Levels of Detail

You assign a level of detail to each account in JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Job Cost to establish a hierarchy of accounts related to the cost code structure that you set up for the jobs. The level of detail identifies the summary and detail accounts in the JD Edwards EnterpriseOne General Accounting system, and controls the account totaling on forms and reports. The levels of detail are numbers 1 through 9, with 1 being the most general and 9 being the most specific.

This diagram compares the levels of detail for JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Job Cost and JD Edwards EnterpriseOne General Accounting:

Generally, you assign levels of detail as described in this table:

Account Level of Detail	Description
Level 1	Reserved for the company in JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Job Cost and JD Edwards EnterpriseOne General Accounting.
Level 2	Reserved for jobs in JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Job Cost and business units in JD Edwards EnterpriseOne General Accounting.
Levels 4 through 7	Reserved for cost code headers in JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Job Cost, and object accounts and subsidiaries in JD Edwards EnterpriseOne General Accounting. In JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Job Cost, a cost code header, which does not have a cost type, might be a level from 4 through 7. Such an account has no relationship to a JD Edwards EnterpriseOne General Accounting account with the same level of detail. You can skip levels of detail if you do not need many header accounts.
Levels 8 and 9	Reserved for cost codes and cost types in JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Job Cost. You should use these levels only for job cost details.

Note: Levels of detail 8 and 9 should be reserved for JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Job Cost. However, if you must use levels of detail 8 and 9 in JD Edwards EnterpriseOne General Accounting, you should not do any financial reporting at a level of detail that has job cost coding.

In JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Job Cost, you do not need to use every level of detail. You can skip levels as long as you are consistent.