Column Definitions for Enterprise Journals

This section provides the definitions for the Journals columns.

Table 22-1 Column Definitions for Journals

Column Attribute Description
Ad-Hoc Indicates whether the journal is ad-hoc or not.
Alert Alert associated with the journal
Approver 1 Assigned approver
Approver 1 Claimed Approver who has claimed the journal
Approver 1 End Date (Actual) Actual end date for the approver
Approver 1 End Date (Assigned) End date set for the approver
Approver 1 Rejections (Count) Total count of rejections by the approver
Approvers (Count) Total count of approvers for the journal
Current Due Date Due date for the current responsible user
Description Description of the journal
Direct Integration Indicates whether integration to Target is a push or not
End Date Overall due date of the journal
End Date (Actual) Date when the journal moved to Closed workflow status
Ever Been Late Has any Role Ever Been Late (Yes/No)

If the Preparer was late, or any Reviewer was late, then Ever Been Late is set to Yes.

Ever Been Late (Approver 1) Indicates whether approver role has ever been late or not.
Ever Been Late (Preparer) Indicates whether preparer role has ever been late or not.

For example, assume that the Preparer was on time with the original submission. However, a Reviewer rejected the journal and it’s now reassigned to the Preparer. If the Reviewer was late, then Ever Been Late (Preparer) is set to Yes.

External Validation

Indicates whether external validation is performed or not:

  • None: External validation isn’t performed.
  • Custom: Validates the journal data against the Target ERP system based on the type of external validation that is configured.
Integration Type Indicates the type of integration to the target ERP system
Journal Name Name of the journal
Journal ID Unique identifier for the journal (unique per period and year combination)
Last Updated By Name of the user who last updated the journal
Last Updated On Date and time when the journal was last updated
Late Late when the current date is greater than the Due Date of the journal
Late (Approver 1) Approver is late when the current date is greater than the due date for any approver
Late (Preparer)

Preparer is late when either of the following is true:

  • The current date is greater than the preparer's due date
  • The journal is re-opened to the preparer after their due date

Once the preparer submits the journal, Late is set to No.

If the journal is re-opened to the Preparer after their submission End Date, this attribute is set to Yes. Once the Preparer submits the journal, Late is set to No.

My End Date End date for the role you have on the journal
My Role Role that you have on the journal
Period Period associated with the journal
Post Message Message returned from ERP after posting
Post Status Posting status of the journal:
  • Not Posted: The posting status of a journal that's in preparation or approval stage of its workflow
  • Ready to Post: The posting status when the workflow stages are completed for a journal and is ready to be processed for posting
  • Post in Progress: The posting status when the journal is initiated for posting process
  • Failed: The posting status when the posting process of a journal to the ERP system failed with some errors
  • Posted: The posted status of a Journal when the data is successfully posted to the ERP
Preparer Assigned preparer name
Preparer (Claimed) Preparer who has claimed the journal
Preparer End Date End date when the role must be completed
Preparer End Date (Actual) Actual end date when the role was completed
Responsible Name of active user for the journal
Source Name of the source from where you want to connect to the target ERP system.
Start Date Overall start date of the journal
Status (Detailed) Detailed workflow status for the journal
Status (Icon) Status of the journal indicated by an icon
Target Display ID Unique identifier of the target
Target Name Name of the target that contains the definition and properties of the target ERP system to which the journals must be posted
Template Associated template for the journal
Total (Journal Line Items.Amount) Total value of amount attribute line items (debit and credit)
Total (Journal Line Items.Credit) Total value of credit attribute line items
Total (Journal Line Items.Debit) Total value of debit attribute line items
Validation Message Shows the results of the last validation attempt
Validation Status

Displays the current validation status. The validation statuses can be:

  • Not Validated
  • Ready To Validate
  • Validation In Progress
  • Valid: If the Validation passed, the validation status will be displayed in green, and the Validation Message tile will be displayed.
  • Failed: If the Validation is in a failed status, it will be displayed in red, and the Validation Message tile will be displayed.
Year Year associated with the journal