Accounting Lines Tab

 

The Accounting Lines tab includes all of the fields stored in the Labor Ledger table.

 

exclaim       Warning: The system performs few edits on the data on this tab, so the user must exercise the utmost caution in completing the fields.

pencil-small       The field names flagged with an asterisk below reflect the delivered naming convention (from a third-party vendor HR system). These fields may be renamed and redefined by an institution.

 

Labor Journal Voucher Accounting Lines tab field definitions

Title

Description

Account Number

Required. Enter the account number for the accounting line or search for it from the Account lookup icon.

Chart

Required. Select the chart code for the accounting line from the Chart list.

    When the parameter Accounts_Can_Cross_Charts is set to No, the system derives the chart code from the account number entered, and an entry in this field is not required.

Company

Optional. Enter a code that identifies a sub-division of the organization used to segregate physical or logical operations for accounting and processing purposes.

Debit/Credit

Required. Enter the appropriate debit or credit dollar amount.

Earn Code

Optional. Enter the identifier for the appropriate type of earnings (e.g., regular, vacation, overtime).

Encumbrance Update

Optional. A one-character indicator that should be included for entries with an encumbrance balance type. A code of R indicates that the encumbrance should update the Open Encumbrance table using the Reference Document Number field. A code of D indicates that the encumbrance should update the Open Encumbrance table using the document number of the Labor Journal Voucher document.

Emplid

Optional. Enter the employee ID defined in the institutional HR/payroll system.

Employee Record

Optional. Enter the employee record number associated with the employee ID number in the institutional HR/payroll system. This value is a sequential counter that differentiates between an employee's jobs.

Grade

Optional. Specify the appropriate compensation plan increment for this level of responsibility or organizational impact.

Object Code

Required. Enter the object code for the accounting line or search for it from the Object Code lookup icon.

Obj. Type

Required. Enter the object type for the accounting line or search for it from the Object Type lookup icon.

Org Ref Id

Optional. Enter the appropriate data for the transaction.

Original Account

Optional. Enter the original account assigned to the transaction if this is an error correction.

Original Chart

Optional. Enter the original chart code assigned to the transaction if this is an error correction.

Original Object Code

Optional. Enter the original object code assigned to the transaction if this is an error correction.

Original Sub-Account

Optional. Enter the original sub-account assigned to the transaction if this is an error correction.

Original Sub Object Code

Optional. Enter the original sub-object code assigned to the transaction if this is an error correction.

Pay Fiscal Year

Required. Enter the pay fiscal year.

Pay Group

Optional. Enter the pay group code to identify the sets of employees for payroll processing. For example, separate pay groups are created to differentiate exempt from non-exempt employees.

Pay Hours

Optional. Enter the number of labor hours included in the pay period earnings dollar value.

Pay Period

Required. Select the pay period from the Pay Period list.

Pay Period End Date

Optional. Enter the pay period end date or select it from the calendar tool.

Position

Required. Enter the number or ID that defines a set of department- or unit-specific duties as defined in the institutional HR/Payroll system.

Project

Optional. Enter the project code for the accounting line or search for it from the Project Code lookup icon.

Run ID

Optional. Reference number assigned to each pay period's payroll process for one or more pay groups.

Sal Admin Plan

Optional. Enter the appropriate code to assign a default compensation package to workers at the location, job code, or worker level. For example, the values might indicate 10-month academic, 12-month academic, regular 12-month salary, etc.

Setid

Optional. Enter the code to group an appropriate set of payroll rules together.

Sub-Account

Optional. Enter the sub-account number for the accounting line or search for it from the Sub-Account lookup icon.

Sub-Object

Optional. Enter the sub-object code for the accounting line or search for it from the Sub-Object Code lookup icon.

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