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Last Updated: 2023-06-23
Troubleshooting: Payroll Accounting and Commitment Journals with Errors

Troubleshooting: Payroll Accounting and Commitment Journals with Errors

You can use the
Fix Operational Journals with Errors
 task to identify and fix these accounting and commitment journals with errors:
  • Payroll Actuals
  • Payroll Accounting Adjustments
  • Fringe Benefit Actuals
  • Payroll Forward Accruals
  • Completed Payroll Commitment and Obligations
  • Liquidations
Cause
Solution
At least 1 journal line has a ledger account that isn't valid for use with the selected company.
If there's no ledger available for a company:
Security:
  • Set Up: Accounting Rules
     domain in the Common Financial Management functional area.
  • Set Up: Payroll - Company Specific (Accounting)
     domain in the
    Core Payroll
     functional area.
  1. Access the
    Edit Account Posting Rule
     task.
  2. Select a ledger account that's available for use with the company.
If there's no company available for the ledger:
Security:
  • Set Up: Accounts
     domain in the Common Financial Management functional area
  • Set Up: Payroll - Company Specific (Accounting)
     domain in the Core Payroll functional area
  1. Access the
    Edit Account Set
     report.
  2. Select the relevant company from the
    Restrict to Companies
     prompt for the ledger.
No company associated with an account posting rule set.
Security:
  • Set Up: Company Accounting
     domain in the Common Financial Management functional area.
  • Set Up: Payroll - Company Specific (Accounting)
     domain in the
    Core Payroll
     functional area.
  1. Access the
    Edit Company Accounting Details
     task.
  2. Select the relevant company and assign an
    Account Posting Rule Set
    .
No default ledger account assigned to account posting type.
Security:
  • Set Up: Accounting Rules
     domain in the Common Financial Management functional area.
  • Set Up: Payroll - Company Specific (Accounting)
     domain in the
    Core Payroll
     functional area.
  1. Access the
    View Account Posting Rule Set
    report.
  2. For the
    Account Posting Rule Set
    assigned to the company, select the relevant
    Account Posting Type
    .
  3. Click
    Edit Posting Rule
    .
  4. On the
    Edit Account Posting Rule
     page, assign the
    Default Ledger Account
    .
Invalid company and cost center combinations.
Security:
Manage: Cost Center
 domain in the Organizations and Roles functional area.
  1. Access the
    View Cost Center
     report.
  2. Enter the relevant cost center.
  3. From the related actions of the cost center you entered, select
    Cost Center
    Edit Cost Center
    .
  4. Select the relevant company from the
    Restricted to Companies
     prompt.
Out of balance journals caused by missing worktags.
Enter the worktag dimension values using the
Assign Costing Allocation
 task.
No ledger period to process payroll.
Security:
Process: Period End
 domain in the Common Financial Management functional area.
Set the status of the Ledger Period to
Open
 using the
Mass Update Ledger Period Status
 task.