidiary field. Enter "Vision Project Mfg".
9
.
Step Action
0
.
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Step Action
3 Enter the desired information into the Status field. Enter "Posted".
1
.

2
.
or
Press [Alt+i].
3 Use the Consolidation Workbench page to generate, post, or reverse consolidation
3 transactions.
.
You can also monitor the activity of all your subsidiaries to display the status of each
process you submit.
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Step Action
3 Click the Transfer button.
4
.
or
Press [Alt+r].
3 Use the Transfer Consolidation Data page to transfer the data from some or all of the
5 subsidiaries whose consolidation definitions you have included in a consolidation set.
.
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Step Action
6
.
3 Enter a Consolidation Set name.

7 Enter the desired information into the Consolidation field. Enter "Operations to
. Corporate".
3 Click in the Subsidiary: Period field.

8
.
3 If your parent and subsidiaries share the same accounting calendar, enter the default
9 Subsidiary Period and the Parent Standard Period.
. Enter the desired information into the Subsidiary: Period field. Enter "Aug-07".
4 Click in the Parent: Standard Period field.

0
.
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Step Action
4 Enter the desired information into the Parent: Standard Period field. Enter "Aug-07".
1
.
4 Click the Transfer button to submit a concurrent program to transfer your

2 subsidiary data.
. Click the Transfer button.
or
Press [Alt+n].
3
.
or
Press [Alt+O].
4 You have consolidated transactions.
4 End of Procedure.
.
Consolidating Balances
To consolidate average balances when you are using the balances consolidation method, you
must use an average balance consolidation ledger. You specify whether a ledger can be used for
average balance consolidation purposes at the same time that
you define your ledger.
Average Balance Consolidation ledgers, unlike other ledgers where average balance processing is
enabled, do not enforce a link between standard and average balances. As a result, you can update
standard and average balances independently. In ledgers that are not defined as average balance
consolidation ledgers, both standard and average balances are updated automatically whenever
transactions are posted.
You can consolidate standard or average balances independently into an average balance
consolidation ledger. You can also consolidate standard and average balances in a single
consolidation run. When you run your consolidation, General Ledger will create two
consolidation journal batches:
• Standard-updates standard balances without affecting average balances.
• Average-updates average balances without affecting standard balances.
In this topic, you will consolidate balances.
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Procedure
Step Action
1 Begin by navigating to the Consolidation Definition page.

.

.
4 Click the Define: Consolidation link.

.
5 Use the Consolidation Definition page to transfer consolidation data from your
. subsidiary ledger to your parent ledger. When you create your consolidation definition,
you specify a subsidiary and parent ledger and a chart of accounts mapping that maps
each ledger's chart of accounts.
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Step Action
.
7 Enter the desired information into the Consolidation field. Enter "Corporate
. Training (Balances)".
8 Click in the Ledger: Parent field.

.
9 Enter the Parent ledger name.

. Enter the desired information into the Ledger: Parent field. Enter "Vision Operations
(USA)".
1 Click in the Ledger: Currency field.
0
.
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Step Action
1 If you are consolidating balances, enter the parent's ledger currency.
1 Enter the desired information into the Ledger: Currency field. Enter "USD".
.
1 Click in the Ledger: Subsidiary field.

2
.
1 Enter the name of the Subsidiary ledger you are consolidating.

3 Enter the desired information into the Ledger: Subsidiary field. Enter "Vision
. China".

4
.
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Step Action
5
.

6
.
1 Use the Find Consolidation Processes page to query consolidation and elimination
7 processes. Your query results appear in the Consolidation Workbench. You can
. complete as many fields as you like to narrow your query.
Step Action
1 Your data access set must provide read access to the parent ledger.
8 Click in the Parent Period field.
.
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Step Action
1 Enter a consolidation period for the Parent ledger.
9 Enter the desired information into the Parent Period field. Enter "AUG-07".
.

0
.
Step Action
2 You can select Actual, Budget, or Any. Anyone with access to your parent ledger will
1 be able to view consolidated data from your subsidiary ledgers.
. Click the Actual list item.
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Step Action
2 Click in the Consolidation Set field.
2
.
2 Enter the desired information into the Consolidation Set field. Enter "Vision
3 Operations Mapping".
.

4
.
5 Operations (USD)".
.

6
.
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Step Action
2 Enter the desired information into the Subsidiary field. Enter "Vision Project Mfg".
7
.
Step Action
8
.
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Step Action
2 Enter the desired information into the Status field. Enter "Posted".
9
.

0
.
or
Press [Alt+i].
3 Use the Consolidation Workbench page to generate, post, or reverse consolidation
1 balances.
.
You can also monitor the activity of all your subsidiaries to display the status of each
process you submit.
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Step Action
3 Click the Transfer button.
2
.
or
Press [Alt+r].
3 Use the Transfer Consolidation Data page to transfer the data from some or all of the
3 subsidiaries whose consolidation definitions you have included in a consolidation set.
.
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Step Action
4
.
3 Enter a Consolidation Set name.

5 Enter the desired information into the Consolidation field. Enter "Operations to
. Corporate".

6
.
3 If your parent and subsidiaries share the same accounting calendar, enter the default
7 Subsidiary Period and the Parent Standard Period.
. Enter the desired information into the Subsidiary: Period field. Enter "Aug-07".
3 Click in the Parent: Standard Period field.

8
.
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Step Action
3 Enter the desired information into the Parent: Standard Period field. Enter "Aug-07".
9
.
4 To submit a concurrent program to transfer your

0 subsidiary data.
or
Press [Alt+n].
1
.
or
Press [Alt+O].
4 You have consolidated balances.
2 End of Procedure.
.
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Financial Reporting
Financial Reporting includes information on running simple reports, using the Financial
Statement Generator, security rules, and viewing ledger sets.

• Run simple reports.
• Use the Financial Statement Generator (FSG).
• View ledger sets.
Running Simple Reports

Simple Reports consist of a few headings to describe the information in the report, followed by
the report data, which is often presented in tabular form as a series of intersecting rows and
columns similar to what you might create in a spreadsheet. The rows and columns determine the
values which appear in the body of a simple report, by virtue of the attributes those rows and
columns possess.
You can request reports from the Run Individual Reports page or through standard request
submission (Submit Requests page).
In this topic, you will run a simple report using the Run Individual Reports page.
Procedure
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Step Action
1 Begin by navigating to the Define Financial Report page.

.

.
4 Click the Report: Report link.

.
5 The Define Financial Report page enables you to define a report by specifying the
. report objects that the Financial Statement Generator (FSC) must use to build the
report.
Once you define and save a report, you can use it any time to run the report, define a
report set, or copy and save it as a new report.
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Step Action
6 Click in the Report field.
.
7 Enter the desired information into the Report field. Enter "GL Operations Report".
.
8 Click in the Title field.

.
9 Enter the desired information into the Title field. Enter "Vision Operations Report
. for GL".

0
.
1 Enter the desired information into the Description field. Enter "12 Months".
1
.
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Step Action
1 Simple reports are defined by a row set and a standard column set. Optionally, you can
2 specify your own custom column set.
.
1 Click in the Required Components: Row Set field.

3
.
1 Enter the desired information into the Required Components: Row Set field. Enter
4 "Vision Ops Transactions".
.
1 Click in the Required Components: Column Set field.

5
.
1 Enter the desired information into the Required Components: Column Set field.
6 Enter "12 Month Review".
.
1 Click the Rounding Option list.

7
.
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Step Action
1 Click the Calculate Then Round list item.
8
.
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Step Action
1 Click the Output Option list.
9
.
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Step Action
2 Click the Spreadsheet list item.
0
.
2 You can optionally add a content set, row order, and or display set to enhance the
1 report or refine the information in the report.
.
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Step Action
2 Click the Run Report button.
2
.
or
Press [Alt+R].
2 Once you define and save a report, you can run it anytime using the Run Individual
3 Reports page.
. Click the Yes button.
or
Press [Alt+Y].
4
.
or
Press [Alt+O].
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Step Action
5
.
or
Press [Alt+S].
2 You have completed the Running Simple Reports procedure.
6 End of Procedure.
.
Using the Financial Statement Generator (FSG)

Financial Statement Generator (FSG) is a powerful report building tool for Oracle General
Ledger. With FSG, you can:
• Generate financial reports, such as income statements and balance sheets, based upon data in
your general ledger across a ledger set or a ledger.
• Generate presentation quality financial reports with XML Publisher so that you can have more
control with report formatting options, including changing font characteristics, inserting graphical
images or logos, and adding color.
• Generate presentation quality financial reports with XML Publisher so you have more control
with report formatting options, including changing font characteristics, inserting graphical images
or logos, and adding color.
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• Define segment value security rules to restrict financial information contained in FSG report
output generated by specific users and responsibilities.
• Define your reports with reusable report objects, making it easy to create new reports from the
components of reports you've already defined.
• Design custom financial reports to meet specific business needs.
In this topic, you will define a report using the Financial Statement Generator.
Procedure
Step Action

.

.
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Step Action
4 Click the Report: Report link.
.
5 The Define Financial Report page enables you to define the report parameters.
.
Step Action
.
7 Enter the desired information into the Report field. Enter "GL Operations Reports".
.

.
9 Enter the desired information into the Title field. Enter "Vision Operations Reports
. for GL".
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Step Action
1 Define row sets to specify the format and content of your report rows. Typical
0 row sets include line items, accounts, and calculation rows for totals.
.
1 Define column sets to specify the format and content of your report columns.
1
. Typical column sets include headings, currency assignments, amount types, and
calculation columns for totals.
2
.
3 "Vision Ops Transactions".
.

4
.
.
1 Define any optional report objects you need for special format reports or report
6 distribution.
.
1 Click the Other Options: Output Option list.

7
.
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Step Action
1 Click the XML list item.
8
.
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Step Action
1 Once you define and save a report, you can run it anytime using the Run Individual
9 Reports page.
. Click the Run Report button.
or
Press [Alt+R].
0
.
or
Press [Alt+Y].
1
.
or
Press [Alt+O].
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Step Action
2
.
or
Press [Alt+S].
2 You have completed the Using the Financial Statement Generator procedure.
3 End of Procedure.
.
Viewing Ledger Sets

Ledger Sets enable you to group multiple ledgers that share the same Chart of Accounts (COA)
and calendar combination. Essentially, Ledger Sets allow you to treat multiple ledgers as one. For
example, you can open and close periods for multiple ledgers in a ledger set in a single
submission by submitting the new Open and Close Periods programs from the Submit Request
page.
You need perform an Account Inquiry to retrieve balances by ledger and account. You can
compare the same account balance across multiple ledgers and ledger currencies.
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When querying on ledger sets, you can view account balances by ledger. The balance is not a
summation across multiple ledgers. To obtain a summation across ledgers, you must use
Financial Statement Generator.
The same ledger can belong to multiple ledger sets, and ledger sets can contain other ledger sets.
In this topic, you will review the ledger set.
Procedure
Step Action

.

.
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Step Action
.
5 Use the Account Inquiry page to perform an account inquiry on ledger sets to view
. actual or encumbrance account balances across multiple ledgers that are assigned to a
ledger set.
Step Action
6 Enter the range of accounting periods for your inquiry.
. Click in the Accounting Periods: From field.
7 Enter the desired information into the Accounting Periods: From field. Enter "Aug-
. 06".

.

.
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Step Action
1 Use the Find Accounts page to search for the detail accounts you want to query. Enter
0 the low and high account range to include the desired accounts.
.
1
.

2
.
3
.

4
.
5
.

6
.
7
.

8
.
9
.

0
.
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Step Action
or
Press [Alt+O].
1
.
or
Press [Alt+B].
2 Use the Detail Balances page to review balances for the current account and ledgers
2 based on your inquiry criteria.
.
Step Action
3
.
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Step Action
2 You have reviewed the ledger set.
4 End of Procedure.
.
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Maintenance
Maintenance includes information on defining, submitting, reversing, purging, and reviewing
Move/Merge requests.

• Define a Move/Merge request.
• Submit a Move/Merge request.
• Create new accounts with Mass Creation.
Defining a Move/Merge Request

A move operation transfers balances from one or more source accounts to one or more target
accounts. A merge operation transfers balances from multiple source accounts into one or more
target accounts.
The first step in the process of a move or merge request is to define the request.
In this topic, you will define a move/merge request.
Procedure
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Step Action
1 Begin by navigating to the Mass Maintenance Workbench page.

.

.
4 Click the Setup: Other: Mass Maintenance link.

.
5 The Mass Maintenance Workbench page enables you to enter a move/merge request.
.
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Step Action
6 Click in the Request field.
.
7 Enter the desired information into the Request field. Enter "CEO Consolidation".
.

.
9 Enter the desired information into the Description field. Enter "Consolidation of
. CEO Budgets".
1 In the Ledger field, select a ledger or ledger set.

0 Your data access set must provide full ledger access to the ledger or ledger set. Full
. ledger access means having full read and write access to the ledger and all of its
balancing segment values or management segment values.
1 Click in the Ledger Name field.
1
.
1 Enter the desired information into the Ledger Name field. Enter "Vision Operations
2 (USA)".
.
1 Enter a Line number for the source-to-target account specification.

3
.
1 Enter a unique Source account specification from which to move/merge balances. You
4 can also select your account segment values from the list of values.
.
1 Click in the Accounts: Source Account field.

5
.
1 Enter the desired information into the Accounts: Source Account field. Enter "01-
6 CEO-1550-0000-000".
.
1 Enter the Target account specification to which you want to move/merge balances.
7 You can also select your account segment values from the list of values.
.
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Step Action
1 Click in the Accounts: Target Account field.
8
.
1 Enter the desired information into the Accounts: Target Account field. Enter "01-
9 CEO-7350-0000-000".
.
2 Click the Prevalidate button to run the prevalidation process.

0
. Review the execution report and correct any errors before submitting the move/merge
request.
Click the Prevalidate button.
or
Press [Alt+a].
1
.
or
Press [Alt+Y].
2 You have completed the Defining a Move/Merge Request procedure.
2 End of Procedure.
.
Submitting a Move/Merge Request

A move operation transfers balances from one or more source accounts to one or more target
accounts. A merge operation transfers balances from multiple source accounts into one or more
target accounts.
The first step in the process of a move or merge request is to define the request. The second step
is to submit the request for processing.
In this topic, you will submit a move/merge request.
Procedure
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Step Action

.

.

.
5 The Mass Maintenance Workbench page enables you to submit a move/merge

. request.
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Step Action
6 Select Move/Merge as the Request Type.
. Click in the Request field.
7 Enter the desired information into the Request field. Enter "CEO Consolidation".
.

.
9 Enter the desired information into the Description field. Enter "Consolidation of
. CEO Budgets".
1 In the Ledger field, select a ledger or ledger set.

0 Your data access set must provide full ledger access to the ledger or ledger set. Full
. ledger access means having full read and write access to the ledger and all of its
Click in the Ledger Name field.
1 Enter the desired information into the Ledger Name field. Enter "Vision Operations
1 (USA)".
.
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Step Action
2 Enter the desired information into the Accounts: Line Number field. Enter "01".
.
1 Enter a unique Source account specification from which to move/merge balances. You
3 can also select your account segment values from the list of values.
. Click in the Accounts: Source Account field.
4 CEO-1550-0000-000".
.
1 Enter the Target account specification to which you want to move/merge balances.
5 You can also select your account segment values from the list of values.
. Click in the Accounts: Target Account field.
6 CEO-7350-0000-000".
.

7
.
or
Press [Alt+u].
8
.
or
Press [Alt+u].
9
.
or
Press [Alt+Y].
2 You have completed the Submitting a Move/Merge Request procedure.
0 End of Procedure.
.
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Creating New Accounts with Mass Creation

Use Mass Maintenance's mass creation feature to create new accounts automatically based on
existing accounts. For example, if you add a new cost center to your organization you can use
mass creation to create all the accounts you need based upon
one of your other cost centers.
In this topic, you will create new accounts using the mass creation feature.
Procedure
Step Action

.
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Step Action
.

.
5 The Mass Maintenance Workbench page enables you to create new accounts using
. the mass creation feature.
Step Action
6 Click the Mass Creation option.
.
7 Enter a Request name and Description for your mass creation.

. Click in the Request field.
8 Enter the desired information into the Request field. Enter "New GL Accounts".
.
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Step Action
.
1 Enter the desired information into the Description field. Enter "January 2008".
0
.

1 Click in the Accounts: Line Number field.
.
2
.
1 Enter a Source account specification to use to model your target accounts. You can
3 also select your account segment values from the list of values.
. Click in the Accounts: Source Account field.
4 000-1110-1300-140".
.
1 Enter the Target account specification for the accounts you want to create. You can
5 also select your account segment values from the list of values.
6 000-1110-0000-000".
.

7
.
or
Press [Alt+u].
8
.
or
Press [Alt+Y].
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Step Action
9
.
or
Press [Alt+O].
2 You have completed the Creating New Accounts with Mass Creation procedure.
0 End of Procedure.
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Global Consolidation System

Global Consolidation System includes information on the Consolidation Workbench, transferring
subsidiary data to your parent, creating eliminating entries, and purging consolidation audit data.

• Use the Consolidation Workbench.
• Transfer subsidiary data to your parent.
• Create eliminating entries.
• Purge consolidation audit data.
Using the Consolidation Workbench

The Consolidation Workbench provides a central point of control for consolidating an unlimited
number of subsidiaries to your parent, while keeping you informed about each subsidiary's
consolidation status. The workbench also monitors subsidiary account balances for any changes
that occur after the subsidiary data has already been transferred to your parent ledger.
In this topic, you will use the consolidation workbench.
Procedure
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Step Action
1 Begin by navigating to the Find Consolidation Processes page.

.

.

.

.
6 The Find Consolidation Processes page enables you to query consolidation and
. elimination processes.
Your query results appear in the Consolidation Workbench.
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Step Action
7 Select a parent from the list of values. Your data access set must provide read access to
. this parent ledger.
Click in the Parent field.
8 Enter the desired information into the Parent field. Enter "Vision Operations (USA)".
.
9 Enter or choose a consolidation period from the list of values.

. Click in the Parent Period field.
1 Enter the desired information into the Parent Period field. Enter "Dec-04".
0
.

1
.
or
Press [Alt+i].
1 The Consolidation Workbench monitors the activity of all your subsidiaries to
2 display the status of each process you submit.
.
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Step Action
3
.

4
.
or
Press [Alt+J].
1 The Batch page enables you to review or modify the
5 consolidation journal batch.
.
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Step Action
6
.
or
Press [Alt+J].
1 The Journals page displays the list of journals in the selected batch.
7
.
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Step Action
8
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Step Action
9
.
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Step Action
0
.
2 You have completed the Using the Consolidation Workbench procedure.

1 End of Procedure.
.
Transferring Subsidiary Data to Your Parent

You can transfer the balances or transactions to be consolidated from your subsidiary ledger to
your parent. General Ledger accumulates your subsidiary information based on the chart of
accounts mapping and consolidation rules you defined, and stores the consolidation data.
In this topic, you will transfer subsidiary data to your parent ledger.
Procedure
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Step Action
1 Begin by navigating to the Transfer Consolidation Data page.

.

.
4 Click the Consolidation: Transfer: Data link.

.
5 The Transfer Consolidation Data page enables you to transfer subsidiary data to the
. parent ledger.
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Step Action
6 Select the consolidation definition you want to transfer. The definition must use the
. balances consolidation method.
Click in the Consolidation field.
. Operations (USD)".
8 Enter the Amount Type of balances you want to consolidate, such as year-to-date
. (YTD) or period-to-date (PTD).
Click in the Amount Type field.
9 Enter the desired information into the Amount Type field. Enter "YTD".
.
1 Enter the subsidiary's accounting Period that you want to consolidate.

.
1 Enter the desired information into the Subsidiary: Period field. Enter "Dec-04".
1
.
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Step Action
1 Enter the Standard Period to which you want to consolidate in your parent ledger.
2 You can consolidate to any period that is open or future enterable.
. Click in the Parent: Standard Period field.
1 Enter the desired information into the Parent: Standard Period field. Enter "Adj-05".
3
.
1 Click the Transfer button to launch a concurrent process to transfer your subsidiary
4 data to your parent.
or
Press [Alt+n].
5
.
or
Press [Alt+O].
1 You have completed the Transferring Subsidiary Data to Your Parent procedure.
6 End of Procedure.
.
Creating Elimination Entries

You can use General Ledger's standard journal entry functions to create eliminating entries in
your parent ledger.
In this topic, you will enter elimination entries.
Procedure
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Step Action
1 Begin by navigating to the Elimination Set page.

.

.
4 Click the Consolidation: Elimin: Define link.

.
5 Define an eliminating entry by first creating an elimination set. Your set can contain a
. single elimination entry, or you can group related entries into the same elimination set.
For example, you can logically group all subsidiaries which belong to a particular line
of business.
Use the Elimination Set page to create an elimination set.
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Step Action
6 Select a ledger. You can define eliminations for any ledger that shares the same chart
. of accounts as your data access set.
Click in the Ledger/Ledger Set field.
7 Enter the desired information into the Ledger/Ledger Set field. Enter "Vision
. Operations (USA)".
8 Enter a batch name for your elimination set. This name represents a batch of one or
. more elimination journals for a particular ledger.
Click in the Elimination Set field.
9 Enter the desired information into the Elimination Set field. Enter "Mar 02
. Subsidiary Elimination Set".
1 Select a balancing segment value from the list of values to represent an Elimination
0 Company. This company is used as the target company when booking elimination
. entries. The description of the company is automatically provided.
Click in the Elimination Company field.
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Step Action
1 Enter the desired information into the Elimination Company field. Enter "95".
1
.
1 The Track Elimination Status option enables you to indicate if you want the
2 elimination set to be a part of the checklist for determining which eliminations are
. completed for the period.
1 Enter effective from and to dates to specify when the elimination set is active.
.
1 Enter the desired information into the Effective Dates: From field. Enter "01-Mar-
4 2002".
.

5
.
1 Enter the desired information into the Effective Dates: To field. Enter "31-MAR-
6 2002".
.
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Step Action
1 Now enter the elimination journals for the elimination set.
7 Click the Accounts button.
.
1 The Elimination Accounts page enables you to enter elimination journals.

8
.
1 Enter a journal name for your elimination entry to uniquely identify an elimination
9 journal within the elimination batch.
. Enter the desired information into the Accounts field. Enter "Operations".
2 The Category is automatically defined as Elimination.

0
.
2 Select a currency from the list of values. You have two choices: the consolidated
1 parent's ledger currency or STAT. The currency you specify is for both source and
. target accounts.
Click in the Currency field.
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Step Action
2
.
2 In the Amount Type field, enter the balance type to derive the eliminations from.
3 Possible values include PTD, QTD, YTD, and PJTD.
. Click in the Amount Type field.
2 Enter the desired information into the Amount Type field. Enter "PTD".
4
.
2 Click in the Accounts: Line Number field.

5
.
6
.
2 Specify the source. The source account balance will be fully eliminated into the target
7 account. For each account segment, select a detail account value, a parent account
. value, or leave the segment blank.
Click in the Accounts: Source Account field.
8 000-1110-1300-140".
.
2 Specify a target account for your elimination entry. For each account segment, select a
9 detail account value or leave the segment blank.
0 000-1110-1300-140".
.

1
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Step Action
2
.
3 You have completed the Creating Elimination Entries procedure.

3 End of Procedure.
.
Purging Consolidation Audit Data

When you run a consolidation in audit mode, General Ledger maintains an audit trail for the
Consolidation Audit Report, the Unmapped Subsidiary Accounts Report, and the Disabled Parent
Accounts Report. After you run these reports, you can purge supporting source data from the
GL_CONSOLIDATION_AUDIT table.
Once you purge your consolidation audit data, you can no longer run the consolidation audit
reports. However, you can still review your consolidation journal batch in your parent ledger.
In this topic, you will purge consolidation audit data.
Procedure
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Step Action
1 Begin by navigating to the Purge Consolidation Audit Data page.

.

.
4 Click the Consolidation: Purge link.

.
5 The Purge Consolidation Audit Data page enables you to purge audit data.
.
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Step Action
.
. Operations (USD)".

.
9 Enter the desired information into the Period field. Enter "Jan-98".
.
1 Click the Purge button.

0
.
or
Press [Alt+P].
1 You have completed the Purging Consolidation Audit Data procedure.
1 End of Procedure.
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Multi-Currency
Multi-Currency includes information on managing currencies and currency rates, and using the
Currency Rates Manager.

• Define foreign currencies.
• Define currency cross rates.
• Enter a journal with conversion rounding differences.
• Use the Currency Rates Manager.
Defining Foreign Currencies

Use the Currencies page to define non-ISO (International Standards Organization) currencies,
and to enable disable currencies. Oracle Applications has predefined all currencies specified in
ISO standard #4217.
Note: U.S. Dollars (USD) is the only currency that is enabled initially. Therefore, to use a
currency other than U.S. Dollars (USD), you must enable the currency.
In this procedure, you use the Currencies page to define currencies.
Procedure
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Step Action
1 Begin by navigating to the Currencies page.

.

.
4 Click the Setup: Currencies: Define link.

.
5 Use the Currencies page to define a currency.

.
6 In the Code Field, you must enter a unique code to represent your currency.
.
Note: You cannot change a currency code after you enable it, even if you disable the
currency at a later time.
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Step Action
7 Click in the Code field.
.
8 Enter the desired information into the Code field. Enter "SDG".
.
9 Click in the Name field.

.
1 Enter the desired information into the Name field. Enter "Sudanese Pound (Dinar no
0 longer used)".
.

1
.
1 Enter the desired information into the Description field. Enter "Sudanese Pound".
2
.
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Step Action
1 In the Issuing Territory field, you can optionally select the name of the Issuing
3 Territory.
.
Note: Oracle Applications has predefined the names of countries (per ISO Standard
#3166) that issue standard
currencies.
1 Click in the Issuing Territory field.
4
.
1 Enter the desired information into the Issuing Territory field. Enter "Sudan".
5
.
1 In the Symbol field, you enter the symbol for your currency.
6
. Note: Some Oracle Applications use currency symbols when displaying amounts;
others, such as Oracle General Ledger, do not.
1 Click in the Symbol field.
7
.
1 Enter the desired information into the Symbol field. Enter "SDG".
8
.
1 The Precision and Extended Precision fields enable you to designate the number of
9 digits to the right of the decimal point.
.
The Precision field is used to designate the number of decimal digits used in regular
currency transactions.
The Extended Precision field is used to designate the number of digits to the right of
the decimal point used in calculations for this currency. The extended precision must
be greater than or equal to the standard precision.
0
.
2 The Minimum Accountable Unit field enables you to designate the smallest
1 denomination used
. in this currency.
Note: This unit may not correspond to the precision.
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Step Action
2 Click in the Minimum Accountable Unit field.
2
.
2 Enter the desired information into the Minimum Accountable Unit field. Enter ".1".
3
.

4
.
2 Click in the From field.

5
.
2 Enter the desired information into the From field. Enter "01-Jan-2007".
6
.

7
.
2 You have completed the Defining Currencies procedure.

8 End of Procedure.
.
Defining Currency Cross Rates

You use the Currency Rates Manager page to automatically assign a currency rate when you do
any of the of the following:
• Convert foreign currency journal amounts to your ledger currency equivalents
• Run Revaluation
• Run Translation or Re-measurement
In this procedure, you will use the Currency Rates Manager page to defining a currency cross
rate.
Procedure
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Step Action
1 Begin by navigating to the Currency Rates Manager page.

.

.
4 Click the Rate Types link.

.
5 The Currency Rates Manager page enables you set up currency rate types, as well as
. enter daily conversion rates for specific combinations of foreign currency, date, and
conversion rate type. When you enter a foreign currency journal, Oracle General
Ledger automatically displays the predefined exchange rate based on the currency, rate
type (unless you are using the User rate type), and conversion date you enter.
Note: If you want to enter different daily rates for the same combination of from-
currency, to-currency, and conversion date, you must define separate conversion rate
types.
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Step Action
6 Click the Create Rate Type button.
.
7 You enter a conversion rate type in the Rate Type field.

.
The rate type is a parameter that associates contra currencies with the pivot currency.
8 Click in the Rate Type field.
.
9 Enter the desired information into the Rate Type field. Enter "UPK Rate".
.

0
.
1 Enter the desired information into the Description field. Enter "UPK Private Rate".
1
.
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Step Action
1 Cross rates are calculated conversion rates based on defined currency rate
2 relationships. The system will calculate cross rates based on the cross rate rule you
. define.
A cross rate rule is associated with a conversion rate type and consists of a rate type,
pivot currency, and contra currencies.
1 The Pivot Currency field is the central currency that interacts with contra currencies.
3
.
1 Click in the Pivot Currency field.

4
.
1 Enter the desired information into the Pivot Currency field. Enter "CAD".
5
.
1 Click the Add Another Row button.

6
.
1 You use the Contra Currencies field to enter the currencies that have a rate
7 relationship with the pivot currency.
.
1 Enter the desired information into the Contra Currency field. Enter "USD".
8
.
1 Click the Add Another Row button.

9
.
2 Click in the Contra Currency field.

0
.
2 Enter the desired information into the Contra Currency field. Enter "GBP".
1
.
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Step Action
2
.
2 You have completed the Defining Currency Cross Rates procedure.

3 End of Procedure.
.
Entering a Journal with Conversion Rounding Differences

Conversion rounding refers to the currency amounts that are converted and accounted for using
the same rounding rules used throughout Oracle Applications products. The reporting currency
also considers several factors that are a part of all the currencies predefined in Oracle
Applications, including the following:
• Currency Precision: the number of digits to the right of the decimal point used in regular
currency transactions.
• Extended Precision: the number of digits to the right of the decimal point used in calculations
for the currency.
• Minimum Accountable Unit: the smallest denomination used in the currency. Note: This might
not correspond to the precision.
In this procedure, you will enter a foreign currency journal entry in the Enter Journals page that
requires conversion rounding.
Procedure
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Step Action

.

.
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Step Action
.
or
Press [Alt+J].
5 Use the Journals page to enter journal transactions.
.
6 When a standard foreign currency journal is created in Oracle General Ledger, the
. conversion to the ledger currency or reporting currency may result in rounding
differences (the difference between the debit and credit amounts).
There are two methods in which rounding differences are handled in Oracle General
Ledger when a standard foreign currency journal is created:
•If you have not specified a rounding imbalances account in the source ledger, the
rounding difference is posted to the journal line with the largest amount.
• If you have specified a rounding imbalances account, the rounding difference is
posted to the rounding imbalances account.
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Step Action
7 Enter the desired information into the Journal field. Enter "Adjustment".
.

.
9 Enter the desired information into the Description field. Enter "Journal with
. Rounding Differences".

0
.
1 Enter the desired information into the Conversion: Currency field. Enter "CAD".
1
.
1 Click in the Conversion: Type field.

2
.
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Step Action
1 Enter the desired information into the Conversion: Type field. Enter "User".
3
.
1 Click in the Conversion: Rate field.

4
.
1 Enter the desired information into the Conversion: Rate field. Enter ".97".
5
.

6
.
7
.

8
.
9
.

0
.
2 In the Debit field, you will enter the debit amount in a single entry.
1
.
2 Enter the desired information into the Entered: Debit field. Enter "51.12".
2
.

3
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Step Action
2 You will split the credit entry across two accounts.
4
.
5
.

6
.
7
.

8
.
9
.

0
.
3 Enter the desired information into the Credit field. Enter ".85".
1
.

2
.
3 Notice that the credits equal the debits in the CAD currency. However, the US
3 conversion shows a one cent rounding difference.
.

4
.
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Step Action
or
Press [Alt+Y].
5
.
or
Press [Alt+P].
6
.
or
Press [Alt+O].
7
.
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Step Action
8
.
3 Enter the desired information into the Journal field. Enter "Adjustment".
9
.

0
.
or
Press [Alt+i].
Step Action
1
.
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Step Action
4 After posting the journal and retrieving it for review, notice that the system
2 automatically accounted for the rounding error by crediting the adjustment account one
. cent.
4 You have completed the Entering a Journal with Conversion Rounding Differences
3 procedure.
. End of Procedure.
Using the Currency Rates Manager

The Currency Rates Manager enables you to manage all of your currency rate information in one
place. You can enter Daily Rates, upload Daily Rates or Historical Rates from a spreadsheet to
Oracle General Ledger, download Historical Rates to a spreadsheet for a review only or update
and modify the Historical Rates, you can Review Period Rates and historical rates using a web
interface, and create Cross Rates that are calculated conversion rates based on defined currency
rate relationships.
In this topic, you will create daily rates using the Currency Rates Manager page.
Procedure
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Step Action
1 Begin by navigating to the Currency Rates Manager page.

.

.
4 Click the Daily Rates link.

.
5 In the Currency Rates Manager page, select the Daily Rates tab to perform foreign
. currency journal conversions, revaluation, and translation or remeasurement.
You can maintain daily conversion rates between any two currencies that are enabled
in your applications instance. In addition, you can enter a single exchange rate for a
range of dates in the Enter Rates By Date Range window. The date range can span
multiple days or periods.
6 In the From Currency field, enter the currency from which you want to convert using
. the rates you enter.
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Step Action
7 Click in the From Currency field.
.
8 Enter the desired information into the From Currency field. Enter "SDG".
.
9 In the To Currency field, enter the currency to which you want to convert.
.
Note: If you enter the same currency that you entered in the From Currency field, you
will receive an error.
1 Click in the To Currency field.
0
.
1 Enter the desired information into the To Currency field. Enter "USD".
1
.
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Step Action
1 In the Start Date and End Date fields, enter the dates to span your desired date range.
2
.
1 Click in the Start Date field.

3
.
1 Enter the desired information into the Start Date field. Enter "01-Jan-2007".
4
.
1 Click in the End Date field.

5
.
1 Enter the desired information into the End Date field. Enter "01-Jan-2007".
6
.

7
.
1 Click the Home link.

8
.
1 To create your daily rates, you will navigate back to the Currency Rates Manager
9 page, select the Daily Rates tab, and then access the Create Daily Rates page.
.
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Step Action
0
.
2 Click the Daily Rates link.

1
.
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Step Action
2 Click the Create Daily Rates button.
2
.
2 In Create Daily Rates, enter the currencies you specified in the From Currency and
3 To Currency fields.
.
2 Enter the desired information into the From Currency field. Enter "SDG".
4
.
2 Click in the To Currency field.

5
.
2 Enter the desired information into the To Currency field. Enter "USD".
6
.
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Step Action
2 Click in the Start Date field.
7
.
2 Enter the desired information into the Start Date field. Enter "31-Jan-2007".
8
.
2 Click in the End Date field.

9
.
3 Enter the desired information into the End Date field. Enter "31-Jan-2007".
0
.
3 To create your daily rates, select Daily Rate in the Rate Type field.
1
.
3 Click the Rate Type list.

2
.
3 Click the Daily Rate list item.

3
.
3 Click in the Rate field.

4
.
3 Enter the desired information into the Rate field. Enter "25".
5
.

6
.
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Step Action
3 Click the Home link.
7
.
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Step Action
3 To view the status of your request, navigate to Other and click the Requests link.
.
3 Click the Other: Requests link.

9
.
4 Use the Find Requests page to query for the Request ID.
0
.
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Step Action
1
.

2
.
3
.

4
.
or
Press [Alt+i].
4 You have completed creating daily rates using the Currency Rates Manager page.
5 End of Procedure.
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Journal or Subledger Level Reporting Currencies

Journal or Subledger-Level Reporting Currencies includes information on entering and reporting
currencies.

• Enter reporting currencies.
• Use reporting currencies.
Entering Reporting Currencies

Reporting Currencies are integrated with ledgers. You specify the reporting currency as a part of
the ledger with which you are working.
If you use Reporting Currencies, (Journal or Subledger Level), when you post the original
journals in your source ledger, General Ledger automatically generates journals in your reporting
currencies where the entered currency amounts have been converted to the reporting currency
amounts.
If budgetary control is enabled, all journals in a batch must be entered for the same ledger. When
the budgetary control batch is posted, however, posting may generate additional journals for
reporting currencies within the same batch.
In this topic, you will enter reporting currencies.
Procedure
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Training Guide
Step Action
1 Begin by navigating to the Currencies page.

.

.
4 Click the Setup: Currencies: Define link.

.
5 Use the Currencies page to define non-ISO(International Standards Organization)

. currencies, and to enable and disable currencies.
Oracle Applications has predefined all currencies specified in ISO standard #4217.
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Training Guide
Step Action
.
7 Enter a unique Code to represent your currency. You cannot change a currency code
. after you enable the currency, even if you disable that currency at a later time.
Enter the desired information into the Code field. Enter "CAN2".
.
9 Enter the desired information into the Name field. Enter "Canadian currency 2008".
.

0
.
1 Enter the desired information into the Description field. Enter "To be used after 01-
1 Jun-2008".
.
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Training Guide
Step Action
1 Click in the Issuing Territory field.
2
.
1 Enter the desired information into the Issuing Territory field. Enter "Canada".
3
.

4
.
1 You have entered reporting currencies.

5 End of Procedure.
.
Using Reporting Currencies

Reporting Currencies are integrated with ledgers. You specify the reporting currency as a part of
the ledger with which you are working. Reporting currency is flexible. You can maintain
additional currency representations at three different levels:
• Balance level.
• Journal level.
• Subledger level.
You can use the Reporting Currencies for:

• Entering Data into Reporting Currencies.
• Performing Standard General Ledger Activities.
• Completing Reporting Currencies.
You should be cautious about performing any activity other than reporting when you are using a
reporting currency. This is especially true of entering or importing new journals into your
reporting currency, since journals are only converted and replicated from your ledger to your
reporting currencies - not the other way around.
In this topic, you will enter the data in the reporting currency.
Procedure
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Training Guide
Step Action
1 Begin by navigating to the Accounting Setups page.

.

.

.
5 Use the Accounting Setups page to define a new ledger, or search for an existing
. ledger.
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Step Action
6 Click the Search by list.
.
7 Click the Legal Entity list item.

.
8 Click in the Search criteria field.

.
9 Enter the desired information into the Search criteria field. Enter "Northlake Store".
.

0
.
1 Click the Update Accounting Options button.

1
.
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Step Action
1 Use the Update Accounting Options page to update the accounting information in the
2 ledger.
.
Step Action
1 Click the Update button.
3
.
1 Use the Update Reporting Currencies page to update the reporting currency
4 information.
.
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Training Guide
Step Action
1 Click the Add Reporting Currency button.
5
.
1 Use the Add Reporting Currency page to enter the reporting currency information.
6
.
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Training Guide
Step Action
1 Click the Currency Conversion Level list.
7
.
1 Click the Subledger list item.

8
.
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Training Guide
Step Action
9
.
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Training Guide
Step Action
2 Enter the desired information into the Currency field. Enter "ANY".
0
.
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Training Guide
Step Action
2 Click in the Reporting Currency Name field.
1
.
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Training Guide
Step Action
2 Enter the desired information into the Reporting Currency Name field. Enter
2 "2008Additions".
.
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Training Guide
Step Action
2 Click in the Short Name field.
3
.
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Training Guide
Step Action
2 Enter the desired information into the Short Name field. Enter "2008Add".
4
.
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Training Guide
Step Action
2 Click in the Rounding Differences Tracking Account field.
5
.
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Training Guide
Step Action
2 If you enable Rounding Differences Tracking by assigning a Rounding Differences
6 Tracking Account to your ledger, rounding imbalances are automatically balanced
. against the account you specified.
Enter the desired information into the Rounding Differences Tracking Account field.
Enter "01-000-1140-0000-000".
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Step Action
2 Click in the Default Rate Type field.
7
.
2 Conversion rate types are used to convert transactions once the Reporting Currencies
8 option is enabled.
. Enter the desired information into the Default Rate Type field. Enter "Corporate".
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Step Action
9
.
3 You have entered the data in the reporting currency.

0 End of Procedure.
.
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Using the Account Hierarchy Manager

Using the Account Hierarchy includes information on starting the Account Hierarchy Manager,
displaying multiple hierarchies, adding or changing account hierarchies, child values, and rollup
groups.

• Start the Account Hierarchy Manager.
• Display multiple hierarchies.
• Add or change account hierarchies.
• Add or change child values.
• Add or change rollup groups.
Starting the Account Hierarchy Manager

The Account Hierarchy Manager page helps you to
• graphically create, maintain, and review account structure hierarchies
• define new parent and child segment values, as well as change parent/child dependencies
• create new rollup groups from the Account Hierarchy Manager and have your changes reflected
automatically in both the Key Segment Values and Rollup Groups pages.
The Account Hierarchy Manager has security rules that enable you to control:
• Read only or read/write access
• Access to hierarchies, segment values, and charts of accounts.
In this topic, you will start the account hierarchy manager.
Procedure
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Training Guide
Step Action
1 Begin by navigating to the Account Hierarchy Manager page.

.

.
4 Click the Setup: Accounts: Manager link.

.
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Training Guide
Step Action
.
6 The Account Hierarchy Manager page enables you to define a new segment value by
. entering attributes for a new child value, parent and child relationships, including
multi-level hierarchies, and facilitates reporting and analysis.
You can also carefully plan your hierarchies. When you create and save parent and
child segment values, they become permanent.
7 The Chart of Accounts - Segments represents an individual segment of a particular
. chart of accounts structure.
Click an entry in the Chart of Accounts - Segments tree control.
8 You have completed Starting the Account Hierarchy Manager procedure.

. End of Procedure.
Displaying Multiple Hierarchies

Displaying Multiple Hierarchies helps you to view multilevel hierarchy structure and facilitates
reporting and analysis.
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In this topic, you will display multiple hierarchies.
Procedure
Step Action

.

.

.
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Step Action
5 Click the No button.
.
6 Use the Account Hierarchy Manager [Read-Only] page to display multiple

. heirarchies. It has security rules that enable you to control access to read only or
read/write and access to hierarchies.
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Step Action
7 The Chart of Accounts - Segment represents an individual segment of a particular
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Step Action
8 Click an entry in the Communications Accounting Flex tree control.
.
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Step Action
9 Click an entry in the Corporate Accounting Flex tree control.
.
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Step Action
1 Click the Company option.
0
.
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Step Action
1 Click the Children tab.
1
.
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Step Action
2
.
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Step Action
1 Enter the desired information into the From field. Enter "Company".
3
.
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Step Action
4
.
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Step Action
1 Enter the desired information into the To field. Enter "Company".
5
.
1 You have completed Displaying Multiple Hierarchies.

6 End of Procedure.
.
Adding or Changing Rollup Groups

The Rollup Group is used to summarize budget, actual, and encumbrance amounts for each
department and to roll up these amounts to create a division amount.
Adding or Changing Rollup Groups helps you to add or change rollup groups.
In this topic, you will add or change rollup groups.
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Procedure
Step Action

.

.

.
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Step Action
.
6 The Account Hierarchy Manager page enables you to add or change a rollup group.
.
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Step Action
7 Click an entry in the Chart of Accounts - Segments tree control.
.
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Step Action
8 Click an entry in the Operations Accounting Flex tree control.
.
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Step Action
9 Click the Edit menu.
.
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Step Action
1 Click the Rollup Groups menu.
0
.
1 Use the Rollup Groups page to create new rollup groups. You can have those changes
1 reflected automatically in both the Key Segment Values and Rollup Groups pages.
.
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Step Action
1 Click the New... button.
2
.
1 Use the Rollup Group page to add a new rollup group.

3
.
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Step Action
1 Enter the desired information into the Name field. Enter "Training".
4
.
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Step Action
5
.
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Step Action
1 Enter the desired information into the Description field. Enter "Training Purposes".
6
.
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Step Action
7
.
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Step Action
8
.
1 You have completed Adding or Changing Rollup Groups procedure.

9 End of Procedure.
.
Adding or Changing Parent Hierarchies

The Account Hierarchy Manager helps you to define new parent segment values, parent/child
relationships, including multilevel hierarchies, and facilitates reporting and analysis. You can also
carefully plan your hierarchies. When you create and save Parent and Child segment values, they
become permanent.
Adding or Changing Parent Hierarchies helps you to add or change parent hierarchies.
In this topic, you will add or change parent hierarchies.
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Procedure
Step Action

.

.

.
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Step Action
.
6 Use the Account Hierarchy Manager page

. to define new parent segment values, as well as change parent and child dependencies.
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Step Action
7 Click an entry in the Chart of Accounts - Segments tree control.
.
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Step Action
.
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Step Action
.
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Step Action
0
.
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Step Action
1
.
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Step Action
2
.
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Step Action
3
.
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Step Action
1 Click the First button.
4
.
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Step Action
1 Click the Edit menu.
5
.
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Step Action
1 Click the New Parent menu.
6
.
1 Use the Parent Attributes page to enter attributes for a new parent.
7
.
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Step Action
1 Click in the Value field.
8
.
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Step Action
1 Enter the desired information into the Value field. Enter "10".
9
.
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Step Action
0
.
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Step Action
2 Enter the desired information into the Description field. Enter "Training".
1
.
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Step Action
2
.
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Step Action
2 Enter the desired information into the From field. Enter "01-01-2008".
3
.
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Step Action
4
.
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Step Action
2 Enter the desired information into the To field. Enter "05-31-2008".
5
.
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Step Action
6
.
2 You have completed Adding or Changing Parent Hierarchies procedure.

7 End of Procedure.
.
Adding or Changing Child Values

Adding or Changing Child Values enables you to define a new segment value by entering
attributes for a new child value. The new value must comply with the defined format of the
segment's value set. A child represents a child segment value.
In this topic, you will add or change child values.
Procedure
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Step Action

.

.

.
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Step Action
.
6 The Account Hierarchy Manager page enables you to define a new segment value by
. entering attributes for a new child value, parent and child relationships, including
multi-level hierarchies, and facilitates reporting and analysis.
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Step Action
7 The Chart of Accounts - Segment represents an individual segment of a particular
Page 544
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Step Action
.
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Step Action
9 Click the Children tab.
.
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Step Action
0
.
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Step Action
1
.
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Step Action
2
.
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Step Action
3
.
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Step Action
4
.
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Step Action
1 Click the First button.
5
.
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Step Action
1 Click the 10 [Training] list item.
6
.
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Step Action
1 Click the New Child button.
7
.
1 Use the Child Attributes page to enter a new segment value for a new child.
8
. Note: Once you create and save a new child segment value, you cannot delete it.
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Step Action
9
.
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Step Action
0
.
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Step Action
2 Enter the desired information into the Description field. Enter "Training Revenue".
1
.
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Step Action
2
.
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Step Action
2 Enter the desired information into the From field. Enter "01-01-2008".
3
.
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Step Action
4
.
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Step Action
2 Enter the desired information into the To field. Enter "05-31-2008".
5
.
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Step Action
6
.
2 You have completed Adding or Changing Child Values procedure.

7 End of Procedure.
.
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Basic General Ledger Setup

Basic General Ledger Setup includes information on defining value sets, accounting key flexfield
structures, key flexfield values, defining accounting calendar and ledger.

• Define general ledger value sets.
• Create a responsibility for the controller.
• Create a security rule.
• Define accounting key flexfield structures.
• Enter values for key flexfields.
• Use the Account Hierarchy Editor.
• Define an accounting calendar.
• Define a ledger.
• Open an accounting period.
• Set up journal categories and sources.
• Set up suspense accounts.
• Enter unbalanced journals.
Defining General Ledger Value Sets

Values, value sets and validation tables are used as important components of key flexfields,
descriptive flexfields, and Standard Request Submissions.
You define your value sets first, either before or while you define your flexfield segment
structures.
In this topic, you will define General Ledger value sets using the Value Sets page.
Procedure
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Step Action
1 Begin by navigating to the Value Sets page.
. Click the Vertical scrollbar.

.
3 Click the Flexfields: Validation: Sets link.

.
4 Use the Value Sets page to enter a value set name and a description for the value set.
.
The value sets you define appear in the lists of values when you define flexfield
segments using the Key Flexfield Segments page.
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Step Action
5 Click in the Value Set Name field.
.
6 Enter the desired information into the Value Set Name field. Enter "ABC_Company".
.
7 Enter the desired information into the Description field. Enter "ABC Company".
.
8 The choices in the Format Type field for the format of your segment values include:
. • Char
• Date
• DateTime
• Number
• Standard Date
• Standard DateTime
• Time
9 Enter formatting information appropriate to your format type, including information
. such as whether your values should include numbers only and whether they must fall
within a certain range.
You cannot use the Numbers Only or the Right-Justify and Zero-fill option with
translatable value sets.
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Step Action
1 Click the Uppercase Only (A-Z) option.
0
.
1 Click the Right-justify and Zero-fill Numbers (0001) option.

1
.
1 The maximum size for Translatable Independent and Translatable Dependent value set
2 values is 150.
.
1 Click in the Maximum Size field.

3
.
1 Enter the desired information into the Maximum Size field. Enter "2".
4
.

5
.
1 Once you save your changes, you can define another value set using the New button.
.
1 Click in the Value Set Name field.

7
.
1 Enter the desired information into the Value Set Name field. Enter
8 "ABC_Department".
.

9
.
2 Enter the desired information into the Description field. Enter "ABC Department".
0
.
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Step Action
2 Click the Uppercase Only (A-Z) option.
1
.
2 Click the Right-justify and Zero-fill Numbers (0001) option.

2
.
2 Click in the Maximum Size field.

3
.
2 Enter the desired information into the Maximum Size field. Enter "3".
4
.

5
.
2 You have completed defining General Ledger value sets using the Value Sets page.
6 End of Procedure.
.
Creating a Responsibility for the Controller

A Responsibility is a level of authority in Oracle Applications that lets users access only those
Oracle Applications functions and data appropriate to their role in an organization. Each
responsibility allows access to a specific application or applications, a ledger, a restricted list of
pages, a restricted list of functions, and reports in a specific application.
These responsibilities help you provide the appropriate level of access to your users' need to
• perform inquiry and reporting activities in your reporting currencies
• perform specific processes, such as run depreciation, post/transfer/interface to General Ledger,
and run revaluation
In this topic, you will create a responsibility for the Controller.
Procedure
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Step Action
1 Begin by navigating to the Responsibilities page.
2 Click the System Administrator link.

.

.
4 Click the Security:Responsibility: Define link.

.
5 Use the Responsibilities page to create a responsibility for the Controller.

.
This responsibility helps in managing data security, which includes setting up
responsibilities to allow access to a specific set of business data and complete a
specific set of transactions, and assigning individual users to these responsibilities.
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Step Action
6 Click in the Responsibility Name field.
.
7 Enter the desired information into the Responsibility Name field. Enter "GL Training
. Super User".
8 Click in the Application field.

.
9 Enter the desired information into the Application field. Enter "General Ledger".
.
1 Click in the Responsibility Key field.

0
.
1 Enter the desired information into the Responsibility Key field. Enter "GL Training".
1
.
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Step Action
1 Enter the details in the Data Group region.
2
. A data group defines the mapping between Oracle Applications products and Oracle
database IDs.
A data group determines which Oracle database accounts to which a

responsibility's forms, concurrent programs, and reports are connected.
1 Click in the Data Group: Name field.
3
.
1 Enter the desired information into the Data Group: Name field. Enter "Standard".
4
.
1 Click in the Data Group: Application field.

5
.
1 Enter the desired information into the Data Group: Application field. Enter "General
6 Ledger".
.
1 Click in the Menu field.

7
.
1 Enter the desired information into the Menu field. Enter "GL_SUPERUSER".
8
.
1 Use the Request Group region to assign a request to a responsibility.

9
.
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Step Action
2 Click in the Request Group: Name field.
0
.
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Step Action
2 Enter the desired information into the Request Group: Name field. Enter "GL
1 Concurrent Program Group".
.
2 Click in the Request Group: Application field.

2
.

3
.

4
.
2 You have completed creating a responsibility for the Controller procedure.

5 End of Procedure.
.
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Creating a Security Rule

The Define Security Rules page helps you to define security rules to restrict user access to
certain account segment values. You can also define security rules to control what financial
information specific users can print when they run Financial Statement Generator reports.
Security rules do not deny the current user access to any of the individual segments used in the
account.
In this topic, you will define security rules.
Procedure
Step Action
1 Begin by navigating to the Define Security Rules page.

.
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Step Action
.
4 Click the Setup: Security: Define link.

.
5 Use the Find Value Set page to identify the value set to which your values belong.
. You can identify values by your value set, the flexfield segment, or concurrent
program parameter that uses the value set.
Step Action
.
7 Enter the desired information into the Name field. Enter "DEPARTMENT CA".
.
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Step Action
.
or
Press [S].
9 Use the Define Security Rules page to define the security rules for ranges of flexfield
. and report parameter values.
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Step Action
0
.
1
.

2
.
1 Enter the desired information into the Description field. Enter "Department CA
3 restriction rule".
.
1 Click in the Message field.

4
.
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Step Action
1 The message that you enter here appears automatically whenever a user enters a
5 segment value that violates your security rule.
. Enter the desired information into the Message field. Enter "Department CA is not
valid for this responsibility".
6
.
1 Use the Security Rule Elements region to define a security rule element by
7 specifying a value range that includes both a low and high value for your segment.
.
A security rule element applies to all segment values included in the value range
you specify. Identify each security rule element as either Include or Exclude, where
Include includes all values in the specified range, and Exclude excludes all values
in the specified range.
Every security rule must have at least one Include rule element, since a security
rule automatically excludes all values unless you specifically include them.
Note: Exclude rule elements override Include rule elements.
You should always include any default values you use in your segments or
dependent value sets. If the default value is secured, the flexfield window erases
it from the segment as the window opens, and the user must enter a value manually.
If you want to specify a single value to include or exclude, enter the same value in
both the Low and High fields.
1 Click the Type list.
8
.
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Step Action
1 Click the Include list item.
9
.
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Step Action
0
.
2 Enter the desired information into the From field. Enter "000".
1
.

2
.
2 Enter the desired information into the To field. Enter "ZZZ".

3
.
2 Click the Line button.

4
.
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Step Action
2 Click the Type list.
5
.
Step Action
2 Click the Exclude list item.
6
.
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Step Action
7
.
2 Enter the desired information into the From field. Enter "1000".
8
.

9
.
3 Enter the desired information into the To field. Enter "1000".

0
.

1
.
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Step Action
3 You have completed Creating a Security Rule procedure.
2 End of Procedure.
.
Defining Accounting Key Flexfield Structures

Key flexfields enable you to define additional information you want to record in existing fields.
The Key Flexfield Segments page is used to define key flexfields.
You will use it to define descriptive information and validation information for each segment.
You will also determine the appearance of your key flexfield window, including the size of the
window, the number and order of the segments, and the segment descriptions and default values.
In this topic, you will define accounting key flexfield structures using the Key Flexfields
Segments page.
Procedure
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Step Action
1 Begin by navigating to the Key Flexfields Segments page.

.
3 Click the Flexfields:Key: Segments link.

.
4 Use the Key Flexfield Segments page to define key flexfields. You cannot create a
. new flexfield or change the name of an existing flexfield using this page.
You will begin in the Query mode and select the application name in the Application
field.
Step Action
5 In the Key Flexfields Segments page, enter the Query mode.
. Press [F11].
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Step Action
6 Click in the Application field.
.
7 Enter the desired information into the Application field. Enter "General Ledger".
.
8 Execute the query.

. Press [Ctrl+F11].
9 The Code for a structure is a developer key and is used by loader programs. The value
. you specify for the code will default into the title field.

0
.
1 For those application flexfields that support more than one structure, you can create a
1 new structure for your flexfield by inserting a row.
.
You can insert a row using the New button.
2
.
1 Enter the desired information into the Code field. Enter "01Vision_Accounting
3 Flexfield".
.
1 The title automatically defaults to the value you entered in the Code field.
.

5
.
1 Enter the desired information into the Description field. Enter "Vision Account
6 Flexfield".
.
1 Selecting the Cross Validate Segments checkbox enables you to assign cross
7 validation rules to your flexfield structure.
. Click the Cross-Validate Segments option.
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Step Action
1 Click the Segments button to open the Segments Summary page where you define
8 your flexfield segments.
.
1 Click the Segments button.

9
.
or
Press [Alt+m].
2 Use the Segments Summary page to define your flexfield segments.
0
. Each flexfield contains a number of segments which function as separate fields. When
a user clicks in a flexfield, a window opens displaying the segments that you have
defined.
For each segment, you can define:

• Its prompt
• The type of data it can contain
• The values a user can enter
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Step Action
2 Click in the Number field.
1
.
2 Enter the desired information into the Number field. Enter "1".
2
.

3
.
2 Enter the desired information into the Name field. Enter "Company".
4
.
2 The name you entered in the Name column automatically appears. You can update the
5 prompt or leave as is.
. Click in the Window Prompt field.
2 Click in the Column field.

6
.
2 Enter the desired information into the Column field. Enter "SEGMENT1".
7
.
2 Click in the Value Set field.

8
.
2 Enter the desired information into the Value Set field. Enter "ABC_Company".
9
.

0
.
3 Enter the desired information into the Number field. Enter "2".
1
.
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Step Action
2
.
3 Enter the desired information into the Name field. Enter "Department".
3
.
3 The name you entered in the Name column automatically appears. You can update the
4 prompt or leave as is.
. Click in the Window Prompt field.
3 Enter the desired information into the Column field. Enter "SEGMENT2".
5
.
3 Click in the Value Set field.

6
.
3 Enter the desired information into the Value Set field. Enter "ABC_Department".
7
.

8
.
3 This warning message indicates that the list of values prompt is longer than your
9 segment size. Click OK to proceed through this message. See the Oracle General
. Ledger User's Guide for more information about this message.
Click the OK button.
or
Press [Alt+O].
0
.
4 Once you define your flexfield structure, access the Segments page to define the
1 segments by clicking the Open button.
.
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Step Action
2
.
or
Press [Alt+O].
4 Use the Segments page to define segments for your flexfield.
3
. The page title includes the current flexfield's name.
If your flexfield definition is frozen (the Freeze Flexfield Definition check box is
checked), this page becomes display-only.
You can define as many segments as there are defined segment columns in your
flexfield table. You can create a new segment for your flexfield by inserting a row.
Step Action
4
.
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Step Action
4 Enable the flexfield qualifiers you need. In this example, only the Balancing Segment
8 Qualifier is selected.
. Click the Enabled option.

9
.
5 When you close the Flexfield Qualifiers page, the Forms page displays a prompt
0 asking you to save the changes you have made.
.
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Step Action
1
.
or
Press [Alt+Y].
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Step Action
2
.
5 Navigate back to the Segments Summary page and select the second segment.
3
. Repeat the same steps for the second segment.
Click the Open button to access the Segments page to define segments.
Page 591
Training Guide
Step Action
4
.

5
.
or
Press [Alt+O].
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Training Guide
Step Action
6
.
5 Enter the desired information into the Description field. Enter "Department".
7
.
5 Click the Flexfield Qualifiers button.

8
.
or
Press [Alt+Q].
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Step Action
5 Enable the Cost Center segment.
9 Click the Enabled option.
.
6 Enable the Management Segment option.

0 Click the Enabled option.
.

1
.
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Step Action
2
.

3
.
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Step Action
4
.
6 You have completed defining the accounting key flexfield structures using the Key
5 Flexfields Segments page.
. End of Procedure.
Entering Values for Key Flexfields

You need to define at least one valid value for each validated segment before you can use a
flexfield.
These validated segments provide users with a list of predefined valid segment values, and have a
validation type of Independent,Dependent, Translatable Independent, Translatable Dependent, or
Table.
Following are the prerequisites before you enter values for a key flexfield:
•Use the Value Set page to define your independent value sets, any dependent value sets that
depend on them, and any table-validated value sets your flexfield needs.
• Use the Key Flexfield Segments page to define your flexfield structure or the Descriptive
Flexfield Segments page to define your flexfield structure and segments
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In this topic, you will enter values for key flexfields using the Segments Value page.
Procedure
Step Action
1 Begin by navigating to the Segment Values page.

.
3 Click the Flexfields: Key: Values link.

.
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Step Action
4 Use the Find Key Flexfield Segment page to find values according to the following
. selection criteria:
• Value Set
• Key Flexfield
• Descriptive Flexfield
• Concurrent Program
Step Action
5 Click the Value Set option.
.

.
7 Enter the desired information into the Name field. Enter "ABC_Company".
.

.
Page 598
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Step Action
or
Press [Alt+i].
9 Use the Segments Value page to define values for a key
. or descriptive flexfield segment or report parameter.
You should use this page to define values that belong to Independent, Dependent,
Translatable Independent, Translatable Dependent, or Table value sets.
You can define new segment values, specify value descriptions for your values, and
enable or disable existing values as well.
1 Select the Values, Effective tab to enter the values and the description.
0
.
Step Action
1
.
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Step Action
2
.
1 The Translated Value is derived from the Value field, and automatically appears
3 when you click in the Description field.
. Click in the Description field.
1 Enter the desired information into the Description field. Enter "Corporate
4 Headquarters".
.
1 Click the Values, Hierarchy, Qualifiers tab.

5
.
1 Click the Values, Hierarchy, Qualifiers tab to enter the segment qualifiers.
6
. Some key flexfields use segment qualifiers to hold extra information about individual
key segment values.
For example, the Accounting Flexfield uses segment qualifiers to determine the
account type of an account value, or whether detail budgeting and detail posting are
allowed for an Accounting Flexfield combination containing a given value.
1 Click in the Qualifiers field.
7
.
1 Segment qualifiers contain information about a value rather than the segment that uses
8 the value.
.
If you are defining values for any value set that is used by a key flexfield that uses
segment qualifiers, the Segment Qualifiers page appears prompting you for this
information.
If you share this same value set with additional flexfields, such as a descriptive
flexfield, the Segment Qualifiers page appears regardless of how you identified your
value set in this page.
1 The default values are Yes for budgeting and posting.
.
or
Press [Alt+O].
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Step Action
2 Use the Values, Effective tab to enter another value.
0
.
2 Click the Values, Effective tab.

1
.

2
.
3
.

4
.
2 Enter the desired information into the Description field. Enter "US Operations".
5
.

6
.

7
.

8
.
or
Press [Alt+O].
2 Click the Values, Effective tab.
9
.
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Step Action
0
.
1
.
3 Enter the desired information into the Description field. Enter "Europe".
2
.

3
.

4
.

5
.
or
Press [Alt+O].
6
.
3 You have completed entering values for key flexfields using the Segments Value
7 page.
. End of Procedure.
Using the Account Hierarchy Editor

Once you determine your needs and organize your summary account structure, you define your
parent values and your rollup groups.
You can use the Account Hierarchy Manager or the Account Hierarchy Editor, if
Applications Desktop Integrator is installed, to create and edit your account hierarchies
graphically.
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You can use the Account Hierarchy Manager or the Account Hierarchy Editor to define
parent and child segment values, as well as rollup groups.
In this topic, you will define a child value using the Account Hierarchy Editor.
Procedure
Step Action

.

.
4 The Confirm page displays a prompt asking you if you want to save the changes in the
. Account Hierarchy Manager session.
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Step Action
.
6 In the Account Hierarchy Manager page, expand the Accounting Flexfield you are
. editing.
Minimize the window to keep the Account Hierarchy Manager active.
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Step Action
7 Click the Operations Accounting Flex tree item.
.
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Step Action
8 Click the Department tree item.
.
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Step Action
.
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Step Action
1 Click the T [Total Department Parent] tree item.
0
.
1 The details of the department you selected will display under the Department Values
1 Details
. column.
Expand the tree item to view the hierarchy, and add a child attribute.
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Step Action
1 Click the T [Total Department Parent] tree item.
2
.
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Step Action
1 Click the View Hierarchy button.
3
.
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Step Action
1 Click the New Child button.
4
.
1 Use the Child Attributes page to add a value.

5
.
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Step Action
6
.
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Step Action
7
.
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Step Action
8
.
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Step Action
1 Enter the desired information into the Description field. Enter "Northwest Region".
9
.
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Step Action
0
.
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Step Action
2 Click the Save Changes button.
1
.
2 You have completed defining a child value using the Account Hierarchy Editor.
2 End of Procedure.
.
Defining an Accounting Calendar

You create an accounting calendar to define an accounting year and the period it contains.
You can define multiple calendars and assign a different calendar to each ledger. You can, for
example, use a monthly calendar for one ledger, and a weekly calendar for another.
In this topic, you will define an accounting calendar using the Accounting Calendar page.
Procedure
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Step Action
1 Begin by navigating to the Period Types page.

.
3 Click the Financials: Calendars: Types link.

.
4 Use the Period Types page to enter a period type.

.
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Step Action
5 Click in the Period Type field.
.
6 Enter the desired information into the Period Type field. Enter "ACMonth".
.
7 Click in the Periods per Year field.

.
8 Enter the desired information into the Periods per Year field. Enter "2".
.
9 Enter the desired information into the Description field. Enter "2 Periods".
.

0
.
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Step Action
1
.
Step Action
1 Double-click the Accounting list item.
2
.
1 Use the Accounting Calendar page to create an accounting calendar to define an

3 accounting year and the period it contains.
.
In the Calendar field, select the period type you entered in the Period Types page.
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Step Action
1 Click in the Calendar field.
4
.
1 Enter the desired information into the Calendar field. Enter "ACMonth".
5
.
1 Enter the desired information into the Description field. Enter "AC Month
6 Calendar".
.
1 Use the Periods region of the Accounting Calendar page to enter all the period
7 details of the accounting calendar such as type, year, and the date.
.
1 Click in the Prefix field.

8
.
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Step Action
1 Enter the desired information into the Prefix field. Enter "Jan".
9
.
2 Enter the desired information into the Type field. Enter "ACMonth".
0
.
2 Click in the Year field.

1
.
2 Enter the desired information into the Year field. Enter "2006".
2
.
2 Enter the desired information into the Quarter field. Enter "1".
3
.
2 Enter the desired information into the Num field. Enter "1".
4
.

5
.
2 Enter the desired information into the From field. Enter "01-Jan-2006".
6
.
2 Enter the desired information into the To field. Enter "31-jan-2006".

7
.
2 Click in the Prefix field.

8
.
2 Enter the desired information into the Prefix field. Enter "Dec".
9
.
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Step Action
3 Click in the Type field.
0
.
3 Enter the desired information into the Type field. Enter "ACMonth".
1
.
3 Enter the desired information into the Year field. Enter "2006".
2
.
3 Enter the desired information into the Quarter field. Enter "4".
3
.
3 Click in the Num field.

4
.
3 Enter the desired information into the Num field. Enter "2".
5
.

6
.
3 Enter the desired information into the From field. Enter "01-Dec-2006".
7
.
3 Enter the desired information into the To field. Enter "31-Dec-2006".

8
.

9
.

0
.
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Step Action
4 When you close the Accounting Calendar page, a prompt displays in the Decision
1 page asking you if you want to validate the currently displayed calendar.
.
4 Click the Current button.

2
.
or
Press [Alt+C].
4 Note the request ID that is displayed in the Note page.
3
. You will use this ID to query the status of your request using the Requests page.

4
.
or
Press [Alt+O].
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Step Action
5
.
or
Press [Alt+V].
6
.
or
Press [R].
4 Use the Find Requests page to query the status of the Request ID assigned to you.
7
.
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Training Guide
Step Action
8
.
9
.

0
.
or
Press [Alt+i].
5 Use the Requests page to view the status of submitted report or request processes.
1
.
5 The status of your request displays in the Requests page.

2
. To view the Calendar Validation Report, click the View Output button.
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Step Action
3
.
or
Press [Alt+p].
5 Review the Calendar Validation Report.
4
.
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Step Action
5
.
5 You have completed defining an accounting calendar using the Accounting Calendar
6 page.
. End of Procedure.
Defining a Ledger
The Ledger represents the core of a company's financial records where every transaction is
accountable in a self-contained way. A ledger provides balanced ledger accounting for the
accounting entity and serves as the repository of financial information. Consequently, it is the
principal source of information for the analytical applications in the Oracle E-Business Suite.
You can define a ledger with average balance processing enabled or you can define a
consolidation ledger that will be used to consolidate average balances. In a typical ledger where
average balance processing is enabled, the standard and average balances are linked, since the
average balances are derived from the standard balances.
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Define a ledger before enabling budgetary control for the ledger. Leave the enable budgetary
control option set to No for the ledger until you are ready to complete all setup steps for
budgetary control.
You define the attributes of a ledger, such as Accounting Calendar, Ledger Currency, Chart of
Accounts and Subledger Accounting Method in Accounting Setup Manager.
In this topic, you will define a ledger.
Procedure
Step Action
1 Begin by navigating to the Accounting Setups page.

.
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Step Action
.

.
5 Use the Accounting Setups page to define a new ledger, or search for an existing
. ledger.
Step Action
6 Click the Create Accounting Setup button.
.
7 Use the Create Accounting Setup page to assign a legal entity to an existing ledger or
. create a new legal entity.
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Step Action
.
9 Use the Define Accounting Representations page to enter the ledger information.
.
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Step Action
0
.
1
.
1 Click in the Chart of Accounts field.

2
.
1 Enter the Chart of Account that you want to associate with this ledger.
3 Enter the desired information into the Chart of Accounts field. Enter "Corporate
. Accounting Flex".
1 Click in the Accounting Calendar field.

4
.
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Step Action
1 Oracle General Ledger enables you to define multiple calendars and assign a different
5 calendar
. to each ledger. For example, you can use a monthly calendar for one ledger, and a
weekly calendar for another.
Enter the desired information into the Accounting Calendar field. Enter
"Accounting".
6
.
1 Enter the local currency used by legal entity.

.
1 Click in the Subledger Accounting Method field.

8
.
1 Enter the Subledger Accounting Method used by the legal entity.

9
. Enter the desired information into the Subledger Accounting Method field. Enter
"Standard Accrual".
0
.
2 Use the Save Accounting Structure page to review and submit the ledger details.
1
.
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Step Action
2 Click the Finish button.
2
.
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Step Action
2 Click the Return to Accounting Setups button.
3
.
2 You have defined a ledger.

4 End of Procedure.
.
Opening the First Accounting Period

When you open the first accounting period, Oracle General Ledger prepares it for journal entry.
In this topic, you will submit a request for opening the first accounting period.
Procedure
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Step Action
1 Begin by navigating to the Find Periods page.

.

.
4 Click the Setup: Open/Close link.

.
5 The Find Periods page enables you to search for specific accounting periods.
.
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Step Action
.
or
Press [Alt+i].
7 The Open and Close Periods page enables you to open and close accounting periods
. to control journal entry and journal posting.
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Training Guide
Step Action
8 Click the Open Period button.
.
or
Press [Alt+p].
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Step Action
9 Click in the Target Period field.
.
1 Enter the desired information into the Target Period field. Enter "Jan-08".
0
.

1
.
or
Press [Alt+O].
2
.
or
Press [Alt+Y].
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Step Action
3
.
or
Press [Alt+O].
Step Action
4
.
1 You have completed the Opening the First Accounting Period procedure.
5 End of Procedure.
.
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Setting Up Journal Categories and Sources

You can define intercompany and suspense accounts for specific categories. You can also use
document sequences to sequentially number journal entries by category. Journal categories
appear in standard reports, such as the General Journals report. Journal sources identify the origin
of your journal entries. Oracle General Ledger supplies a number of predefined journal sources.
In addition, you should define at least one journal source for each of your own.
In this topic, you will set up journal categories and sources.
Procedure
Step Action
1 Begin by navigating to the Journal Categories page.

.
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Step Action
.
4 Click the Setup: Journal: Categories link.

.
5 The Journal Categories page enables you to define journal categories.

.
Step Action
6 Enter a unique Category, Category Key, and Description for your journal category.
. Click in the Category field.
7 Enter the desired information into the Category field. Enter "Training Sales for
. 2008".
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Step Action
8 The Category Key is a language-independent and instance-independent key that the
. Journal Import program uses to identify a particular journal source and category
consistently across all languages and instances.
Click in the Category Key field.
9 Enter the desired information into the Category Key field. Enter "Training 2008".
.

0
.
1 Enter the desired information into the Description field. Enter "Training Sales for
1 2008".
.

2
.
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Step Action
1 Double-click the Setup list item.
3
.
1 Double-click the Journal list item.

4
.
1 Double-click the Sources list item.

5
.
1 The Journal Sources page enables you to define journal sources that identify the
6 origin of journal entries.
.
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Step Action
1 Enter a unique Source, Source Key and Description for your journal entry source.
7 Click in the Source field.
.
1 Enter the desired information into the Source field. Enter "Training for 2008".
8
.
1 Click in the Source Key field.

9
.
2 Enter the desired information into the Source Key field. Enter "Training for 2008".
0
.

1
.
2 Enter the desired information into the Description field. Enter "Training Revenue for
2 2008".
.
2 If you enable the Import Journal References checkbox, you can drilldown to
3 subledger transactions transferred from subledgers in summary or detail for this source
. in the Account Inquiry page.
2 If you select the Freeze Journals checkbox, then journals from this source cannot be
4 changed in the Enter Journals page.
. Click the Freeze Journals option.
2 If you select the Require Journal Approval checkbox, then journal approval is
5 enabled for your general ledger.
.
If this option is enabled for your ledger and you enter a journal whose journal source
requires journal approval, then the batch must be approved before it can be posted.
2 If you select the Import Using Key checkbox, the Journal Import program uses the
6 value entered in the Source Key field, instead of the Source field, when importing
. journals for a given source.
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Step Action
7
.

8
.
2 You have completed the Setting Up Journal Categories and Sources procedure.
9 End of Procedure.
.
Setting Up Suspense Accounts

When you define your ledger, you can enable suspense posting and assign a default suspense
account to your ledger. You can define other suspense accounts in addition to the default
suspense account for your ledger. General Ledger posts a balancing amount to the default account
when there is no suspense account defined with a matching source and category.
In this topic, you will set up suspense accounts.
Procedure
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Step Action
1 Begin by navigating to the Suspense Accounts page.

.
3 Click the Setup: Accounts: Suspense link.

.
4 The Suspense Accounts page enables you to define suspense accounts.

.
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Step Action
5 Specify the ledger.
.
Your data access set must provide read and write access to the ledger and one or more
Click in the Ledger field.
. (USA)".
7 Specify the Source and Category that applies to the suspense account you are
. defining.
Click in the Source field.
8 Enter the desired information into the Source field. Enter "Manual".
.

.
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Step Action
1 Enter the desired information into the Category field. Enter "Accrual".
0
.
1 Enter the Account against which the balancing amount should be posted. You can
1 assign multiple unique combinations of source and category to a single account.
. Click in the Account field.
2
.

3
.
1 You have completed the Setting Up Suspense Accounts procedure.

4 End of Procedure.
.
Entering Unbalanced Journals

Journal entries consist of debit and credit entries. The sum of the debits must equal the sum of the
credits, or the journal entry is considered unbalanced. A journal balance error occurs when an
unbalanced journal is created with a ledger that is defined as a balanced ledger.
In this topic, you will enter an unbalanced journal.
Procedure
Page 649
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Step Action

.

.
4 The Find Journals page enables you to search for specific journals and also create
. new journals.
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Training Guide
Step Action
.
or
Press [Alt+J].
6 The Journals page enables you to enter and view detailed information for a journal.
.
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Step Action
7 Enter the desired information into the Journal field. Enter "ABCExpense Accruals".
.

.
9 Enter the desired information into the Category field. Enter "Accrual".
.

0
.
1
.

2
.
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Step Action
3
.
1 Click in the Debit (USD) field.

4
.
1 Enter the desired information into the Entered: Debit field. Enter "500".
5
.

6
.
7
.
1 Enter the desired information into the Entered: Credit field. Enter "450".
8
.

9
.
2 This message provides an alert about the difference between debits and credits.
.
or
Press [Alt+Y].
1
.
or
Press [Alt+P].
2 Note the request ID.
.
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Step Action
or
Press [Alt+O].
3
.
or
Press [Alt+V].
4
.
or
Press [R].
2 The Find Requests page enables you to search for specific requests.
5
.
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Step Action
6
.
7
.
2 Point to the Find object.

8
.
2 Use the Requests page to view the status of submitted request processes.
9
.
3 Verify that the post request completed successfully.

0
.
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Step Action
1
.
Step Action
2
.
3 Enter the desired information into the Batch field. Enter "ABCExpense Accruals 21-
3 JAN-2008 12:51:26".
.

4
.
or
Press [Alt+i].
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Step Action
3 Use the Enter Journals page to view and optionally change unposted journal batches
5 online.
.
Step Action
6
.
or
Press [Alt+u].
3 Verify that the accrual posted correctly.
7
.
3 You have completed the Entering Unbalanced Journals procedure.

8 End of Procedure.
.
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Custom General Ledger Reports

Custom General Ledger Reports includes information on creating and running various general
ledger reports.

• Create a row set.
• Run an ad-hoc row set report.
• Run a row set detail and summary report.
• Create a column set.
• Create a column set heading.
• Run a column set ad-hoc-report.
• Run column set detail and summary reports.
• Define a content set.
Creating a Row Set

A Row Set defines the format and content of the rows in an FSG report. In Financial Statement
Generator, the commonly assumed attribute for a row definition is an account assignment,
whereas the attribute for a column definition is a time period (amount type). When you define a
row set, you can:
• Assign accounts - to indicate which general ledger account balances you want to include in the
row.
• Define calculations - to perform a variety of complex computations in your report.
• Specify formatting - to control page breaks, indentation, line spacing, and underline characters.
• Secure row set definitions - to only allow specific row sets to be used, viewed, or modified by
certain users.
In this topic, you will create a row set.
Procedure
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Step Action
1 Begin by navigating to the Row Set page.

.

.
4 Click the Reports: Define: Row Set link.

.
5 The Row Set page enables you to define new row sets.
.
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Step Action
.
7 Enter the desired information into the Name field. Enter "Training Row Set".
.

.
9 Enter the desired information into the Description field. Enter "Training Summary".
.
1 Click the Define Rows button.

0
.
or
Press [Alt+R].
1 The Rows page enables you to add and format rows to a row set.
1
.
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Step Action
1 Enter a line number for each row of the row set.
2
. The line number controls the order in which rows appear in a report. You also use the
line number when creating a row calculation.
Click in the Line field.
3
.
1 Click in the Line Item field.

4
.
1 Enter the desired information into the Line Item field. Enter "Overhead".
5
.
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Step Action
1 Click in the Format Options: Lines to Skip: After field.
6
.
1 Enter the desired information into the Format Options: Lines to Skip: After field.
7 Enter "1".
.

8
.

9
.
0
.
2 Click in the Line Item field.

1
.
2 Enter the desired information into the Line Item field. Enter "Salaries".
2
.
2 Click in the Format Options: Indent field.

3
.
2 Enter the desired information into the Format Options: Indent field. Enter "3".
4
.
2 Click in the Format Options: Lines to Skip: After field.

5
.
2 Enter the desired information into the Format Options: Lines to Skip: After field.
6 Enter "0".
.
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Step Action
2 To have the row generate account balances on your report, click the Account
7 Assignments button to assign accounts to the row.
. Click the Account Assignments button.
or
Press [Alt+A].
2 The Accounts Assignments page enables you to assign accounts to a row.
8
.
Step Action
2 Enter the same ledger segment value for the Low and High ledger segment range. If
9 you do not enter a ledger or ledger set, FSG uses the ledger or
. ledger set you specify at run time.
Click in the Account Range: Low field.
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Step Action
3 Enter a range of accounts by specifying the Low and High accounts in the range.
0 Enter the desired information into the Ledger: Low field. Enter "Vision Operations".
.
3 Click in the Ledger: High field.

1
.

2
.
3
.

4
.
5
.
3 Click in the Department: High field.

6
.
3 Enter the desired information into the Department: High field. Enter "T".
7
.

8
.
9
.
4 Click in the Account: High field.

0
.
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Step Action
4 Enter the desired information into the Account: High field. Enter "T".
1
.

2
.
3
.
4 Click in the Sub-Account: High field.

4
.
4 Enter the desired information into the Sub-Account: High field. Enter "T".
5
.

6
.
7
.
4 Click in the Product: High field.

8
.
4 Enter the desired information into the Product: High field. Enter "T".
9
.

0
.
or
Press [Alt+O].
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Step Action
5 You have completed the Creating a Row Set procedure.
1 End of Procedure.
.
Running an Ad-Hoc Row Set Report

In Oracle Assets a report is defined by specifying the report objects Financial Statement
Generator should use to build a report. Optionally, you can specify your own custom column set.
Also, you can add a content set, row order, and/or display set to enhance the report or refine the
information in the report. You can also define ad hoc financial reports, as necessary, to meet one-
time reporting needs.
In this topic, you will run an ad hoc report.
Procedure
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Training Guide
Step Action

.

.
4 Click the Reports: Define: Report link.

.
5 The Define Financial Report page enables you to define a financial report.
.
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Training Guide
Step Action
6 Enter a name, report title, and description for your report.
. Click in the Report field.
7 Enter the desired information into the Report field. Enter "Training Ad Hoc Row Set
. Report".

.
9 Enter the desired information into the Title field. Enter "Training Ad Hoc Row Set
. Report only".
1 You can select the Enable Security checkbox to apply Definition Access Set security
0 to your financial report definition.
.
1 Enter the Row Set and Column Set to use for the report.
1
.

2
.
3 "Training Row Set".
.

4
.
.

6
.
or
Press [Alt+R].
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Training Guide
Step Action
7
.
or
Press [Alt+Y].
8
.
or
Press [Alt+O].
1 The Run Individual Reports page enables you to run specific reports individually.
9
.
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Training Guide
Step Action
0
.
or
Press [Alt+S].
1
.
2 You have completed the Running an Ad-Hoc Row Set Report procedure.
2 End of Procedure.
.
Running a Row Set Summary and Detail Report

The Row Set Summary and Detail Report lets you review the names and descriptions of all row
sets defined for your chart of accounts. General Ledger displays the chart of accounts structure
associated with each row set.
In this topic, you will run the Row Set Summary and Detail report.
Procedure
Page 671
Training Guide
Step Action
1 Begin by navigating to the Submit a New Request page.

.

.
4 Click the Standard link.

.
5 Use the Submit a New Request page to run a single request or request set. Single
. requests are just the job you have defined in your parameters settings. Requests sets
enable you to process multiple requests and reports.
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Training Guide
Step Action
.
or
Press [Alt+O].
7 Use the Submit Request page to enter general request and report parameters. These
. parameters include the report title, operating unit, language, when to run the request or
process, and what to do with the output.
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Training Guide
Step Action
.
9 Enter the desired information into the Name field. Enter "FSG - Row Set Detail
. Listing".
1 Click in the Parameters field.

0
.
1 Use the Parameters page to enter the request parameters. These parameters will be
1 used to define the processing rules and data to be included when the report or request is
. run.
1 Click in the Row Set Name field.

2
.
1 Enter the desired information into the Row Set Name field. Enter "Training Row
3 Set".
.
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Step Action
4
.
or
Press [Alt+O].
5
.
or
Press [Alt+m].
6
.
or
Press [Alt+Y].
7
.

8
.
or
Press [Alt+m].
1 You have completed the Running a Row Set Summary and Detail Report procedure.
9 End of Procedure.
.
Creating a Column Set

A column set defines the format and content of the columns in an Financials Statements
Generator (FSG) report. In FSG, the commonly assumed attribute for a column definition is a
time period (amount type), whereas the attribute for a row definition is an account assignment.
Therefore, typical column sets include headings and subheadings, amount types, format masks,
currency
assignments, and calculation columns for totals.
In this procedure, you will create a column set in the Column Set window.
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Training Guide
Procedure
Step Action
1 Begin by navigating to the Column Set window.

.

.
4 Click the Reports: Define: Column Set link.

.
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Step Action
5 From the Column Set page, you can do the following:
.
• Specify account balance types to include in the column. For example, you can define
a column with actual, budget, or encumbrance amounts.
• Create Headings for your columns. You can also create relative headings, which
change depending on the period of interest specified when you run the report.
• Define calculations to perform a variety of complex computations in your report. The
calculations can refer to any previous columns in the report, including rows you choose
not to display.
• Specify formatting using format masks, which determine how numbers in your report
are displayed.
• Secure column set definitions to allow only specific column sets to be used, viewed,
or modified by certain users.
In this procedure, you will create a column set.
Step Action
.
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Step Action
7 Enter the desired information into the Name field. Enter "Training Column Set".
.

.
9 Enter the desired information into the Description field. Enter "Training 5 Month
. Rolling Summary".
1 Though you will not enter an override value in this procedure, you use the Override
0 Segment field to override segments to produce "breakdown" reports.
.
For example, if you defined a report that produces a corporate income statement and
you now want to create a version of the same report that shows income results for
multiple departments, you would enter an override segment.
You can find more information about override segments in the General Ledger User's
Guide.
1 Click the Build Column Set button.
1
.
or
Press [Alt+u].
1 The sequence number is used to define column calculations.
2
. Note: The sequence number does not control the order of the columns on a report like
it does for rows in a row set. Instead, the column order is determined by the column
starting positions.
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Step Action
1 Click in the Sequence field.
3
.
4
.

5
.
1 Enter the desired information into the Name field. Enter "POI-4".
6
.
1 Oracle General Ledger provides a number of amount types, which can be specified in
7 the a row or column definition.
.
For example, in this procedure, you will enter an amount type of PTD-Actual, which
refers to Period-to-date actual balances.
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Training Guide
Step Action
1 Click in the Amount Type field.
8
.
1 Enter the desired information into the Amount Type field. Enter "PTD-Actual".
9
.
2 If you assign an amount type to a row or column, you must also assign
0 an offset.
.
Enter the relative Offset if you want to report on a period or effective date before or
after your runtime period or effective date.
If your specified Amount Type refers to a period, such as PTD-Actual, then the offset
will be in number of periods. However, if your specified Amount Type refers to days,
such as PATD, then the offset will be in number of days.
2 Click in the Offset field.
1
.
2 Enter the desired information into the Offset field. Enter "-4".
2
.
2 Click the Add Column button.

3
.

4
.
5
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2 Press the left mouse button on the Name object.

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Step Action
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5 Enter the desired information into the Name field. Enter "POI".
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5 Enter the desired information into the Offset field. Enter "0".
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Step Action
1
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6 Format masks, which are specified in your row and column definitions, define how
2 FSG prints numerical values on your reports. With a format mask, you can control the
. following:
• Number of digits displayed on both sides of the decimal point

• Currency symbol
• Symbol used as the decimal indicator
• Other information you want printed before or after your amounts
6 Click in the Format Mask field.
3
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6 Enter the desired information into the DISPLAY_ITEM6_0 field. Enter

4 "9,999,999,999.99".
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6 Click the Create Default Heading button.

5
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or
Press [Alt+D].
6 Click in the HEADING_ITEM6_0 field.
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6 Enter the desired information into the HEADING_ITEM6_0 field. Enter "TOTAL".
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6 You have completed the Creating a Column Set procedure.

9 End of Procedure.
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Creating a Column Set Heading

You define the column headings for a report within the related column set. You can create custom
column headings or modify default headings to meet your specific reporting needs. Your column
headings can be static, or you can use relative headings to create dynamic column headings
whose content changes depending on the period you specify when you run the report.
You can also create and edit column headings with the Column Set Builder.
In this topic, you will define a column set heading.
Procedure
Step Action
1 Begin by navigating to the Column Set page.

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Step Action
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4 Click the Reports: Define: Column Set link.

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5 Use the Column Set page to create column sets, headings, assign access, reports, and
. auto copy the columns.
Step Action
6 Query a column set name.
. Click in the Name field.
7 Enter the desired information into the Name field. Enter "Training Revenue".
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Step Action
9 Enter the desired information into the Description field. Enter "Column Set for
. Training".
1 Click the Create Heading button.

0
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or
Press [Alt+d].
1 Use the Column Set Heading page to enter or change the heading for the column set.
1
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Step Action
1 Enter the desired information into the Column Set Header Editor Multiline field.
2 Enter "January 2008".
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Step Action
3
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or
Press [Alt+O].
Step Action
4
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1 You have defined a column set heading.

5 End of Procedure.
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Running a Column Set Ad-Hoc Report

You can define ad hoc financial reports as necessary to meet special reporting needs. An ad hoc
report is one you define at the time you run financial reports.
Note that to improve system performance, you need to delete ad hoc reports periodically.
Following are the prerequisites to defining ad-hoc reports:

• Define a row set.
• Define a column set
In this topic, you will run a column set ad-hoc report using the Define Financial Report page.
Procedure
Step Action
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Step Action
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4 Click the Reports: Define: Report link.

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5 Use the Define Financial Report page to run an ad-hoc repot.

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You will use this page to enter the column set and row set details.
Begin by entering a name in the Report field and a name for your report title in the
Title field.
Step Action
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Step Action
7 Enter the desired information into the Report field. Enter "Training Column Set
. Report".

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9 Enter the desired information into the Title field. Enter "Training Column Set Ad-
. Hoc Report".
1 Use the Required Components region to enter the row and column information.
0
. In the Row Set and Column Set field, enter the row and columns sets you want to use
for the report.
Note: If you specified control values in the Balance Control options of your row set or
column set, you will be required to assign the control values to specific budgets,
encumbrances, currencies, or constant periods of interest.
1
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2 "Training Row Set".
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4 Enter "Training Column Set".
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or
Press [Alt+R].
1 The Decision page will display an alert.
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Step Action
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or
Press [Alt+Y].
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or
Press [Alt+O].
1 After you save your work, use the Run Individual Reports page to submit your
9 request for the Ad-Hoc report.
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Step Action
0
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or
Press [Alt+S].
2 Note the request ID that displays in the Request column.
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Step Action
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Step Action
2 You have completed running a column set ad-hoc report, using the Define Financial
4 Report page.
. End of Procedure.
Running Column Set Detail and Summary Reports

The Column Set Detail and Summary Reports let you review detailed information about a
specific column set, or about all column sets defined in the system. General Ledger first prints
your column set heading, then the details of each column definition. Display options for each
column appear in a box. General Ledger prints your account assignments, and your calculation
and exception definitions, if any.
In this topic, you will run the Column Set Detail and Summary report.
Procedure
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Step Action
1 Begin by navigating to the Submit a New Request page.

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4 Click the Reports: Request: Standard link.

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5 Use the Submit a New Request page to runs a single request or request set. Single
. requests are just the job you have defined in your parameters settings. Requests sets
enable you to process multiple requests and or reports.
Step Action
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Step Action
or
Press [Alt+O].
7 Use the Submit Request page to enter general request or report parameters. These
. parameters include the report title, operating unit, language, when to run the request or
process, and what to do with the output.
Step Action
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9 Enter the desired information into the Name field. Enter "FSG - Column Set Detail
. Listing".
1 Click in the Parameters field.

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Step Action
1 Use the Parameters page to enter the request parameters. These parameters will be
1 used to define the processing rules and data to be included when the report or request is
. run.
1 Select any column set you have defined, or leave this field blank to report on all
2 column sets.
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If an account assignment was made to column sets, only those column sets that match
your ledger's chart of accounts display.
Enter the desired information into the Column Set Name field. Enter "Training
Column Set".
3
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or
Press [Alt+O].
4
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or
Press [Alt+m].
5
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or
Press [Alt+Y].
1 Enter the desired information into the Name field. Enter "FSG - Column Set
6 Summary Listing".
.

7
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or
Press [Alt+m].
1 You have completed the Running Column Set Detail and Summary Reports procedure.
8 End of Procedure.
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Defining a Content Set

By assigning a content set to a report request, you can generate hundreds of similar reports in a
single run. The content set controls how the numerous reports differ from each other. For
example, assume your organization has 50 departments and that Department is one of your
account segments. Also assume that you already have an FSG report for travel expenses, which
you run weekly. By using a content set with your existing report definition, you can print a travel
expense report for each department, in one report request. You can then distribute the reports to
the 50 department managers for review purposes.
Content sets are similar to row sets and actually work their magic by overriding the row set
definition of an existing report. The subtle report variations discussed in the previous paragraph
are achieved by the content set altering the row set account assignments and/or display options.
You cannot use content sets with XBRL output. If you choose a content set function, such as page
expand, the report will error.
In this topic, you will define a content set.
Procedure
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Step Action
1 Begin by navigating to the Content Set page.
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4 Click the Reports: Define: Content Set link.

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5 Use the Content Set page to define a new content set and assign it to a general ledger
. account.
Step Action
6 Click in the Content Set field.
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Step Action
7 Enter the desired information into the Content Set field. Enter "Training Content
. Set".

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9 Enter the desired information into the Description field. Enter "Training".
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1 Select a processing type for multiple reports:

0 • Parallel: FSG processes multiple reports at the same time.
. • Sequential: FSG processes multiple reports in sequential order.
Select the Enable Security checkbox to apply Definition Access Set security to your
content set definition.
1 Click in the Account Assignments: Sequence field.
1
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1 Enter a Sequence number for each account range.

2 Enter the desired information into the Account Assignments: Sequence field. Enter
. "10".
1 Enter the Ledger and Account Range Low and High values if you want to override
3 the segment value ranges specified in your row set.
.
If you enter a parent segment value for your flexfield low and high, FSG displays all
child values for that parent.
Click in the Account Assignments: Account Segment Low field.
1 Use the Operations Accounting Flex page to enter the low and high values for ledger
4 and account ranges.
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1 Click in the Ledger: Low field.

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1 Enter the desired information into the Ledger: Low field. Enter "Vision Operations".
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Step Action
1 Click in the Ledger: High field.
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2 Enter the desired information into the Department: High field. Enter "399".
0
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2 Click in the Department: Display field.

1
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2 Enter the desired information into the Department: Display field. Enter "PE".
2
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3
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or
Press [Alt+O].
4
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2 You have defined a content set.

5 End of Procedure.
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Creating Budget Formula Entry Lines....................................................................................264

Displaying Multiple Hierarchies.............................................................................................497

Upon completion of this module, you will be able to:

Upon completion of this lesson, you will be able to:

Creating Journal Batches

In this topic, you will create journal batches.

2 Click the General Ledger, Vision Operations (USA) link.

3 Click the Journals: Enter link.

9 Click in the Period field.

1 Click the Journals button.

You can only post batches in Open accounting periods.

1 Click in the Line field.

1 Click in the Account field.

1 Click in the Debit field.

2 Click in the Line field.

2 Click in the Credit field.

2 Click in the Journal field.

2 Click the New button.

2 Click in the Description field.

3 Click in the Line field.

3 Click in the Account field.

3 Click in the Debit field.

3 Click in the Credit field.

4 Click the Save button.

4 You have completed the Creating Journal Batches procedure.

In this topic, you will learn to enter journals.

3 Click the Journals: Enter link.

9 Click in the Description field.

1 Click in the Line field.

1 Click in the Debit field.

1 Click in the Line field.

1 Click in the Credit field.

2 Click the Save button.

2 You have completed the Entering Journals procedure.

Changing the Journal Entry Currency

In this topic, you will change the journal entry currency.

3 Click the Journals: Enter link.

7 Click in the Period field.

9 Click in the Status: Posting field.

1 Click the Find button.

1 Click in the Type: To field.

1 Click in the Rate: To field.

2 Click the OK button.

Entering Journal Lines

In this topic, you will enter journal lines.

3 Click the Journals: Enter link.

9 Click in the Line field.

1 Click in the Account field.

1 Click in the Debit field.

1 Click in the Line field.

1 Click in the Credit field.

2 Click the Save button.

2 You have completed the Entering Journal Lines procedure.

Entering Entered Currency Journal

2 Click the General Ledger, Vision Operations (USA) link.

3 Click the Journals: Enter link.

8 Click in the Description field.

1 Click in the Conversion: Currency field.

1 Click in the Line field.

1 Click in the Account field.