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Last Updated: 2024-05-17
Create Journal Sources

Create Journal Sources

  • Identify the relevant journal sources to create on the
    Journal Source Mapping to Operational Transactions
     report.
  • Security:
    • Set Up: Journal Source
       domain in the Common Financial Management functional area.
    • Set Up: Payroll - Company Specific (Accounting)
       domain in the Core Payroll functional area.
Create sources for journal entries in your accounting and operational journals. You can create separate journal sources for accounting and operational journals or use the same for both.
  1. Access the
    Maintain Journal Sources
     task.
  2. As you complete the task, consider:
    Option Description
    Accounting Source
    Select to make the journal source available on the
    Create Journal
     task.
    Process Award Costs
    For manual journals with spend on a grant, select the check box to calculate:
    • Facilities and administration.
    • Revenue recognition.
    Ad Hoc Bank Transaction Source
    Select to authorize the journal source to be an override option when you create ad hoc bank transactions.
    Enable Suspense Processing for Web Service
    Available for use only with accounting journal sources. Select to use suspense processing when you run the
    Import Accounting Journal
     web service.
    Suspense Threshold Percent
    Enter a suspense threshold percent equal to or greater than 1%, expressed as a whole number, to run suspense processing. Workday uses suspense processing when the journal lines in error are equal to or less than the percentage you enter.
    When you leave the
    Suspense Threshold Percent
     blank, Workday doesn't use suspense processing.
    Workday Source
    Select to indicate that the journal source is for journals that Workday creates for operational transactions. Examples: Customer invoices, supplier invoices, and expense reports.