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General Ledger
Journal Controls
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Journal Sources
Journal Categories
Automatic Reversals
Automatic Posting
Journal Approvals
Journal Controls
Journal Sources
Journal Sources identify the source of the journal entries. EBS comes with a large number of journal sources already
seeded, which are used by the subledgers that integrate into the General Ledger, as well as Manual for journals keyed
directly into the GL, and Spreadsheet, used for journal entries loaded from Web ADI (Application Desktop Wizard, also
known as Journal Wizard). Additional sources can be added for journals imported from third-party systems or for any
type of transaction.
SOURCE and SOURCE KEY should not be updated. Use this form to add a new
Source, by entering a meaningful name in the SOURCE field. SOURCE KEY is an
alternative name that can be assigned to a specific source or groups of sources,
making the names consistent across instances and/or languages. This field is
ignored if the IMPORT USING KEY box is not checked.
Tells EBS if this journal will require an approval prior to posting. In order
for Journal Approvals to be enforced, the LEDGER must also have
ENABLE JOURNAL APPROVAL turned on, in addition a few more steps
will be discussed in this chapter in DETAIL.
Appears only if Average Balancing is enabled in this ledger, and it allows the
system to decide if Journal Entries that are imported for not valid business days,
should ROLL back to the nearest valid business day within the same period. If
there is no prior valid business day within the same period, the effective date is
rolled forward, FAIL, or LEAVE ALONE Journal import will accept all transactions
regardless of the effective date.
Journal Categories
Journal Categories are another way of segregating journal entries, and when combined with Sources, it can make
finding all the journals that pertain to specific transactions, such as Accruals or Payments, much easier.
Categories that come seeded with EBS cannot be deleted or disabled, nor can the CATEGORY KEY be changed.
Manually added categories can be modified or deleted at any time. And the Existing data should be left alone.
As with SOURCE KEY, this requires IMPORT USING KEY to be selected on the
source to be used. When this is selected, both the CATEGORY and SOURCE
KEYS will be used, as opposed to the SOURCE and CATEGORY during imports.
The DESCRIPTION will assist in understanding why this is used or added.
AutoReverse
Journal entries are reversed for a few main reasons: either a journal was posted in error or posted incorrectly, or an
accrual needs to be reversed when the actual expenses are recognized. AutoReverse is most useful for reversals of
accruals, and when you know what month it needs to be reversed in.
Select each
category you want
to set up
AutoReverse for,
and enter the
REVERSAL PERIOD
to default as Next
period or Next nonadjusting period,
[Next day only for
average balance
ledgers], or Same
Period, or else use
No Default to
require the users to
identify the period.
Automatically post
the generated
reversing journals
when Program
Automatic Posting is
run.
If you want these
reversing entries to be
generated when
Program Automatic
Reversal is run.
There is one profile option, GL: Launch AutoReverse After Open Period, that determines if the
autoreverse process will automatically generate reversing entries when a period is open.
Once an AutoReverse
Criteria Set is saved, it
can be assigned to
specific Ledgers in the
Ledger Option Setups.
AutoPost
Automatic posting of approved (if required) journal entries not only helps save a few manual steps by the accountants,
but it can also ensure that once a journal entry is approved, it is posted in the system. AutoPost is set up at the source
and category levels, allowing some level of control over what journals are automatically posted and which are not. At
the very least, it is a good idea to set up subledger journals to post automatically to streamline the process and ensure
there are no changes to them.
Determine what criteria of journal entries, based on effective dates, are available for
AutoPost. They serve as a second control to opening and closing periods. Reducing the
time frame here will not prevent manual journal postings, but it will prevent postings
from happening automatically too far in the past and too far in the future.
Before and After Dates means [AutoPost submission date].
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Journal Approvals
Journal Approvals can be enabled for some or all of your General Ledger journal sources. This is a nice feature to
replace manual journal approvals, but it is important to understand that EBS does not track who actually approved
the journal entry, only that it was approved. For auditing purposes, this takes a little explaining, and usually proof
that the approval limits and processes are tightly controlled in EBS.
Once the decision to enable Journal Approvals has been made, the following [6] setups must be completed to use
the feature:
Setup | Financials | Accounting Setup Manager | Accounting Setups | Ledger options | Page 2
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set up the actual approval limits for people with final approval authority. If someone has journal approval
authority in more than one ledger, that person will need to be set up multiple times. Journal approval
limits are determined by the largest line item on a journal entry, not the total debits or credits of that
journal.
The theory behind journal approvals is that each person should be set up to be authorized to approve a risk
of up to a specific dollar amount for a given account, not the total of a journal entry.
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