Setting up segments for business units

You can set up segments for business units to be used with journal entries.

Procedure

  1. Go to Contracts > Contract Set Up > Financials > Business Unit General Ledgers.
  2. Click the Add action.
  3. In the Business Unit General Ledgers form, specify Name, Business Unit, and Journal Entry Lease Type in the General section.
  4. In the Journal Entry DTO Details section, enter the required fields. This information is configurable to match your specific ERP system.
    Option Description
    JE Status Status of the DTO record
    Source Name Value depends on General Ledger system to be used.
    Actual Flag Value depends on General Ledger system to be used. For Oracle General Ledger, the value will be A.
    Set of Books ID Value depends on General Ledger system to be used.
    Created By Maximo® Real Estate and Facilities User who created the record.
    Date Format Identifies the date format to be used.
  5. Under the Segments section, click Add action.
    An editable row is now seen.
  6. Select Segment Type.

Business Unit Accounting Cost Center
Leave as -. Uses the value from the Accounting Cost Center (triCostCenterTX) field from My Company form.
Department Accounting Cost Center
Leave in the -. Uses the value from the Accounting Cost Center (triCostCenterTX) field from Department form.
Division Accounting Cost Center
Leave in the -. Uses the value from the Accounting Cost Center (triCostCenterTX) field from Division form.
Journal Entry General Ledger Code
Leave it as "-". It will get the value from the "Service Code" field from General Ledger Codes form.
Lease Accounting Cost Center
Leave in the -. Uses the value from the Accounting Cost Center (triCostCenterTX) field from Asset Lease or Real Estate Lease form.
Lease Location Cost Code
Leave in the -. Uses the value from the Accounting Cost Center (triCostCenterTX) field from Location Cost Code form.
Static Value
Enter a static value.

  1. Add more rows by clicking Add and once you have all the required rows, click Create Draft.