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Last Updated: 2026-06-12
Reference: Autocertification Conditions

Reference: Autocertification Conditions

When an account reconciliation definition includes the
No Activity for Period
 autocertification rule, Workday automatically certifies reconciliations created from the definition that meet certain conditions. Workday checks these conditions in the sequence presented here.
You can use this information to diagnose the cause when reconciliations fail to autocertify.
Condition
Description
The reconciliation has the status
Not Started
 or
In Progress
.
Workday doesn't certify reconciliations that have a status other than
Not Started
 or
In Progress
.
The reconciliation for the prior period is certified, or there is no reconciliation for the prior period.
Workday doesn't certify reconciliations when the reconciliation for the prior period is subject to change, because this makes comparison unreliable.
Workday only proceeds to check the next condition when:
  • There is no reconciliation for the prior period, or
  • The status of the prior period reconciliation is
    Autocertified
    ,
    Certified
    , or
    Canceled
    .
The supporting balances for the period being reconciled match the supporting balances for the prior period.
Workday doesn't certify reconciliations when the period being reconciled and the prior period show a difference in:
  • The number of supporting balances.
  • The total amount of the supporting balances.
When the reconciliation for the prior period has the status
Canceled
, Workday treats the number and total amount of supporting balances as zero.
When the reconciliation contains transactions in multiple currencies, Workday evaluates the amounts in the reconciliation currency. As a result, reconciliations might be ineligible for autocertification because the currency rate has changed, even when the transaction amounts haven't changed.
No reconciling items were active during the period being reconciled.
Workday doesn't certify reconciliations that had an active reconciling item at any point in the period being reconciled, even when the item was resolved before the end of the period.
Reconciliations are ineligible for autocertification when they contain a reconciling item that has:
  • The status
    Active
    .
  • An
    Item Date
     that's on or before the end date of the current fiscal period.
  • A
    Resolution Date
     that's on or after the start date of the current fiscal period.
The ledger accounts have no activity for the period being reconciled.
Workday doesn't certify reconciliations when there was activity on the ledger accounts during the fiscal period, including draft or unposted journals.