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GL10


GL10.1 - Company

Use GL10.1 (Company) to define and maintain a general ledger company. The
company represents the highest business unit or legal entity in your
organization. For example, the company could be a corporation, holding
company, division, or region. You can structure the company as either a single
business entity or as multiple business entities under a single corporation
using a company group. Within each company, you can define up to five
organizational hierarchy levels.

The company identifies your base operating currency, accounting periods and
fiscal year, period ending dates, and valid chart of accounts.

This program contains the following navigational tools to define your company
structure. See each subforms form help for additional information.

* Use the Main form tab to define and maintain required company parameters.
From this tab, you can choose the Backpost button to select a period for
backposting, or choose the Company Group button to define a company group.

* Use the Hierarchy form tab to define and maintain the company structure. The
information you define on this form tab determines how you define accounting
units for the company and the maximum number of accounting units you can
define at each level. To optimize processing efficiency, define only the
number of levels you need for your company structure and carefully select
each level size. Once you define a level size, you cannot change it. For
example, a level size of 2 allows you to include up to 99 accounting unit in
that level. You can add levels if needed.

* Use the Calendar form tab to define period ending dates. If you define
period ending dates for the current year and leave last year and next year
date fields blank, the system fills in the month and day from the current
fiscal year.

* Use the Currency form tab to select a currency table, define currency
exchange and translation options, and select additional report currencies. If
you select Yes in the Currency Exchange field, choose the Currency Accounts
button to open CU03.1 (Currency Gain Loss Accounts) to select unrealized and
realized gain and loss accounts for each currency relationship the company
uses. The report currencies are additional non-base currencies that identify a
company operating currency. The report currency is for reports and analysis
only. They are calculated in the same manner as base currency. You must define
a currency relationship (CU02.1), exchange rates (CU10.1), and translation
rates (CU20.1) for each report currency with the company base currency.

* Use the Journals form tab to define journal entry, journal numbering,
workflow, journal book, and sequential transaction numbering options.

* Use the Address form tab to define optional address and communication
information for the company.

* Use the User Fields form tab to define additional information, which can be
accessed using the Report Writer system.

Run GL210 (Company Listing) to list company parameters.

Updated Files

    CUACCT     - Currency gain/loss accounts associated to the company will be
                 deleted when company is deleted.


    GLADDRESS  - Stores the company address which is maintained by this program.


    GLCODES    - All system code records associated to a company are deleted
                 when a company is deleted. GL, RJ, and CA records are created
                 for a company when a company is added.


    GLSYSTEM   - Used to store the company parameter definition maintained by
                 this program.


    JBKSEQNBR  - Stores the last transaction posting sequence option for a
                 company, if the sequential transaction posting option is a
                 selected company parameter.


    JBOOKHDR   - Used to validate a company's system control journal books.
                 This file is also updated by deleting the journal books
                 associated to a company when the company is deleted.


    TRCODES    - This file is updated with a company's system default
                 translation codes when a company is added.  These records will
                 be deleted when the company is deleted.



Referenced Files

    CUCODES    - Used to validate base currency code information.

    CURELAT    - Used to validate the existence of currency exchange and/or
                 translation.


    CUTABLE    - Used to validate the existence of a currency table.

    GLCGCPY    -

    GLCHART    - Used to validate the existence of the chart name.

    GLCONTROL  - Used to validate the existence of a company journal entry.

    GLINTCO    -

    GLMASTER   - Used to validate the existence of the company's posting
                 account.


    GLNAMES    - Used to validate the existence of a company's accounting unit.

    GLTRANS    - Used to validate journal entry information.

    INSTCTRYCD - Used to validate the country code for VAT and Intrastat
                 reporting.


    JBKOPCODE  - Used to validate operator access to the system control journal
                 books.


    JBKSYSCODE - Used to validate system journal books which can be applied to
                 the General Ledger system.



GL10.2 - Backposting Control

Use GL10.2 (Backposting Control) to open a period for backposting. The period
must have a Limited Close status. An asterisk displays next to the periods
that have been backposted to.

Updated Files

    GLSYSTEM   - Used to store the company period status maintained by this
                 program.



Referenced Files

    GLADDRESS  - Accessed by a common routine used by this program.  This file
                 is not used by this program.


    GLCHART    - Accessed by a common routine used by this program.  This file
                 is not used by this program.



INVOKED Programs

    IFCU
    IFSG