Defining General Ledger rules

Use the following procedure to define the rules that determine how Absence Management interacts with the General Ledger application.

To define general ledger rules

  1. Access General Ledger Rule (LP03.6) and select a company.
  2. Type or select a general ledger rule and description.
  3. Complete the rest of the form using the following guidelines:
    Hours
    Liability Type

    Select how hours liabilities are posted to general ledger. If this field is left blank, no liability will be posted to general ledger for hours balances.

    If neither hours nor earnings are posted to general ledger, the GL Rule is not required.

    Liability Method

    Select the type of GL entry that is created.

    Reversing entries represent the entire balance amount and are automatically reversed out the next accounting period. Non-reversing entries post an amount representing the additional liability accumulated since the last posting.

    Pay Rate Changes

    Select whether to include or exclude adjustments for changes to the employee rate of pay when computing the liability.

    Liability Table

    If only a portion of the hours balances are to be posted as a liability, select the table that holds the calculation for adjusting the total liability.

    A table is required even if 100 percent of the balance should be posted.

    Accrual Account

    Select the distribution account for the accrual posting.

    Expense Account

    Select the expense accounts for the accrual posting.

    Post to Activities Mgmt

    Select whether to post to the Activity and Cost Accounting (AC) application.

    Activity

    Select the Activity to use for posting transactions to AC. This field may be left blank, and normal Activity defaulting will determine which activity to use when posting commitments to AC.

    Earnings
    Liability Type

    Select how earnings liabilities are posted to general ledger. If this field is left blank, no liability will be posted to general ledger for earnings balances.

    If neither hours nor earnings should be posted to general ledger, the GL Rule is not required.

    Liability Method

    Select the type of GL entry that is created.

    Reversing entries represent the entire balance amount, and are automatically reversed out the next accounting period. Non-reversing entries post an amount representing the additional liability accumulated since the last posting.

    Liability Table

    Select the table that holds the calculation for adjusting the total liability. A table is required even if 100 percent of balances are to be posted.

    Accrual Account

    Select the distribution account for the accrual posting.

    Expense Account

    Select the expense account for the accrual posting.

    Post to Activities Management

    Select whether posting will be done to the AC application.

    Activity

    Select the Activity to use for posting transactions to AC.

    You can leave this field blank, and normal Activity defaulting will determine which activity to use when posting commitments to AC.

Related reports and inquiries

To Use
Generate a list of the tables that have been defined for a company for use on an absence plan rule. Rules Tables Listing (LP204)