15.14.1 Ingest Initial Balance

To ingest initial balance figures, please follow the steps below:

1. Prepare initial balance data as detailed above from appropriate sources. Please refer to the Catalog information on Accounting Entries entity and your choice of Chart of Account segments.

   Note:

   Data for initialization of new ledgers or journals must be loaded with Accounting Entry Intent Indicator = I in the Stage Accounting Entries prior to the execution of Day Zero and Data Conversion Balance Computation pipeline.

   Note:

   Execution of Day Zero and Data Conversion Balance Computation (that is any initialization of new ledgers or journals) must be done only after the execution of Balance Computation Management Ledger pipeline (if any) for a given day.
2. Configure a Connector to load the initial balance data into Accounting Entries.
3. Execute the Data Quality checks on Accounting Entries according to the run-chart.
4. Execute the Process pipeline Day Zero and Data Conversion Balance Computation.
   You should not select "0" or "MSG" option in the Data source field during execution of Day Zero and Data Conversion Balance Computation pipeline.

   Note:

   Day Zero and Data Conversion Balance Computation process does not support Legal Entity or Data Source as filters. Select a valid Legal Entity for executing and processing data for all Legal Entities.

5. Prepare Access Management Ledger reports and validate initial balance information.