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                             GLINAMES FILE

                     General Ledger Interface Names

The General Ledger Interface Names file contains accounting unit information
defined in GL61.1 (Acct Unit Interface Maint) when you are converting from a
non-Lawson system to the Lawson General Ledger system.


REFERENCED BY

GL261

UPDATED BY

GL161     GL61.1

FIELD NAME           DESCRIPTION/VALID VALUES                    UPDATED BY

GNI-COMPANY          Numeric 4                                   GL61.1
Company              The company number as defined in GL10.1
                     (Company).


GNI-ACCT-UNIT        Alpha 15                                    GL61.1
Accounting Unit      The accounting unit is a shorthand
                     notation representing the variable level
                     number. When used in the General Ledger
                     Account Master file, the accounting unit
                     must be defined in the General Ledger
                     Names file as a posting accounting unit.


GNI-LEVEL-ONE        Numeric 15                                  GL61.1
Level One            Accounting unit level one where
                     accounting information is transferred.


GNI-LEVEL-TWO        Numeric 15                                  GL61.1
Level Two            Accounting unit level two where
                     accounting information is transferred
                     to.


GNI-LEVEL-THREE      Numeric 15                                  GL61.1
Level Three          Accounting unit level three where
                     accounting information is transferred
                     to.


GNI-LEVEL-FOUR       Numeric 15                                  GL61.1
Level Four           Accounting unit level four where
                     accounting information is transferred
                     to.


GNI-LEVEL-FIVE       Numeric 15                                  GL61.1
Level Five           Accounting unit level five where
                     accounting information is transferred
                     to.


GNI-DESCRIPTION      Alpha 30  (Lower Case)                      GL61.1
Description          This is the level description.

GNI-CHART-SECTION    Alpha 1                                     GL61.1
Chart Section        The chart section available to the
                     accounting unit. Valid values are
                     Balance Sheet or Income Statement.


GNI-CURRENCY-CODE    Alpha 5                                     GL61.1
Currency Code        This field contains the company's base
                     currency code as defined in CU01.1
                     (Currency Code).


GNI-PERSON-RESP      Alpha 15  (Lower Case)                      GL61.1
Person Responsible   This is the name of the person
                     responsible for this record.


GNI-ACTIVE-STATUS    Alpha 1                                     GL61.1
Active               The status of the account. If Inactive,
                     no posting can be done to the account.


GNI-POSTING-FLAG     Alpha 1                                     GL61.1
Posting              Indicates if posting is allowed for
                     this account.


GNI-EFFECTIVE-DATE   Numeric 8  (yyyymmdd)                       GL61.1
Effective Date       The posting effective date.

                         GLINAMES FILE INDEX

NAME      KEY FIELDS    DESCRIPTION / SUBSET CONDITION           USED IN

GNISET1   COMPANY                                                GL161   GL261
          ACCT-UNIT                                              GL61.1

GNISET2   COMPANY                                                GL161   GL261
          LEVEL-ONE                                              GL61.1
          LEVEL-TWO
          LEVEL-THREE
          LEVEL-FOUR
          LEVEL-FIVE
          ACCT-UNIT