Mapping a chart of accounts

You might be required to use a designated chart of accounts for government reporting. If you do not want to use this same chart of accounts for internal reporting and processing, then you can create two companies, one company for day-to-day operations and another just for government reporting. You can then map the accounts for your operational company to the reporting company. This procedures describes the process for mapping a chart of accounts.

Use Chart Map Creation (GL130) to create a chart map. Consider this field:

Note: You can run Chart Map Creation (GL130) multiple times, if needed.

From Company, To Company

If you are using this program to generate financial reports to meet government requirements, then use your operational company as the From Company and your governmental reporting company as your To Company. The period for your From Company must be closed.
Use Chart Map Maintenance (GL35.1) to map the accounts of each operational company to the accounts of the reporting company. Use these guidelines:

Account

Each line displays the accounting unit and account in the To Company chart of accounts to which this line's From Company accounting unit is to be mapped. You can override the default information.