Setting Up Accounting Dates

This section discusses how to set up accounting dates.

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Accounting Dates

SSF_ACCTG_DT_DEFN

Set up SACR > Product Related > Student Financials > Item Types > Accounting Dates > Accounting Dates

Set up accounting dates for a term or a combination of term and session.

Access the Accounting Dates page (Set up SACR > Product Related > Student Financials > Item Types > Accounting Dates > Accounting Dates).

This example illustrates the fields and controls on the Accounting Dates page. You can find definitions for the fields and controls later on this page.

 Accounting Dates page

Use this page to maintain accounting date IDs and accounting dates for each term or combination of term and session.

All IDs that you set up on this page and that have an active status are available in the Accounting Date ID field on the Initial Setup page. On that page you can assign an ID to an item type to designate the specific date to be used for transactions.

See Setting Up Item Types and Item Type Groups.

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Description

Accounting Date

Enter a date to be used to stamp Accounting Date (ACCOUNTING_DT) in Accounting Line (SF_ACCTG_LN) transactions.

You can set up an accounting date for a term or a combination of term and session.