General Ledger

View General Ledger training materials regarding accounting & budgeting concepts, general ledger journal processing and reporting, using optional chartfields, and general ledger reconciliation.

Classroom Training:

• Register for Classroom Training
• Training Registration Instructions
• Fall 2009 Course Schedule

Suggested Courses:

BTGL01 - Accounting & Budgeting Concepts

This course targets users who need to view/track budget and financial transactions. Participants will gain an understanding of OMNI concepts such as business units, set ids, ledgers, trees, calendars, commitment control and chartfields. They will also learn how to look up Chartfields and budgets. This course is required for all Budget/Financial Transaction Inquirers, General Ledger Journal Specialists, and Budget Specialists. This course is a requirement for all faculty and staff who go on to take BTGL02.

• Chapter 1 - Overview of Financial Concepts
• Chapter 2 - Chartfields
• Chapter 3 - Chartfield Inquiry
• Chapter 4 - Commitment Control Inquiry

BTGL02 - General Ledger Journal Processing & Reporting

This course is directed toward training users to successfully monitor their day-to-day financial. Participants will review concepts from BTGL01, and learn how to enter, edit, and post a journal entry (for CD 90's/ET 51's), view exception items, and perform ledger inquiries. This course is required for all General Ledger Journal Specialists.

• Chapter 1 - Review of Basic Concepts
• Chapter 2 - General Ledger Journal Overview
• Chapter 3 - Journal Entry
• Chapter 4 - Journal Inquiry
• Chapter 5 - General Ledger Reports

BTGL03 - Advanced General Ledger - Reporting & Using Optional Chartfields

Ledger research using the General Ledger Trial Balance and other GL reports; setting up Optional Chartfields and using General Ledger reports to report data. Prerequisites are BTGL01 and BTGL02.

• Course Outline
• Reporting & Using Optional Chartfields Course Slides
• Practice Exercises

BTGL04 - General Ledger Reconciliation

For OMNI users responsible for reconciling departmental ledgers. Course topics include the reconciliation objective and process, using OBI Departmental Ledgers, locating source documents using Queries, Hummingbird, OMNI, and OBI Reporting. Prerequisites are BTGL01 and BTGL02.

• General Ledger Reconciliation Course Slides
• Useful Ledger Reconciliation Contacts & Resource Listing
• General Ledger Reconciliation Course Materials

Security Roles:

• FSU_FI_EVERYONE - Access to do the above actions are given to all FSU Employees with this role upon receipt of an OMNI login. For more information regarding how to receive access to OMNI, review procedures at How do I get OMNI access?

Parature Help Tickets:

Need Help? Log a Parature Help Ticket!

• Submit a ticket to the General Accounting Issue Area if you are experiencing an issue related to General Ledger Accounting tasks.

Additional Information:

• Accounting Basics Terms and Concepts
• Hummingbird DM Access Request Form
• Ledger Reconciliation Guidelines - Controller's Memorandum
• Useful Departmental Queries
• Frequently Asked Questions

Contact Information:

• General Accounting Web Site
• Phone (850) 644-5010
• Fax (850) 644-6201
• 6300A University Center Tallahassee, FL 32306
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