Attaching / detaching reporting chart of accounts

This activity allows you to assign the reporting chart of accounts to companies. Tell me more.

Select the “Attach / Detach Reporting Chart of Accounts” link under the “Accounting Setup” business component.

The “Attach / Detach Reporting Chart of Accounts” page appears.

Enter the following field:

Chart of Accounts ID

Use the drop-down list box to select the code identifying the reporting chart of accounts ID that you want to attach or detach from a company. All the chart of accounts ID that have been defined in the login company and that have been copied to the login company will be available for selection in the ascending order.

The system displays the following:

Description	The textual description of the selected chart of accounts ID.
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Status	The status of the chart of accounts. It must be “Active”.
Country	The name of the country for which the chart of accounts must be attached or detached.

Note: The name of the country will be displayed in this field if the chart of accounts is of the type “Country Specific”.

Chart of Accounts Type	The type of chart of the accounts. It could be “Country Specific”, “Industry Specific” or “Multilevel”.
	Country Specific – indicates that the chart of accounts is particular for the country for which it has been created.
	Industry Specific – indicates that the chart of accounts is particular for the type of industry for which it has been created.
	Multilevel – indicates that the chart of accounts has multiple levels under it.

The system displays the following in the “Chart of Accounts Information” multiline:

Company Name	The name of the company.
Parent	The name of the child company.

Enter the following fields in the “Chart of Accounts Information” multiline:

Chart of Accounts ID

~~The~~ A unique code identifying the chart of accounts (Alphanumeric, 10). Mandatory.

Note: You cannot enter a new chart of accounts ID ~~in case~~If you want to attach the selected chart of account to the company.

Description	The textual description of the chart of accounts (Alphanumeric, 40). Mandatory.
Action	Use the drop-down list box to set whether you want to attach the chart of account to the company or copy the chart of account to the company.
	Attach – indicates that the chart of account ID must be attached to the company. You cannot make any changes to this chart of accounts.
	Copy – indicates that the chart of accounts ID must be copied to the company. The company to which the chart of accounts is copied can add or modify the details of the account.

The system displays the following in the “Chart of Accounts Information” multiline:

Main Finance Book ID

The code identifying the “Main” finance book to which the chart of accounts is to be attached or copied.

Check the box in the “Select” column of the multiline to mark a company to which the reporting chart of accounts code can be attached or copied.

Note: ~~In case~~If the reporting chart of accounts has already been mapped to an operative chart of accounts, the attached account must also be attached to the selected company.

Click the “Attach / Copy” pushbutton to attach or copy a reporting chart of accounts to the selected company.

The system attaches the selected reporting chart of account to the company if “Attach” has been selected in the “Action” field.

The system copies the selected reporting chart of account to the selected company if “Copy” has been selected in the “Action” field.

Click the “Detach” pushbutton to detach the reporting chart of accounts from the company.

The system detaches the selected reporting chart of accounts from the company to which it has been attached earlier.

To proceed, carry out the following

Select the “View Reporting Chart of Accounts” link at the bottom of the page to view the details of the reporting chart of accounts.