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March 30, 2016
Alternate Accounts - GL Feature That Helps Avoid Journal Import Errors
Subledger Create Accounting Program or GL Journal Import may sometimes fail due to having to transfer data into GL on an invalid account - one that was recently disabled or end-dated.
To help avoid such errors, GL provides the feature of Alternate Accounts which gives the users an opportunity to setup a replacement code combination for an invalidated one, allowing the mentioned programs to continue until successful completion.
How to define this setup?
Just navigate to GL > Setup > Accounts > Combinations - define your Alternate Account for the code combinations as needed:
Where will the Alternate Account be used?
- in Subledger Create Accounting Program
- in GL Journal Import process
Are there situations where Alternate Accounts can not be used?
- they will not be considered by Subledger or GL forms where the accounts are entered by the users
- will not replace an account combination that has posting/budgeting disabled
I like this feature and want to know more!
Sure! Please review this useful document:
R12: How to Use Alternate Accounts in General Ledger? (Doc ID 2111940.1)