Understanding General Accounting System Setup

Before you use the JD Edwards EnterpriseOne General Accounting system, you must set up and define certain information that the system uses during processing. This information customizes the system for your business needs. For example, you can set up batch control so that when you enter journal entries, the system verifies the total amount of the batch after you enter it.

This table describes the setup features in the JD Edwards EnterpriseOne General Accounting system:

Feature	Description
Constants	Constants establish system basics, such as: Whether the system verifies that the amount and number of documents in a batch of journal entries balance to the totals that you enter separately. Whether you require management to approve batches of documents before posting. Whether the system allows you to post batches to a prior accounting period within the current year. How the system manages invalid account numbers on journal entries. What date the system uses for reversing journal entries. What symbols you use to identify the format of the account numbers that you enter during data entry. Whether you use multiple currencies. How the system processes journal entries that cross company boundaries (intercompany settlements).
User-defined codes	User-defined codes are codes that you can customize for your business needs. Various programs throughout the JD Edwards EnterpriseOne General Accounting system and other JD Edwards EnterpriseOne systems use these codes.
Next numbers	Next numbers establish an automatic numbering system for the documents that you enter in the system. See "Setting Up Next Numbers" in the JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Applications Financial Management Fundamentals Implementation Guide.
Ledger types	Ledger types define the ledgers that you maintain in the general ledger. Ledger types include AA (actual amounts) and BA (budget amounts).
Ledger type rules	After you set up ledger types, you set up the financial rules for each ledger type.
AAIs	Automatic accounting instructions (AAIs) define the rules for the chart of accounts and establish how the system creates automatic entries. If you work in a multilingual environment, you can translate the descriptions of your AAIs.