Oracle Global Accounting Engine

This chapter covers the following topics:

Overview
Replacement of Global Accounting Engine Features
Replacement of Country-Specific Features

Overview

In Release 11i, users operating in France, Greece, Italy, Spain, or Portugal were able to implement the Oracle Global Accounting Engine. In Release 12 Oracle Subledger Accounting extends and replaces the Global Accounting Engine functionality by providing a flexible and customizable, rule-based engine that is used across all Oracle E-Business Suite subledger applications. The upgrade from the Global Accounting Engine to the Oracle Subledger Accounting is based on the following assumptions:

Oracle Subledger Accounting supports all Global Accounting Engine features.
A fully automated migration of all Global Accounting Engine data and setup options to Oracle Subledger Accounting is provided. This includes:
- Upgrading of the existing accounting data in the Global Accounting Engine to the new Subledger Accounting data model.
- Upgrading of the existing setup options from the Global Accounting Engine to the Oracle Subledger Accounting or General Ledger whenever necessary.

Since users do not have the ability to modify the standard rules provided by the Global Accounting Engine, the seeded rules delivered by the subledger applications in Release 12 will generate accounting that is equivalent to that generated by the Oracle Global Accounting Engine rules.

Replacement of Global Accounting Engine Features

In release 12, Oracle Subledger Accounting (SLA) provides the same functionality that is available in release 11i with Global Accounting Engine. The following list shows how the different Global Accounting Engine features are implemented in SLA:

Posting Manager - Global Accounting Engine Posting Manager window is replaced by the Create Accounting program. This program allows the user to launch the process that generates the subledger journal entries. The Create Accounting program supports both draft and final mode in the same way as the Posting Manager.
Multiple Posting - Similar to the Multiple Posting feature available in the Global Accounting Engine, SLA provides users with the ability to create multiple accounting representations at the document level. The setup is done using the Accounting Setups page in General Ledger by attaching secondary ledgers to a primary ledger.

For more information, refer to the Oracle General Ledger Chapter, Global Accounting Engine Integration.
Sequencing - SLA uses the accounting sequencing feature provided by General Ledger to sequence subledger journal entries at creation time. The setup is done using the Sequencing option on the Accounting Setups page in General Ledger.
Legal Sequencing - SLA uses the reporting sequencing feature provided by General Ledger to sequence subledger journal entries at period close. The setup is done using the Sequencing page on the Accounting Setups page in General Ledger.
Control Accounts - Third Party Control accounts are defined in General Ledger. SLA maintains balances for each combination of third party and third party control account.

For more information, refer to the to General Ledger User’s Guide.
Manual Journal Entries - Users can enter manual journal entries in the subledgers. Manual journal entries are stored in SLA and transferred to General Ledger along with the journal entries created by the Create Accounting program.
Customer and Supplier Merge - SLA provides the Third-Party merge functionality that addresses both customer merge and supplier merge in a consistent way.
Inquiries - Global Accounting inquiries are replaced by the following SLA inquiries:
- Accounting Events Inquiry
- Journal Entries Inquiry
Reports - Global Accounting Engine reports are replaced by the following SLA reports:
- Journal Entries Report
- Account Analysis Report
- Third-Party Balances Report
Users can take advantage of the XML Publisher features to create their own layouts based on the report extracts provided by SLA.

For more information, refer to the Oracle Subledger Accounting Implementation Guide.

Replacement of Country-Specific Features

In general, country-specific features supported by the Global Accounting Engine are now included in the seeded accounting definitions provided out of the box by the subledger applications, with the following exceptions:

Oracle E-Business Suite no longer provides a separate set of accounting rules for Italy.
Oracle Payables has added fields to the Invoice Workbench to capture information for deferred expenses accounting, and makes this information available as sources to Subledger Accounting. The seeded accounting definitions, however, do not include accounting for deferred expenses. Italian users need to create their own accounting definitions if they want to create multi-period accounting for deferred expenses.

For more information, refer to the Oracle Subledger Accounting Implementation Guide.