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Implementation
Performing GL Closing Activities in PeopleSoft
9.0
Participant Guide
Participant Guide
Table of Contents
COURSE OVERVIEW
Audience
Required Prerequisites
Course Lessons
What s Changing?
Benefits
Lesson Objectives
Closing Overview
Lesson Summary
Lesson Objectives
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COURSE EVALUATION
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Course Overview
Audience
This course is intended for all agencies and BSC General Accounting.
Required Prerequisites
Performing PeopleSoft 9.0 General Accounting Processes
Course Lessons
What s Changing?
All MTA agencies will use PeopleSoft General Ledger functionality to run the monthly,
quarterly and year-end closing activities. PeopleSoft nVision and SQR reports will be
used to summarize accounting activity across the MTA agencies. PeopleSoft Book to
Bank will be used to automate the reconciliation of bank statements to their
corresponding accounts in PeopleSoft General Ledger. The PeopleSoft Financial
Consolidation process will be used to aggregate data, eliminate recording information in
various Business Units and automate the posting of elimination information across the
MTA.
Benefits
Key benefits include:
Creates standardization across all MTA agency business transactions.
Allows all MTA agency monthly, quarterly and year-end closing processes to
occur within the same General Ledger.
Reduces time spent on data entry, accounting balance reconciliation, and report
generation through a single interfacing accounting system.
Develops the overall Inter-company accounting process.
Closing Overview
Closing activities allow companies to close specific periods of time (monthly or quarterly
close) as well as close profit and loss accounts to retained earnings on a yearly basis
(year end close). This allows financial activity for the accounting period to be summarized
in order to allow the processing of the next accounting period s activity. Year end closing
differs from monthly or quarterly closing in that year end activities close the profit and loss
(P/L) accounts to retained earnings. The table below describes some key features of
year end closing:
Year End Close
It
Closes
the
year
specified
on
the
Account
ChartField, the Alternate Account
is
ChartField,
or
both.
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ri
ti Unless the Set Default Retained Earnings option is set to Off, all P/L accounts are
closed.
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a Carries forward closing balances to beginning balances for balance sheet
l accounts. If closing is not performed for all book codes and balance sheets,
t closing balances carried forward to beginning balances are only balanced for the
h set of accounts defined by the closed book codes or the closed balance sheets.
a Directly updates the ledger. Optionally, creates journal entries for any transaction
t that affects ledger balances.
e
Automatically closes all adjustment periods for the year.
a
c Includes Account or Alternate Account in P/L ChartFields.
h
a
gency have all transactions entered and finalized in the General Ledger prior to
beginning closing activities. This includes all batch jobs and monthly entries that occur
from the agency to the General Ledger. In addition, all necessary corrections should be
completed by the BSC and MTA agencies in the PeopleSoft sub-modules prior to closing
activities.
Key financial reports are produced and reviewed to monitor the business s financial status
with respect to financing and investing activities and its operating activities.
Lesson Summary
Closing activities allow companies to close specific periods of time (monthly or
quarterly close) as well as close profit and loss accounts to retained earnings on a
yearly basis (year end close). This allows financial activity for the accounting period to be
summarized in order to allow the processing of the next accounting period s activity. It is
critical that each agency have all transactions entered and finalized in the General
Ledger prior to beginning closing activities. In addition, all necessary corrections should
be completed by the MTA agencies in the PeopleSoft sub-modules prior to closing
activities.
Click
to display potential matches.
Select the appropriate item from the list.
Click on the Add a New Value tab.
Enter the new value in the Set ID and Calendar ID
fields.
Click
2. The Calendar Periods tab displays the beginning and end dates and number of
accounting periods in a fiscal calendar year. The MTA has 12 periods per fiscal
year, one period corresponding to each month.
Monthly and Quarterly Close (BSC Only)
The Open Periods Mass Update functionality is used to make mass changes to open
periods for Business Units. This functionality is used for monthly and quarterly closing
activities by the MTA.
Navigation: Set Up Financials/Supply Chain > Business United Related > General
Ledger > Open Periods > Open Period Mass Update
1. Users can select a particular product, subsystem or set of subsystems (i.e.Accounts Payable, Asset Management, etc.) to close as well as the specific
period (month or quarter) in a designated calendar year.
2. Once specific periods and subsystems have been selected for closing, click
and subsequently
Walk Thru 2 - Run Year End Close Process Steps (BSC Only)
The following steps should be used to run year end process steps in PeopleSoft 9.0.
1. Log onto PeopleSoft 9.0 with your user name and password.
Navigation: General Ledger > Close Ledgers > Request Ledger Close
Click
to display potential matches.
Select the appropriate item from the list.
Click on the Add a New Value tab.
Enter the new value in the Run Control ID field.
Click
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Field Name
Close Request
Type
Description
Shared Services / PeopleSoft 9.0
Specify the type of close that the system runs. Options
are
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Close and Undo. For
year-end
close,
it
is
not
necessary
to
Performing GL Closing Activities in PeopleSoft
undo a close before rerunning the close because existing
9.0
amounts are deleted first. In case of an error, toParticipant
reverse theGuide
retained earnings and balance-forward calculations, select
Undo.
Fiscal Year
Enter the year to be closed or the year of the closing to be
undone.
Business
a Business
to determine
which
ledger groups and
5.
Click Unit For to Select
go to the
ProcessUnit
Scheduler
Request
page.
Prompting
closing rules can be selected.
Check only, Do not Select to have the close process perform validation checking
6. Enter
the requiredbut
parameters
and retained
click
. or balance-forward
process
not calculate
earnings
amounts.
7. Closing
Note the
process Select
instance
Process
to go to the Process
Rule
thenumber
closingand
rule click
to use
for thisMonitor
request.
Monitor
page.
Ledger Group
Select the ledger group for the ledger being closed.
Ledger
Enter a specific ledger to process or leave this field blank to
process
ledgers
the ledger
8. Click
until the all
Run
Statusin field
for the group.
process reads Success.
Closing Date
Select either BU Process Date or As of Date and enter the date
Option area
in the Specify field. The BU Process Date uses the process
date of the Business Unit as the As of Date for the closing
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processes. The As of Date is a specific date for the closing
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process.
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Selections
area
Select either Selected Detail Values or Detail Selected
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Parents. The Selected Detail Values option is used to enter
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one or more Business Unit values in the Business Unit to Close
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field. The Detail Selected Parents option is used to specify a
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tree containing the Business Units to close. If the latter is
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selected, the fields Tree Set ID, Tree, and Level become unl
grayed for data entry.
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Business
Unit
to
If the Selected Detail Values option is enabled, select a
s
Close
area
Business Unit in the Select Value field. To close or undo a
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close for more than one Business Unit, click the Add button and
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select another Business Unit.
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Rules (BSC Only)
Closing rules define how General Ledger calculates retained earnings and carries forward
balances to the new year. The rules are defined by the Closing Set ID. Using the
Closing Rules panel group, the General Ledger System Administrator creates a closing
rule. The PeopleSoft functionality provides flexibility in the determination of how retained
earnings are calculated. Depending on the needs, users can:
Close all P/L accounts to a single retained earnings account in total for a Business
Unit.
Close all P/L accounts to a single retained earnings account, but break down this
amount by the ChartFields selected to track profit and loss.
Close selected P/L accounts and ChartFields to multiple retained earnings accounts.
Close by selected book code using accounts with a particular book code, or close to
override accounts and retain the book code.
The following pages are used to define closing rules:
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Page
Closing Rules
Net Income/
Retained
Earnings
Journal
Options
Navigation
Use
Shared Services / PeopleSoft 9.0
General Ledger > Close Ledgers >
Identify the type
of closing
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Closing Rules > Closing Performing
Options (tab)
(year
end),
closing
scope,
GL Closing Activities in PeopleSoft
and other closing options. 9.0
General Ledger > Close Ledgers >
Identify the P/L
ChartField
Participant
Guide
Closing Rules > Net Income/Retained value sets and the retained
Earnings (tab)
earnings ChartFields for the
closing.
General Ledger > Close Ledgers >
Define journal options for
Closing Rules > Journal Options (tab) the system-generated
journals created during the
close. Also specify whether
to create journal entries for
year end close.
General Ledger > Close Ledgers >
Identify whether to roll
Closing Rules > Roll Forward Options forward accounts with zero
(tab)
balances. Also indicate
whether to roll forward
none, some or all of the
profit and loss accounts.
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Options
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ocess for Defining Closing Rules (BSC Only)
Click
to display potential matches.
Select the appropriate item from the list.
Click on the Add a New Value tab.
Enter new value in the SetID, Closing Rule, and
Closing Type fields.
Click
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Status
Purpose
.
Enter a brief description of the closing rule to appear on
pages and reports.
Select the ledger template associated with the ledger to be
closed. PeopleSoft uses the template to identify which
ChartFields to list in the selections fields for the closing
rule.
Select Active or Inactive.
5. Select the appropriate year end close options for the specific transaction from the
following list:
Purpose
6. Click Field
on the Net Income/Retained Earnings tab.
Close by
The majority of year end closes are based on the Account
ChartField.
Set Default Retained
Select to use the default retained earnings defined on the
Earnings
Closing Options page. If not selected, the Net
Income/Retained Earnings page must be used to define all
closing accounts.
Create Jrnl by RE
Select to have year end close create separate journals for
Group
each P/L ChartField value set group and retained earnings
pair.
Close the G/L Open
Select to close all open General Ledger periods for the
Periods
Business Unit and ledger group combination and year
being closed.
Close Adjustment
Select to close all open adjustment periods for the
Periods
Business Unit and ledger group combination and year
being closed.
Store P/L Reversal
Select to store P/L offsets in period 999. If this option is
Entries
not selected, offsets are not stored in period 999. If period
999 is selected for reports, the ledger will not be balanced.
Initialize DR/CR with
Select to begin the year with net balances of debits and
Net Bal
credits, instead of carrying forward separate balances.
7. Complete the followingThis
fields:
option is only available if separate debits and credits
are enabled.
Close DR/CR with Net
Select this option to net the separated debit and credit
Balance
amounts during a year end close for the P/L accounts
before posting a single net amount to period 999.
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Field
Close to Multiple Ret
Earnings
Purpose
Shared Services / PeopleSoft 9.0
Select to close to multiple retained earnings accounts.
If
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cleared, the system
uses
the
default
account
for
retained
Performing GL Closing Activities in PeopleSoft
earnings defined in the Closing Options page. All P/L
9.0
accounts will close to the default retained earnings
Participant Guide
account.
Profit/Loss
Identify the profit and loss accounts to be closed.
ChartField Value Set
Select the ChartField value set for the P/L accounts to be
closed. If there are other P/L ChartField value sets that
8. Click on the Journal Options
close to tab.
the same retained earnings account, click the Add
button and select the appropriate ChartField value set.
Update/New
Click to access the Setup ChartField Value Sets page to
create or update a ChartField value set to use as the P/L
ChartField value set.
Retained Earnings
Identify the retained earnings account (target account) to
which the P/L accounts are closed.
ChartField
Select a valid ChartField (Ex. Account).
Retain Value
Select to retain the ChartField value from the original
journal entry.
ChartField Value
Select the specific retained earnings account. This option
is required for the Account ChartField.
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Field
Do Not Roll Forward
Zero Bal
P/L Roll Forward to
Next Yr
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Update/New
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Purpose
Shared Services / PeopleSoft 9.0
Prevents the system from creating balance-forward
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amounts (period
0) for accounts
with aActivities
zero ending
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GL Closing
in PeopleSoft
balance.
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Normally, only balance sheet accounts are rolled
forward,
Participant
Guide
and their balance forward amounts stored in period 0.
Field options include:
Do not Roll Forward: Do not roll forward any amounts
from prior year accounts with the Balance Forward field
on the Account Type page set to the value Not Carry
Forward.
Partial Roll Forward 1 Year: For select ChartField Value
Sets, closing rolls forward the amounts from the first
period through 998 of the year being closed to period 0
of the new year.
Partial Roll Forward Cumulative: For selected ChartField
Value Sets, closing rolls forward amounts from periods 0,
and periods 1 through 998 of the year being closed to
period 0 of the new year.
Roll Forward All 1 Year: Closing rolls forward all amounts
with the Balance Forward field equal to Not Carry Forward
balances from period 1 through 998 for the year being
closed to period 0 of the new year.
Roll Forward all Cumulative: Closing rolls forward all
amounts with the Balance Forward field equal to Not
Carry Forward balances for period 0, and 1 through 998
for the year being closed to period 0 of the new year.
If electing to roll forward in the P/L to Roll Forward to Next
Yr field, select the ChartField value set for the P/L
accounts to roll forward.
Click to access the Setup ChartField Value Sets page,
where a ChartField value set can be created or updated to
use as the roll-forward P/L ChartField value set.
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Field
Display Full Numeric
Field
Select From Closing
Log Table
Process Instance
Reporting Closing
Status
Purpose
Shared Services / PeopleSoft 9.0
Select to display the full numeric value if it is larger
than the
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report column size.
The
number
wraps
to
a
second
line.
Performing GL Closing Activities in PeopleSoft
Select to have the scope of the report defined by the
9.0
process instance stored in the closing log table.
The Guide
Participant
Process Instance field becomes available.
Enter the process instance number of the Close process
run.
Select one of the following to:
All Closing Status Types: Include all journals, regardless
of their closing status.
All Except Not Processed: Include only journals that the
close process has processed.
Closed Journals: Include only journals that the close
process has closed.
Not Processed: Include only journals that the close
process did not process.
Unclosed Journals: Include only journals that the close
process processed but did not close.
Enter a sequence number and ChartField long name. Use
the Select option to include only selected values, and
enter a value.
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r
ChartField Selection
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n
d
Close
To undo a year end close, enter the ledger group, ledger, fiscal year, and Business Units
to unclose. When an undo is run for a year end close and journal entries are not
created, the system clears the period 999 (year end close results) and period 0 (balance
forward) rows from the ledger.
Lesson Summary
Closing activities enable businesses to track profit and losses on a monthly,
quarterly or year end period. Year end closing activities close the P/L accounts to
retained earnings and generated the balance forward amounts. Additionally, year end
close directly updates the ledger and creates offsets to the retained earnings amounts.
Describe the process for running the PeopleSoft Book to Bank reconciliation process
Understand the automated reconciliation of bank statements
Performing Treasury Reconciliations Process
Walk-through the PeopleSoft Book to Bank reconciliation process steps
Navigation: Banking > Reconcile Statements > Select Book To Bank Statements
2. Enter a Bank ID and Bank Account #. The Bank ID is the bank ABA number
found on the bank statement. The Bank Account Number is found on the bank
statement as well.
3. Click
4. The results appear in the Available Accounting Periods section. In the Select
column, select the Accounting period to run Book to Bank reconciliation, and then
click Select. This action disables the option in the Select column. Items marked
as Ready indicate that the statement has been loaded and reconciliation
processes have been performed on the statement.
Walk Thru 5 - Run Book to Bank Reconciliation (BSC Only)
1. Review General Ledger balances against bank-reported account balances in the
bank statement. Users can also print a report of the Book to Bank adjustments.
Navigation: Banking > Reconcile Statements > Book to Bank Reconciliation
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Field
Bank Statement Balance
Purpose
Shared Services / PeopleSoft 9.0
This is the Closing Balance on the bank statement
that
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occurs within
the
displayed
fiscal
year
and
accounting
Performing GL Closing Activities in PeopleSoft
period.
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Payment in Transit
Displays the total of all disbursements that
are not yet
Participant
Guide
reconciled. It also includes manual accounting entries
that have been finalized and posted to a ledger. This
amount reduces the bank statement balance, which
appears in the Bank Adjustments Subtotal field.
5. Click
on the
enter book
bank
comments.
Deposits
in Notes
Transiticon to Displays
thetototal
of reconciliation
all the deposits
that are booked
into the system but not yet acknowledged by the bank.
6. Save the completed book This
to bank
reconciliation.
amount
increases the bank statement balance.
GL Adjustments
Displays the total of all unposted General Ledger
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transactions that have transaction dates that occur
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before or on the General Ledger period end date.
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Bank Adjustments Subtotal Displays the total of all unposted bank transactions
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that exist in the bank statement but not in the system,
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and which have transaction dates that occur before or
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on the General Ledger period end date.
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Total Adjusted Bank
Displays the sum of the values in the Bank Statement
e
Balance
Balance and the Bank Adjusted Subtotal fields.
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Ledger Balance
Displays the system side balance for the bank
e
account. The balance as of date is determined by the
c
ledger s period end date.
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Unbooked Fees and
Displays the total of all bank transactions not yet
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Interest
booked in the system and which have transaction
ci
dates that are on or before the bank statement date.
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Unbooked Payments
Displays the total of all unposted disbursements that
a
exist in the bank statement but are not in the system,
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and which have transaction dates that are on or
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before the bank cut off date statement date.
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Unbooked
Deposits
Displays the total of all unposted deposits that exist in
d
the bank statement but are not in the system, and
a
which have transaction dates that are on or before the
t
bank statement date.
a
Bank
Adjustments
Displays the total of the values in the Payments in
o
Transit, Deposits in Transit, and GL Adjustments fields.
n
GL
Adjustments
Subtotal
Displays the total of the values in the Unbooked Fees
t
and Interest, Unbooked Payments, Unbooked
h
Deposits, and Bank Adjustments fields.
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Total Adjusted Ledger
Displays the sum of the values in the Ledger Balance
b
Balance
and General Ledger Adjustments Subtotal fields.
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Book
to
Bank
Difference
Displays the sum of the values in the Total Adjusted
o
Bank Balance and Total Adjusted Ledger Balance
k
fields.
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Confirm
Click to confirm that the Book to Bank Reconciliation
o
process for this specific bank statement and fiscal
b
period is complete. Then save the page. Notice that
a
the Status field changes to Confirmed.
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Report
Click to generate the Book to Bank reconciliation
k
report.
p
Return
to
previous
page
Click to access the Book to Bank reconcile page.
a
ge displays the bank statement data on the left and the General Ledger data on the
right.
Manage Monthly Book to Bank Reconciliation Balance Variances
If variances exist between the cash balance on the ledger and the bank statements, this
variance must be researched.
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3. Click on the View Bank Statement icon ( ) next to each category under the
Reconciliation Data header to make adjustments to the out of balance numbers.
4. If transactions have been made in PeopleSoft at the end of the month these
transactions may not be on the bank statement due to the proximity to month
end. These balances must be moved to the next period.
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8. After correcting the variances, re-run the book to bank process to ensure the
variance is zero. Update the Workpaper Template once variances have been
resolved.
Navigation: Banking > Reconcile Statements > Book to Bank Reconciliation
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12. Click OK. The Book to Bank Reconciliation Details page appears.
Generate a Book to Bank Reconciliation Report
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5. Click on the PDF view and save the file to the computer.
6. E-mail the Book to Bank Reconciliation Report to the agency for review and
approval using the Bank Reconciliation Report email template.
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7. Agency approvers review each completed reconciliation report and confirm their
approval with the results of the reconciliation.
8. If upon completion of the reconciliation review, the agency is not in agreement
with the approach and results, then the report is sent back via email to the BSC
Operations Analyst for re-processing.
9. Return to the Book to Bank Reconciliation page.
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Lesson Summary
Book to Bank reconciliation is a process where bank reported balances in the
bank statement are compared against the system s General Ledger balance for a
given fiscal period. The reconciliation process is usually performed as part of the General
Ledger monthly closing processes. The Book to Bank reconciliation process determines
whether a journal line transaction (regardless of its system of origin) has been reconciled.
Once all unreconciled bank transactions have been identified, the Book to Bank
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reconciliation process allows the appropriate adjustments to be made in order for the
General Ledger and bank statement balances to match. Once the balances match, the
statement is confirmed as reconciled and the General Ledger closing processes continue.
Transactions that have been reconciled through the Book to Bank Reconciliation process
are considered final and are generally not reversed.
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data. New entries to the Ledger table are used to generate consolidated reports.
The Undo feature enables users to reprocess consolidations.
Walk Thru 6 - Consolidation Trees
Consolidations are defined based on relationships among the Business Units and their
related Elimination Units (units to which eliminating journal entries are directed). Each
consolidation hierarchy uses a separate consolidation tree. For example, use the
following navigation to access a particular consolidation tree that has been created:
Navigation: Tree Manager > Tree Manager
Remain
on
the
Find
an
Existing
Value tab.
Click on the folders to view the leaves.
Value
Enter a value in the SetID, Closing Rule, and Closing
Type fields.
Click
to display potential matches.
Select the appropriate item from the list.
Click on the Add a New Value tab.
Enter new value in the SetID, Closing Rule, and
Closing Type fields.
Click
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If You Need To
Find an Existing
Value
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Click
to display potential matches.
Select the appropriate item from the list. Participant Guide
Click on the Add a New Value tab.
Enter new value in the Run Control ID field.
Click
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Field
SetID
Currency
Consol Set
As of Date
Purpose
Shared Services / PeopleSoft 9.0
Enter the SetID for the consolidation.
Implementation
Enter the currency
used in GL
theClosing
consolidation.
Performing
Activities in PeopleSoft
Defined for the consolidation SetID.
9.0
Serves as a point of reference for determining
the year Guide
and
Participant
period to consolidate for each ledger in the consolidation.
If Business Units use different calendars, the system
evaluates the year and period for each. Also used to
access the effective-dated setups.
Create Journal Entries General Ledger creates journals that can be edited and
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posted.
o Create Calculation Log Creates a calculation log that contains the amounts
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generated by each set at each tree node.
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Include Adjustment
Includes balances from the adjustment periods specified in
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Period(s)
the consolidation set when calculating the elimination.
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Edit Journal(s)
Provides the ability to identify and edit error and process
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the consolidation again. The system clears journals from
a
the original process before regenerating.
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Post
Journal(s)
Posts journals during consolidation processing.
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Undo
Previous
Process
Clears the effect of any prior elimination. If the elimination
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journals are not posted yet, the system deletes them. If
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they have been posted, General Ledger removes the
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amounts from the ledger before it deletes the journals.
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Undo
Do
Not
Delete
The Undo process does not delete unposted journals. If
c
Journals
this option is selected and there are journals from the
e
Consolidation process that have not been posted, the
s
journals can be accidentally posted and cause the
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elimination to be double-booked.
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Tree
Specify the applicable tree to be consolidated.
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Scope
Chose Process the Whole Tree to process all Business
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Units defined in the consolidation tree. If Process at Level
T
or Process at Tree Node are selected, the Level and Node
h
fields become available.
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Level
Processes all Business Units at and below a particular tree
c
level. Identify the level in the edit box.
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Node
Processes consolidated Business Units at and below a
n
particular tree node.
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Use As of Date
Uses the date defined for the consolidation.
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Use Override Date
Select and use any date that is defined in the Tree
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Override Date field.
d
ation process log is useful to look up a specific consolidation process or a set of
processes during a specific time frame. Additionally, this page shows the parameters
used during a particular consolidation process.
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Lesson Summary
An organization with multiple Business Units, such as the MTA, requires a
consolidation process to aggregate data, eliminate recording information in various
Business Units and automate the posting of elimination information. Consolidations are
defined based on relationships among the Business Units and their related Elimination
Units, units to which eliminating journal entries are directed. Consolidations have four
primary elements: data, scopes, rules, and process. Trees are used to define the
relationship among Business Units in a consolidation. Each consolidation hierarchy uses
a separate consolidation tree.
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3. Queries
a. Queries allow users to extract specific information of interest, account
balances or journal transactions, and legacy data from the EPM Data
Warehouse.
b. The information can be extracted using visual representation of the
PeopleSoft database, without writing Structured Query Language (SQL)
statements.
c. PeopleSoft queries can display data in a grid, download query results to a
Microsoft Excel spreadsheet, or provide the data for Crystal Report
generation.
d. Unlike reports, queries can be one-time and ad-hoc or can be used
repeatedly. Therefore, queries can be used to pull data to fill a one time
reporting need.
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PeopleSofton9.0
General Accounting
Configuration and Maintenance
courseReference
for detailed
Accounting
Trees.
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3. Run the report request using the nVision menu in Microsoft Excel, the Run
button, the request dialog box, or a button/macro that categorizes PS/nVision to
run the report. Multiple instances of the same report can be run. For example,
income statement reports can be created for each department within an
organization. Each instance is an individual report with the most recent data from
PeopleSoft, selected and formatted according to the instructions in the report
layout.
PS/nVision also provides a Time Span feature to define reports that roll from period to
period without any changes to the layout. By using time spans, the same layout can
retrieve year-to-date data based on the as of date for which the report is requested.
PS/nVision Components
There are three key components to the nVision report definition process:
1. Layout: This is where the report criteria is defined. For example, account nodes,
department values, time spans.
a. The layout file is a template that can be re-used. In order to populate the
layout template with information, a Report Request must be defined. The
amounts will not appear in the template until the Report Request is
executed, creating an Excel file with data.
2. Scope: Used to run multiple report instances based on one layout file.
a. For example, if the same report needs to be run for every Department,
then a scope request can be created for All Departments. The scope
would be linked to the report request.
3. Report Request: Form that specifies criteria necessary to run the report (i.e. As
of date, output location, output file name, report title).
an nVision
Report
Requestaon
the Web
UsingRunning
a web browser,
users
can schedule
group
of reports to run using a Report Book
and Process Scheduler request. Reports are executed on the server in the format that is
chosen. The entire report book can be run with the same output type and format without
changing any individual component requests. The report books can also be scheduled
to run at a particular time or on a regular basis. Multiple nVision sessions can be
scheduled on a single report server. Additionally, each nVision session is associated with
its specific Excel executable.
Reference
3.6 Using
PeopleSoft
9.0 nVision
information
on nVision
Reporting
components
and Reporting
processes.course for detailed
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The following scenario walks through the process steps for running a General Ledger
financial consolidation report.
The table below provides the steps and expected results to complete this transaction.
Data Value
Step Description
BU: MTAHQ
Report ID:
BHGL033R
Report Title:
Consolidated Report
Layout: BHGL033R
As of Reporting
Date: Specify,
8/17/2010
Type: Web
Format: Excel
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N/A
status of Success
Click on the Details link
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N/A
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N/A
Click Return
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N/A
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N/A
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Lesson Summary
Using PeopleSoft s Query Tool, nVision Reporting, and Microsoft Excel, all
consolidated financial reports based on the current year data should be generated
from General Ledger. PS/nVision is used to design and create Microsoft Excel
spreadsheet reports on accounting data in PeopleSoft. It retrieves information in the
General Ledger PeopleSoft database and places in a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet format
that makes it easier for users to interpret the data and make decisions. There are three
key components to the nVision report definition process: layout, scope, and report
request. PS/nVision also provides a Time Span feature to define reports that roll from
period to period without any changes to the layout. By using Time Spans, the same
layout can retrieve year-to-date data based on the as of date for which the report is
requested.
Course Evaluation
All training participants are required to complete an online course evaluation upon course
completion. Evaluations are based on course content and are meant to measure the key
information and objectives of the course. The evaluation can be accessed via the link
provided by your instructor and must be completed in the classroom.
Title
Processing Inter-company Transactions
Using PeopleSoft 9.0 nVision Reporting
PeopleSoft 9.0 General Accounting
Configuration and Maintenance
Year End Close Activities and Ownership
Month End Close Calendar and Ownership
General Ledger Reports
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