General Ledger process flow and key files
This diagram illustrates the General Ledger process flow through key files in the application (for UNIX/Windows).
This diagram illustrates the General Ledger process flow through key files in the application (for IBMi).
General Ledger process flow notes
Instead of using Journal Posting (GL190) to post a batch of entries, you can use the Quick Post form action on Journal Control (GL45) to post a single entry.
Instead of using Recurring Journal Interface (GL170) to transfer a batch of recurring entries, you can use the Journalize form action on Recurring Journal Control (GL75) to transfer a single recurring entry.
Files on the General Ledger process flow diagram
| CAHEADER (for UNIX/Windows) DBGLCAH (for IBMi) | holds header records for allocations |
| CADETAIL (for UNIX/Windows) DBGLCAD (for IBMi) | holds detail lines for allocations |
| CATRANS (for UNIX/Windows) DBGLCAT (for IBMi) | (temporary file) holds allocation transactions created by Allocation Calculation (CA110), prior to Allocation Interface (CA190) |
| FBDETAIL (for UNIX/Windows) DBGLFBD (for IBMi) | holds budgets for posting accounts |
| FBHEADER (for UNIX/Windows) DBGLFBH (for IBMi) | holds header records for posting account budgets |
| CUAMOUNT (for UNIX/Windows) DBGLCAM (for IBMi) | holds balances for the base, report, account, and transaction currencies for an account |
| GLAMOUNTS (for UNIX/Windows) DBGLGAM (for IBMi) | holds amount balances for posting accounts for all posting accounting units |
| GLCONSOL (for UNIX/Windows) DBGLGCN (for IBMi) | holds units, amounts and budget balances for summary accounting units or posting accounting units that are not at the lowest level in the company |
| GLCONTROL (for UNIX/Windows) DBGLGLC (for IBMi) | holds header records for manual journal entries and subsystem or non-Lawson transactions that have been interfaced to General Ledger |
| GLTRANS (for UNIX/Windows) DBGLGLT (for IBMi) | holds detail lines for manual journal entries and subsystem or non-Lawson transactions that have been interfaced to General Ledger |
| GLTRANSREL (for UNIX/Windows) DBGLGTR (for IBMi) | (temporary file) holds detail lines for non-Lawson journal entries, prior to Transaction Conversion (GL165) |
| GLUNITS (for UNIX/Windows) DBGLGLU (for IBMi) | holds unit balances for posting accounts |
| RJCONTROL (for UNIX/Windows) DBGLRJC (for IBMi) | holds header records for recurring entries |
| RJTRANS (for UNIX/Windows) DBGLRJT (for IBMi) | holds detail lines for recurring entries |
Key files not on the General Ledger process flow diagram
| GLCHART (for UNIX/Windows) DBIFGCH (for IBMi), GLCHARTSUM (for UNIX/Windows) DBIFGCS (for IBMi), GLCHARTDTL (for UNIX/Windows) DBIFGDT (for IBMi) | holds the General Ledger Chart(s) of Accounts |
| GLMASTER (for UNIX/Windows) DBIFGLM (for IBMi) | holds valid accounting unit/account combinations |
| GLMASTREL (for UNIX/Windows) DBGLGMR (for IBMi) | holds posting account balances prior to Balance Interface (GL167) |
| GLMONITOR (for UNIX/Windows) DBIFGMN (for IBMi) | holds the job completion status records. Used to control which jobs can run concurrently |
| GLNAMES (for UNIX/Windows) DBIFGLN (for IBMi) | holds summary and posting accounting units |
| GLSYSTEM (for UNIX/Windows) DBIFGLS (for IBMi) | holds General Ledger companies and a field to indicate whether an update program is running to prevent other updates from taking place at the same time |