Setting up Journal Approval

Journal Approval feature ensures that journal entries and batches are approved by appropriate management personnel before posting them to the account balances.

Oracle workflow is required to be setup which :

1. Controls and Monitors the approval process.
2. Sends notifications to journal batch preparers and approvers.

Before using this ,

1. Enable journal approval for your set of books.

Navigation : General Ledger Superuser :GL Super User Menu : Setup : Financials : Accounting Setup Manager : Accounting Setups > Update Accounting Options > Define and update the journal processing options for your ledger

2. Setup Journal Sources .

Navigation : GL Super User Menu : Setup : Journal > Sources

3. Setup Heirarchy.

Navigation : HRMS Responsibility > People > Enter and Maintain

4. Setup Approval Limits .

Navigation : GL Super User Menu : Setup : Employees > Limits

5. Setup Oracle Workflow

6. Set the two profile options Journals: Allow Preparer Approval and Journals: Find Approver Method.