What legal entity is assigned to a transaction?

A legal entity is assigned to a transaction according to this hierarchy:

  1. Legal entity of the transaction type assigned to the transaction.

  2. Legal entity of the transaction source assigned to the transaction.

  3. Default legal entity assigned to the business unit.

You can update the legal entity assigned to the transaction in the Miscellaneous section of the Create and Edit Transaction pages with any other legal entity associated with the active ledger of the business unit.