About constructing Strategic Ledger transactions
Strategic Ledger's transaction file is a repository of transactions that were entered in Lawson applications or interfaced from non-Lawson applications. Each transaction includes a date, units, amounts, and primary data fields from General Ledger, Project Accounting, and Strategic Ledger applications.
Example: Strategic Ledger transaction for a retail sale
This table lists the data fields in a Strategic Ledger transaction for a retail sale:
| Application | Data fields | Example |
| General Ledger | Company | 5000 |
| Accounting unit | On-line Store | |
| Account | Sales - Outerwear | |
| Subaccount | n/a | |
| Project Accounting | Activity | Holiday Promotion |
| Account category | Sales | |
| Strategic Ledger | User Analysis = Market | Northeast US |
| User Analysis = Distribution | Overnight | |
| User Analysis = Product | Jacket RS131 |
Example: Strategic Ledger transaction for healthcare labor cost
This table lists data elements in a Strategic Ledger transaction for a healthcare organization's labor cost:
| Application | Data fields | Example |
| General Ledger | Company | 6000 |
| Accounting unit | Riverbend Clinic | |
| Account | Salaries & Wages | |
| Subaccount | Nursing | |
| Project Accounting | Activity | Vaccine Research Study |
| Account Category | Labor | |
| Strategic Ledger | User Analysis = Service | Well baby care |
| User Analysis = Provider | Pediatric RN | |
| User Analysis = Contract | Select Choice 2000 |