PeopleSoft General Ledger Rel 9.2 Ed 1

This course provides step-by-step instruction for implementing, using, and maintaining the fundamentals of PeopleSoft General Ledger 9.2. You learn about structuring your organization for optimal performance for business units, ledgers, trees and ChartField management from the ground up. This includes all types of journal processing, tips for efficiency, as well as the use of inquiry pages, delivered reports, and creating your own reports.

Learn To:

• Implement General Ledger and set up core data.
• Create, maintain, and utilize PeopleSoft Trees.
• Define journal processing options.
• Enter online journal entries and import spreadsheet journals.
• Perform interim and year end close.
• Create reports using PS/nvision.

Benefits to You

You are introduced to the latest features in PeopleSoft General Ledger through hands-on activities and presented with best practices for achieving maximum efficiency.

You learn valuable information from the implementer's perspective as well as for end-users. Activities include early decision-making regarding structure based on business needs, troubleshooting, and error resolution.

Activities throughout the course follow the process flow of an implementation, journal, and closing cycles.

Learn to use the General Ledger WorkCenter to better organize your workload and save valuable time and energy.

You create a new business unit and follow it through setup, processing data, closing and reporting results using delivered reports, PS Query, and PS/nVision.

Discussions include PeopleSoft methods for securing sensitive data.

This is an intensive, 4-day course.

Audience

• Functional Implementer
• Reports Developer
• System Administrator
• End Users
• Implementation Consultant
• Technical Consultant

Course Topics Course Overview

• Objectives
• Agenda

Business Process Overview

• Describing the Basic Components of PeopleSoft General Ledger
• Describing the High Level Implementation Steps
• Describing the Ledger Table Structure
• Describing Integration Points between PeopleSoft General Ledger and other PeopleSoft Applications

Creating the General Ledger Structure

• Establishing General Ledger Business Units
• Applying General Ledger TableSet Sharing

Setting Installation Options and Common Definitions

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

Planning and Creating PeopleSoft Trees

• Defining the Significance of PeopleSoft Trees
• Defining Tree Manager Terminology
• Creating PeopleSoft Trees
• Maintaining PeopleSoft Trees

Preparing for Journal Processing

• Defining Ledgers
• Associating Ledgers to a Business Unit
• Opening and Closing Accounting Periods
• Defining Journal Entry Templates
• Defining Journal Classes, Sources, and SpeedTypes
• Enabling Audit Logging for Journals
• Enabling Approval Framework

Implementing ChartField Combination Editing

• Defining ChartField Combination Edits
• Linking Combination Edits to a Business Unit
• Building Combination Edit Data
• Inquiring on Combination Edit Data

Processing General Ledger Data

• Describing the Journal Processing Flow
• Entering Journals
• Reviewing the Journal Entry Detail Report
• Reviewing Journals and Determining Status
• Editing Journals
• Researching and Correcting Journal Errors
• Posting Journals

Maximizing General Ledger Processing

• Setting Up Automatic Journal Features
• Selecting a Statistical Method
• Using GL WorkCenter and Dashboard
• Setting Up Suspense Error Handling
• Analyzing Financial Information

Importing Spreadsheet Journals

• Setting Up Workbook Defaults
• Configuring the Workbook ChartFields
• Importing Journals to General Ledger

Implenting InterUnit and IntraUnit Accounting

• Defining InerUnit and IntraUnit Transactions
• Selecting an Appropriate InterUnit Method
• Setting Up InterUnit and IntraUnit Accounting
• Processing InterUnit and IntraUnit Transactions

Performing Year End and Interim Close

• Defining the Closing Options
• Setting Up Interim and Year End Close
• Processing and Analyzing Closing
• Archiving General Ledger Information

Reporting General Ledger Results with PS/nVision

• Defining PS/nVision Elements
• Creating a PS/nVision Report Layout
• Running PS/nVision Reports

Defining Document Sequencing for General Ledger

• Describing Document Sequencing Functionality
• Setting Up General Ledger for Document Sequencing

Appendixes

• Creating Summary Ledgers
• Reference Material
• Describing How to Find Information About PeopleSoft General Ledger in the Documentation

Course Objectives

• Implement PeopleSoft General Ledger
• Structure PeopleSoft General Ledger to meet business requirements
• Create and Process PeopleSoft General Ledger data
• Learn to use the tools for troubleshooting errors and resolving issues
• Organize and Report PeopleSoft General Ledger Results