Validate an Account Combination

You can check whether an account combination is valid according to the cross-validation rules, cross-validation combination sets, and related value sets that you defined.

1. In the Setup and Maintenance work area, go to the Manage Chart of Accounts Configurations task.
   • Offering: Financials
   • Functional Area: Financial Reporting Structures
   • Task: Manage Chart of Accounts Configurations
2. On the Manage Chart of Accounts Configuration page, select the row for the applicable chart of accounts.
3. On the Actions menu, select Manage Cross-Validation Rules.
4. On the Manage Cross-Validations page, click the Combination Sets tab.
   Note: You can also navigate to this page using the Manage Cross-Validation Rules task.
5. On the Actions menu, select Validate. The Validate Account dialog box opens.
6. In the Account field, enter the account combination that you want to check.
7. Optionally enter an effective date.
8. Select a validation rule:
   • All account combination validation rules: Checks the account combination against all active cross-validation combination sets, and all enabled cross-validation rules and related value sets.
   • All active cross-validation combination sets: Checks the account combination against active cross-validation combination sets.
   • A specific cross-validation combination set: Checks the account combination against a specific cross-validation combination set with a Draft, Active, or Inactive status. This option can be useful before you decide to activate a cross-validation combination set.
9. Click Validate. If the account combination is valid, then a status of Pass is returned. Otherwise, a status of Fail is returned, along with a message.