Summary of October 21-November 6, 2002 G/L Team Meetings
Issues: How will Transfers/Allocations be handled in PS?
Other Issues are: Workflows, Date (transaction date), Where will the transaction detail be stored, either in the subsidiary application or General Ledger Journal Voucher lines, Will UD use the current Journal Voucher EZ-form or PS Journal Voucher form (Rick recommends PS), How will we handle Suspense, either recycle, reject or suspense?
Attendees: Ben Martin
Karen D’Amato
Ellen Lepine
Elieen Prazniak
Linda Somers
Rick McCaulley
Michael Downey
Carol Rylee
Excused: Cathy Zinszer
Amy Connell
Dave Adkins
10/21
Ben reviewed the meeting Schedule. He also discussed the Basic Setup Documentation.
The meeting followed with a discussion on the differences between Suspense, Recycle, and Unpost. We also discussed workflow, approvals, and calendars needed.
The assignment for next week is to read Chartfield Attributes.
10/23
Attendees: Ben Martin
Karen D’Amato
Ellen Lepine
Elieen Prazniak
Linda Somers
Rick McCaulley
Michael Downey
Carol Rylee
Rajarao Surampudy
Amy Connell
Dave Adkins
Excused: Cathy Zinszer
Rick facilitated the meeting. We accessed PS software GL Home page. Rick explained General Ledger installation options & Processing Journals. We looked at the Journal Line detail and completed the meeting with a general discussion on Journal Vouchers.
10/28
Attendees: Ben Martin
Karen D’Amato
Ellen Lepine
Linda Somers
Rick McCaulley
Michael Downey
Carol Rylee
Rajarao Surampudy
Amy Connell
Dave Adkins
Excused: Cathy Zinszer
Elieen Prazniak
Rick facilitated the meeting. Using PS Software, Rick explained Journals in detail which included; Header, Lines, Totals, Errors and Approvals. He explained Standard Journal Entry types, setting up repeating JV’s, JV template and Copy Journal.
10/29
Attendees: Ben Martin
Karen D’Amato
Ellen Lepine
Linda Somers
Rick McCaulley
Michael Downey
Carol Rylee
Rajarao Surampudy
Amy Connell
Dave Adkins
Excused: Cathy Zinszer
Elieen Prazniak
Rick facilitated the meeting. Using PS software, Rick continued explaining the process of Journal posting, edit and recurring regular JV’s. We also discussed Consolidation and Closing Rules.
10/31
Attendees: Ben Martin
Karen D’Amato
Rick McCaulley
Michael Downey
Carol Rylee
Rajarao Surampudy
Amy Connell
Dave Adkins
Excused: Cathy Zinszer
Elieen Prazniak
Ellen Lepine
Linda Somers
Rick facilitated the meeting. Using PS software, Rick completed the explanation on Closing Rules.
11/5
Attendees: Ben Martin
Karen D’Amato
Rick McCaulley
Michael Downey
Carol Rylee
Rajarao Surampudy
Amy Connell
Dave Adkins
Elieen Prazniak
Ellen Lepine
Linda Somers
Julie Burton
Excused: Cathy Zinszer
Rick facilitated the meeting. Using PS software, Rick explained the Allocation Process. UD could possibly use this process to calculate Indirect Cost, Fringe Benefits, Monthly closes, and temporary investment income distribution, etc.