General ledger setup

The General Ledger Setup form is one of two options for configuring how Infor Public Sector creates journal entries for billing transactions. The other option is to use the Journal Setup form.

See Journal setup.

The Journal Run task in the Batch Manager creates a journal entry for each transaction in the system, indicating the transaction amount, the debit budget number, and the credit budget number. The two different setup options define how the budget numbers are selected.

If the General Ledger feature is not activated in the Feature Switches page, then the settings from Journal Setup are used. If the General Ledger feature is activated, then the settings from General Ledger Setup are used instead.

See "Journal Run" in the Infor Public Sector Batch Processing Administration Guide.

The General Ledger Setup form specifies the debit and credit general ledger accounts to use for each transaction based on the transaction type and the amount. Each general ledger account is associated with a default budget number that will be used for journal entries. You can also override the default budget numbers for specific transactions based on the transaction details.

If you plan to use the general ledger process to create journal entries, we recommend that you set up your general ledger and use the simulator to test it before you activate the General Ledger feature.