Setting Up AAIs for Posting Balances by Currency

AAI item PBCxx defines the account ranges that the system uses to track and post balances by currency in the Account Balances table (F0902). If you post balances by currency for a company, you must set up AAI item PBCxx and select the Post Balance by Currency check box in the Company Names & Numbers program (P0010).

When you set up account ranges for PBCxx, do not include the retained earnings account (AAI item GLG4) in any of the account ranges. If you include the retained earnings account, the Annual Close program (R098201) might create duplicate records for balance forward amounts in the F0902 table.

These rules apply to AAI item PBCxx:

• The system uses the account number ranges assigned to AAI items PBCxx to post balances by currency.

• xx represents both the beginning and ending of a set of ranges.

  For example, PBC01 represents the first account in a range and PCB02 represents the last account in a range.

• Ranges cannot be skipped and must be in sequential order:

  • 01–02 = first range of accounts

  • 03–04 = second range of accounts

• Set up ranges for each company; they must be company-specific.