Creating automatic journal types and defining control tables

Create an automatic journal type when you want to book the consolidated result of the user-defined business rule in an automatic journal in IBM® Cognos Controller.

Before you begin

Do not specify the accounts and the journal numbers in the control table. Specify the accounts and the journal numbers in the business rule.

Procedure

  1. Click Maintain > Configuration > Define > Contribution Versions/Automatic Journal Types.
  2. Create an automatic journal. Because the numbers 1 to 99 are reserved, you must assign it a number outside that range.
  3. Add the automatic journal to a contribution version.
  4. Click Maintain > Configuration > Automatic Journals > Define.
  5. Define the automatic journal by assigning a code and specifying a name. Because the letter E is reserved, you must assign a code that does not start with the letter E.
  6. Select the Automatic Journal Type that you created.
  7. Select Category 1.
  8. Select Active.