General Ledger Rel 8.9

Description:

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

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

Prerequisites:

Required Prerequisites:
Understanding of basic navigation and PeopleSoft concepts
Intro to PS for FMS and SCM Rel 8.9

Suggested Prerequisites:
Understanding of basic navigation and PeopleSoft concepts
Use of control tables to enforce business rules
Able to run processes and reports

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