Ledger Error Processing

When you define a ledger in the Ledgers For A Unit component, you determine how to process a journal entry entered with errors for that ledger. In General Ledger, you can specify these error processing options in the following locations:

• For the business unit level, access the General Ledger Definition - Journal Options page.

• For the ledger and ledger group level, access the Ledgers For A Unit - Journal Edit Options page.

• For the source level, access the Journal Source Journal Options page.

Settings generally override, from the source to the ledger group and then to the business unit level. Conversely, the default is from the business unit to the ledger and then to the source level. For example, a ledger setting overrides a business unit setting, but a source setting overrides both a setting at the ledger level and at the business unit level for the same option.

When you enter and edit a journal entry, the system identifies any errors.

General Ledger cannot post a journal if one or more of the following error conditions exist:

Error	Cause
Closed Accounting Period	The journal entry date does not fall within an open period.
Journal Balance Errors	There is an invalid ChartField value or ChartField combination.
Journal Amount Errors	The foreign amount has a different sign than the monetary amount (base amount).
Control Total Errors	The journal line totals do not match the control totals that you entered at the journal header level.