Create a GL Info Generator

A General Ledger (GL) info generator is a catalog component that uses a series of matrices to determine the GL transaction type and accounts for a specific charge. A pricing plan can contain only one GL info generator but it can have multiple revisions.

Before you begin

Create the GL transaction types that will be assigned by the GL info generator.

About this task

This task describes how to create a new GL info generator. To instead make a new revision, in General Ledger Info, on the GL Info Generators tab, click the name of the GL info generator that will have a new revision and click New Revision. Then continue with step 2 below.

Procedure

  1. In General Ledger Info, on the GL Info Generators tab, click New GL Info Generator.
  2. In New GL Info Generator:
    1. In Name, enter a unique name.
    2. (Optional) In Description, enter descriptive information about the item.
    3. (Optional) In External ID, enter any alphanumeric character to serve as a unique ID on this pricing object. The external ID can be used for any reason that is meaningful to your implementation of MATRIXX Engine. External IDs are saved to the pricing configuration file and loaded into the Pricing database.
    4. Click Create.
  3. In Start Date/Time, use the date picker to select the date on which the object becomes active in the Pricing database and is first available for use, or enter the date in the format YYYY-MM-DD. Optionally, enter a time for when the object becomes active. The default start date/time is 2000–01–01 00:00:00. If applicable, the range in which the start date/time must fall is listed. For example:
    • Select a date on or before 2021–12–01.
    • Select a date on or after 2020–01–27.
    • Select a date between 2000–01–02 and 2021–10–04.
    Note: If you are creating a new revision of this object, the start date/time must be after the start date/time of the preceding revision and before the start date/time of the next revision. If you are making a copy of this object, the start date/time is not copied. The new object is the first revision, so it has the default start date/time of 2000–01–01 00:00:00.
  4. Click Save.
  5. To create a new GL transaction type table, in the Account 1 Tables tab, click New GL Transaction Type Table.
    For more information, see the discussion about creating GL transaction type tables in My MATRIXX Help.
  6. To create a new account 1 table, in the GL Transaction Type Tables tab, click New GL Account 1 Table.
    For more information, see the discussion about creating GL account tables in My MATRIXX Help.
  7. To create a new account 2 table, in the GL Transaction Type Tables tab, click New GL Account 2 Table.
    For more information, see the discussion about creating GL account tables in My MATRIXX Help.