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Last Updated: 2023-06-23
Steps: Create Book Codes and Books

Steps: Create Book Codes and Books

Security:
Set Up: Ledger and Book
in the Common Financial Management functional area.
You can create book codes and books to record and report on transactions. First, you create book codes that you can use on transactions, then you include the book codes into a book for reporting purposes.
  1. Create Book Codes
    .
    1. Access the
      Maintain Book Codes
       task.
    2. Add the book code name and description for the book code you want to create.
    3. Click
      OK
      .
  2. Create Books
    .
    1. Access the
      Maintain Books
       task.
    2. As you complete the task, consider:
    Option Description
    Includes Book Codes
    Select the book codes to include in the book.
    Includes Blank Book Code
    Select to include all transactions posted to the blank book code in the selected book.
    Tenant Default
    Select a book for the tenant. When you run a report, Workday selects the book in the Book prompt, unless you configure the report differently.
    If you leave the Book prompt blank, Workday returns all data from all books.