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Last Updated: 2023-06-23
Match Journal Line Transactions Manually

Match Journal Line Transactions Manually

Security: These domains in the Financial Accounting functional area:
  • Process: Account Certifications - View
  • Process: Account Certifications - Create
You can manually match journal lines during period close to:
  • Increase data integrity.
  • More accurately analyze your ledger account ending balances.
  1. Access the
    Transaction Matching on Journal Lines
     task.
  2. As you complete the task, consider:
    Option Description
    Ledger Account
    Select a ledger account or alternate ledger account.
    You can only select balance sheet accounts that are available to use with the
    Company
     you select.
    The alternate ledger account option only displays for companies that you defined alternate accounts for.
    Match On Type
    Workday populates this field based on the
    Match On Type
     selected in the
    Set Up Journal Line Matching
     task.
    Filter By Book Code
    Leave blank to retrieve journal lines for all book codes.
    You can't match transactions across book codes.
    Adjustment Journal
    Select to include only adjustment journals.
  3. Select the journal lines you want to match, and click
    Match
    .
  4. (Optional) To adjust your search criteria, for additional journal lines, expand the
    Select Journal Lines
     section, enter new search criteria, and then click
    Get Journals
    .
    Workday retrieves additional journal lines based on the new criteria.
  5. Select the additional journal lines, and then click
    Match
    .
    Workday generates a Match ID to record the match and to display journal lines included in the match. You can click the Match ID to view match details and from the related actions menu, perform an Unmatch.