Create Accounting

Use the Create Accounting process to generate journal entries for submission to Oracle Fusion General Ledger.

Typically, you:

  1. Run this process in Draft mode to create journal entries for review.

  2. You review them for accuracy.

    For further info, see How to Review Journal Entries in the Help Center.

  3. Run this process in Final mode to create the final journal entries.

  4. Post them to Oracle Fusion General Ledger.

For further info, see How to Create Accounting Results in the Help Center.

Run this process during your payroll run after verifying your cost distributions.

  1. Select Tools and then Scheduled Processes.

  2. Click Schedule New Process.

  3. In Name, search for and select Create Accounting.

  4. Click OK.

Before You Start

After verifying your cost distributions, you must have successfully run the Transfer to Subledger Accounting process.

Process Parameters

Subledger Application

Select the subledger where your journal entries will be created.

Ledger

Select a ledger.

Process Category

Determined by your Subledger Application value.

End Date

Enter the end date of your pay period.

Accounting Mode

Select the testing status of the journal entries.

Select Draft to create a draft of journal entries for data verification purposes.

Select Final to generate the final journal entries.

Running this process performs locking actions on the archived data. For further information, see Data Locks below.

Process Events

Select what process events you want to include in the journal entries. You can choose from the following.

  • All

  • Error events with diagnostic

  • Errors

  • Invalid accounts

Report Style

You can choose from the following.

  • Detail

  • No report

  • Summary

Transfer to General Ledger

Indicate if you want the process to automatically transfer your journal entries to Oracle Fusion General Ledger.

Note: This field is available only when you have selected the Final accounting mode.

Post in General Ledger

Indicate if you want the process to automatically post your journal entries in Oracle Fusion General Ledger.

Note: This field is available only when you have opted to transfer your journal entries to Oracle Fusion General Ledger.

Journal Batch

Provide a meaningful name of this batch process.

Include User Transaction Identifiers

Select the appropriate value.

Process Results

This process can generate draft or final versions of your journal entries, using the following report styles.

Report style

What it includes

Detail

No report

Summary