Journal Entry in Oracle General Ledger

Make a journal entry in the General Ledger. You must complete the previous setups before you input the journals.

Cash Flow Segment

Enter transactions with these characteristics to ensure that they get the cash flow item correctly.

Follow these steps:

1. Navigate to General Accounting Journals.
2. Search for and select Create Journals.
3. Enter the Cash flow segment in the chart of account in the opposite side of the cash line in the cash related journal lines.

   The cash line should be the default value for example: 0000 no cash.

Journal Header Level GDF

The Settlement Method GDF is used to record the settlement method for manually entered cash related journals like Cash, Check. The data entered for the value, will appear on the General ledger data export report output.

Note: If you do not input data in the GDF section, the Settlement method doesn't appear on the report.

Post to Ledger

All the journals should be posted. The report only shows journals and accounts that are posted in GL.