General Ledger Rel 9

This course teaches the fundamental concepts and features of PeopleSoft General Ledger. Students gain working knowledge of the issues involved in a standard General Ledger implementation. They learn how to implement General Ledger, as well as establish, process and report on financial transactions.

Through real-life examples and hands-on lab activities, participants establish their own GL business units and follow their unit through the implementation and processing of data. They establish common setup options, enter and post journals to their own ledgers; close year-end books, and creates financial reports with PS/nVision.

Learn To:

• Establish GL business units
• Establish common setup options
• Enter and post journals to ledgers
• Close year-end books
• Create financial reports with PS/nVision

Audience

• Functional Implementer

Course Topics Creating the General Ledger Structure

• Basic Elements of PeopleSoft General Ledger
• Implementation Steps for PeopleSoft General Ledger
• PeopleSoft General Ledger Table Structure
• Establishing General Ledger Business Units
• Applying General Ledger Tableset Sharing

Setting Installation Options and Common Definitions

• Setting Up Installation Options
• Establishing User Preferences
• Establishing Account Types
• Creating Detail Calendars
• Defining Business Calendars
• Defining ChartFields and ChartField Values

Planning and Creating PeopleSoft Trees

• Defining the Significance of PeopleSoft Trees
• Defining Tree Manager Terminology
• Creating PeopleSoft Trees
• Modifying Trees Using Tree Manager

Preparing for Journal Processing

• Defining Ledger Templates
• Defining Ledgers and Ledger Groups
• Associating Ledgers with a Business Unit
• Maintaining Accounting Periods
• Defining Journal Entry Templates
• Defining Journal Sources, Classes and Speed Types

Implementing ChartField Combination Editing

• Defining ChartField Combination Edits
• Link Combination Edits to Business Units
• Building the Combination Edit Data Tables
• Maintaining Combination Edits
• Inquiring on Combination Edit Data

Processing General Ledger Data

• Describing the Journal Process Flow
• Processing PeopleSoft General Ledger Data
• Reviewing Journals and Determining their Status
• Editing and Posting Journals

Maximizing PeopleSoft General Ledger Processing

• Automating Journals
• Selecting a Statistical Method
• Setting Up Suspense Error Handling
• Analyzing Financial Information

Importing Spreadsheet Journals

• Preparing the Workbook for Journal Upload
• Configuring the Spreadsheet
• Creating the Workbook
• Importing Spreadsheet Journals

Performing Year End Close

• Defining PeopleSoft Year End Close
• Defining ChartField Value Sets
• Defining Closing Rules
• Processing PeopleSoft Year End Close
• Running the Closing Trial Balance Report
• Describing the Archiving Process

Implementing Interunit and Intraunit Accounting

• Selecting an Appropriate Interunit Approach
• Defining Interunit and Intraunit Transactions
• Performing Required Interunit and Intraunit Setup
• Reconciling Interunit Activity
• Unposting Interunit Journals

Reporting Results with PS/nVision

• Defining the PS/nVision Elements
• Creating PS/nVision Layouts
• Running PS/nVision Reports

Implementing Documenting Sequencing for General Ledger

• Defining Document Sequencing
• Preparing for Document Sequencing
• Processing Document Sequencing

Course Objectives

• Structure PeopleSoft General Ledger to Meet Business Requirements
• Implement PeopleSoft General Ledger
• Process PeopleSoft General Ledger Data
• Organize and Report PeopleSoft General Ledger Results