When does a journal become reversible?

You can reverse journals manually by selecting a reversal action in the user interface, or you can reverse journals automatically by running a process.

This table describes the criteria that must be met before you can reverse a journal, and indicates whether that criteria applies to manual or automatic journal reversal.

Criteria

Eligible for Manual Reversal?

Eligible for Automatic Reversal?

The journal has a balance type of Actual.

Yes

Yes

The journal has a balance type of Encumbrance.

Yes

No

The journal is posted and not yet reversed.

Yes

Yes

The reversal period is open or future enterable.

Yes

Yes

The journal isn't a reversal journal.

Note: Reversal journals can't be reversed.

Yes

Yes

The journal category is enabled for automatic reversal.

N/A

Yes

The journal source for the posted journal isn't frozen.

Yes

Yes, however, this only applies to posted journals that originate from Oracle Fusion Subledger Accounting whose journal source isn't frozen. Posted journals that originate from a source other than Oracle Fusion Subledger Accounting are eligible for automatic reversal, regardless of the Freeze Journals setting.

The journal isn't a posted journal for a reporting currency that was replicated from its source ledger.

Note: Reporting currency journals that were replicated from a source ledger are reversed when the source journal is reversed.

Yes

Yes

Where a secondary ledger is involved, the corresponding journals for the primary and secondary journals are both posted.

Yes

Yes

If using the Clearing Accounts Reconciliation feature, the posted journal doesn't include reconciliation lines for clearing accounts.

Yes

Yes

Tip: Use the Reversible Detail column in the Search Results section on the Manage Journal page for details on whether a journal is reversible.