Account

ChartField that identifies the nature of a transaction for corporate accounts.

Affiliate

ChartField that is used to map transactions between business units when you use a single interunit account.

Alt Acct (alternate account)

ChartField that identifies the nature of a transaction for statutory accounts. This field appears only if you enable the Alternate Account option for your organization and for the general ledger business unit.

Attachment

Click this link to add, delete, and view attachments. When adding large attachments, you should save the transaction before adding the attachment.

Bank Account

Code that you define to identify a bank account on pages and in running processes and reports, such as CHCK (checking).

Bank Account # (bank account number) or Account # (account number)

Number or code that identifies a bank account, which the bank assigns.

Bank or Bank Code

Code that you define to identify a bank on pages and in running processes and reports.

Bank ID

Code that identifies a bank that is assigned by a bank regulatory agency.

Branch or Branch Name

Code that you define to identify a bank branch on pages and in running processes and reports.

Branch ID

Unique identifier for a branch of a bank, which you get from the bank.

Budget Ref (budget reference)

ChartField that identifies unique budgets when individual budgets share budget keys and overlapping budget periods.

Class

ChartField that identifies a particular appropriation when you combine it with a fund, department ID, program code, and budget reference.

Counterparty

A counterparty is a bank that has a trading relationship with your organization.

Currency

Code that identifies the type of currency for an amount, such as USD for US dollar or EUR for euro.

Dept (department)

ChartField that indicates who is responsible for or affected by the transaction.

Description

Free-form text field with a maximum limit of 256 characters.

Effective Date

Date on which a table row becomes effective; the date that an action begins. For example, if you want to close out a ledger on June 30, the effective date for the ledger closing would be July 1. This date also determines when you can view and change the information. Pages or panels and batch processes that use the information use the current row.

Fund

ChartField that represents structural units for education and government accounting. Can also represent a divisional breakdown in your organization.

Fund Affiliate

ChartField used to correlate transactions between funds when using a singe intraunit account.

Reference

Reference number for a bank transaction.

Oper Unit (operating unit)

ChartField used to identify a location, such as a distribution warehouse or sales center.

Process Frequency

Designates the appropriate frequency in the Process Frequency group box:

Once: Executes the request the next time the batch process runs. After the batch process runs, the process frequency is automatically set to Don't Run.

Always: Executes the request every time the batch process runs.

Don't Run: Ignores the request when the batch process runs.

Process Monitor

This link takes you to the Process List page, where you can view the status of submitted process requests.

Product

ChartField that captures additional information that is useful for profitability and cash flow analysis by product sold or manufactured.

Program

ChartField that identifies groups of related activities, cost centers, revenue centers, responsibility centers, and academic programs. Tracks revenue and expenditures for programs.

Project

ChartField that captures information for project/grants accounting.

Report Manager

This link takes you to the Report List page, where you can view report content, check the status of a report, and see content detail messages (which display a description of the report and the distribution list).

Run

This button takes you to the Process Scheduler request page, where you can specify the location where a process or job runs and the process output format.

Run Control ID

A code that identifies the run parameters for a report or process.

SetID

A code that represents information stored in a set of control table or TableSets. A TableSet is a group of tables (records) necessary to define your company's structure and processing options.

Short Description

Free-form text field with a maximum limit of 15 characters.

Status

Indicates whether a row in a table is active or inactive. You cannot display inactive rows on transaction pages or use them for running batch processes. Inactivate rather than delete data that you no longer use in order to maintain an audit trail.

Stmt ID (statement ID)

The statement number that is generated by the PeopleSoft application.

Transaction Amount

Amount of a statement transaction.

Unit

Business unit for an item.