1. General Accounting Implementation Guide
  2. Entering a Journal Entry with an Invalid Account Number

Entering a Journal Entry with an Invalid Account Number

Access the Journal Entry form.

Ensure that the Allow Invalid Accounts check box in the General Accounting Constants program is selected.

See Understanding Temporary Invalid Account Numbers.

Account Number

Precede the account number with #. Observe these rules when you enter the account number:

  • The business unit must exist in your Business Unit Master table (F0006)

  • The object account must exist in a business unit that is designated as a model.

  • The business unit type of the business unit that you enter must be the same value as the business unit type of the business unit designated as a model.

If these conditions are met, the Journal Entry program (P0911) displays a warning message that the invalid account causes an error status and the batch will not post.

For example, if you want to enter 9.8115 as the invalid account, business unit 9 must exist in the F0006 table and object account 8115 must exist in a model business unit. If business Unit 9 is an IS (income statement) business unit, the model business unit in which object account 8115 exists must also be an IS (income statement) business unit.