Creating reporting bases

You can customize your financial reports by creating a reporting basis for each report variation that is generated by your organization.

  1. Select Financials > Global Ledger > Setup > Finance Enterprise Group > Maintenance.
  2. Open the finance enterprise group and click the Reporting Basis tab.
  3. In the Reporting Basis pane, click Create.
  4. Specify this information:
    Reporting Basis
    Specify the name and description of the reporting basis.
    Is A Budget Basis
    Select this check box if the reporting basis is used for budgets. There can be multiple reporting bases with this setting.
    Use For Budget Edit
    If you selected the Is A Budget Basis check box, select this check box to use the reporting basis for budget edits.
    Chart
    Select the chart that is used by the reporting basis.
    Accounting Unit Structure
    If your finance enterprise group includes accounting units, then the accounting unit enterprise structure is displayed. You can select a different structure for the reporting basis.
    Project Structure
    If your finance enterprise group includes projects, you can specify a different structure for the reporting basis.
    [Dimension] Structure
    For each dimension that is included in your finance enterprise group, you can specify a different structure for the reporting basis.
    Global Ledger Calendar
    Select the Global Ledger calendar that is used by the reporting basis.
    Basis Year
    Select the year for which the reporting basis generates reports. The calendar must have periods defined for that year.
    Average Daily Balance
    Select this check box to calculate ADB for the reporting basis when fixed dimension is selected.
    Assign Journal Reference
    Select this check box to create a system-generated journal reference number to track all posted journals in Global Ledger. The reference number is sequential based on the posting date.
    Reset Numeric Sequence
    If you selected the Assign Journal Reference check box, select how the journal reference number is reset.
    Journal Reference Format
    If you selected the Assign Journal Reference check box, provide the format of the journal reference number that will be displayed on the Global Ledger Journal Reference report.
    Generate Year End Journals
    Select this check box to provide the source documents to back up the Year End Close process that generated the year-end and beginning balances.
    Process Retained Earnings
    Select this check box to process retained earnings for the reporting basis.
  5. Click Save.