Define Accounting Segments

Define the accounting segments for your ledger. This structure determines your chart of accounts. This includes the number and order of individual segments and the value sets assignment for the segments.

When you define the chart of accounts, you must map the chart of account segments to these segment labels:

Segment	Segment Label	Segment Length	Segment Required For
Fund	Balancing Segment	Agency-determined
Natural Account	Natural Account Segment	Agency-determined (typically 8; 6 for the USSGL, plus 2 for subaccounts)
Budget Fiscal Year	Budget Fiscal Year Segment	4	Required to determine if a transaction generates prior year adjustment accounting.
Year of Budget Authority	Year of Budget Authority Segment	4	Required to determine if budget authority is for the current or a previous fiscal year for GTAS reporting.
Cohort Year (optional)	Cohort Year Segment	4	Needed for GTAS reporting.

Define Natural Account Value Set Values for DATA Act

For DATA Act reporting, you must define natural account value set values for all the USSGL accounts for your ledger.

For example, if you have a natural account 48011001 for the USSGL account 480110, then you must define value set values for the natural account to use DATA Act reporting.

To define a natural account value set value:

1. In the Setup and Maintenance work area, go to the following:
   • Offering: Financials
   • Functional Area: Financial Reporting Structures
   • Task: Manage Chart of Accounts Value Set Values
2. Enter the value set code for the natural account in Value Set Code and select General Ledger as the module, and then click Search.
3. Select the value set code from the search results and click Manage Values.
4. On Manage Values, click Create to add a new value set value.
5. Enter new values for the value set.
6. Click Save and Close.