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Administrator Guide
Last Updated: 2025-09-19
Concept: Reclassification Journals and Lines

Concept: Reclassification Journals and Lines

When you allocate funds to existing transactions by running the
Process Funding Sources
task, Workday automatically:
  • Reclassifies the journal by creating a new reclassification operational journal with reclassification lines.
  • Adds the funding source worktags to each reclassification line.
  • Creates 1 transaction line for each operational journal line and funding source combination.
Workday creates reclassification lines for operational journal lines that meet these criteria:
  • The ledger account type is an expense source on the
    Maintain Ledger Account Types
    task.
  • The journal line is posted and not canceled.
  • The journal line has a project worktag that is within the top-level project hierarchy.
  • There’s no funding source worktag on the accounting journal.
  • The journal line isn’t for facilities and administration.
  • The journal isn't reversed and doesn't have a reversal journal.

Cancel or Reverse Reclassification Lines

When you process a funding source for a canceled transaction with reclassification lines:
  • In an open period, Workday cancels the reclassification journal and the reclassification lines.
  • In a closed period, Workday reverses the reclassification journal and the reclassification lines in the next open period.
When you unpost an accounting journal, which you previously reclassified, that’s in:
  • An open period, Workday cancels the reclassification journal and the reclassification journal lines.
  • A closed period, Workday reverses the reclassification journal and the reclassification journal lines in the next open period.

Reclassification Line Statuses

This table lists reclassification line statuses with their description, and the corresponding statuses of reclassification transaction statuses, and reclassification journal statuses:
Reclassification Line Status
Description
Reclassification Transaction Status
Reclassification Journal Status
Pending
Workday creates the journal lines in pro forma, but hasn’t approved or denied the batch.
Pending
Pro forma
Current
Workday creates the latest reclassification line and journal of the source journal line and approves the batch process.
Current
Posted
Unposted
Workday cancels or reverses the reclassification journal and unposts the source journal.
Unposted
Unposted
Canceled
Workday cancels the source journal and the reclassification line.
Canceled
Canceled
Reversed
Workday reverses the reclassification journal and cancels or reverses the source journal.
Reversed
Posted
Reprocessed
Workday reprocesses the reclassification journal line and creates a new reclassification transaction during reprocessing.
Reprocessed
Posted
Unchanged
Workday reprocesses the reclassification journal line with no change to worktags. Workday doesn’t reclassify the original reclassification journal line.
Unchanged