Creating Payables Business Units Using Business Unit Management

The Business Unit Management feature allows you to setup General Ledger and sub-ledger business units using the PeopleTools Activity Guide. It combines the most common components used to create General Ledger and sub-ledger business units into a single location so that you can use one central component.

The activity guide combines the most common components used to create General Ledger and sub-ledger business units into a single location so that you can use one central component. For additional information on the Business Unit Management activity guide, see Managing Business Units

You can create Payables business units using the Payables Definition step on the business unit management activity guide. You can create an AP business unit only if the detail ledger is attached to the GL business unit.

Note: The procurement accounting control details are copied from the source General Ledger business unit. If you are creating a new General Ledger business unit, then you use the GL business unit of the first row in the grid to create procurement accounting control details.

Follow these steps to create Payables business units using the Business Unit Management feature:

  1. Enable the Business Unit Management feature for Payables by selecting Accounts Payable on the Source System Page.

  2. Create a new ledger using the Create New Ledger Page.

  3. Enter basic business unit information using the Basic Information page.

  4. (Optional) Define additional business unit information - such as incremental calculation method - using advanced features.

  5. Define ledgers for a business unit using the Ledgers For A Unit Page.

  6. Define Payables defintions and specify its default processing options using the Payables Definition Page and Business Unit Definition Page.

Page Name

Definition Name

Usage

Payables Definition Page

AP_BU_COPY_FL

Search, modify, add, and copy Payables business units.

Business Unit Definition Page

BUS_UNT_TBL_AP1_FL

Create a Payables business unit.

Use the Payables Definition page (AP_BU_COPY_FL) to search, modify, add, and copy Payables business units.

Navigation

PeopleSoft Home > Finance & Accounting > Business Unit Management tile > Create New Ledger > Basic Information > Payables Definition

This example illustrates the fields and controls on the Business Unit Management - Payables Definition page.

Payables Definition

Field or Control

Description

Copy From Business Unit

Enter an AP business unit from which the new business unit will be copied.

New Business Unit

Enter a name for the new AP business unit.

Description and Short Description

Enter a description and a short description for the new AP business unit. These are mandatory fields.

Status

Displays the status of the AP business unit. The available options are:

  • Initiated

  • Created

Create

Click to create a new AP business unit.

Review

Click to update the Payables Definition and Procurement Control options. Review button is available only after the AP business unit is created.

For more information on Payables Definition page, see Defining PeopleSoft Payables Business Units. See Defining Procurement Controls for General Ledger Business Units for additional information on Procurement Control page.

You can use the Questionnaire page to answer the first set of questions that determine which steps are displayed in the activity guide.

This example illustrates the fields and controls on the Questionnaire page.

Questionnaire page

For more information see, Questionnaire Page

Use the Business Unit Definition page (BUS_UNT_TBL_AP1_FL) to create a Payables business unit.

Navigation:

PeopleSoft Home > Finance & Accounting > Business Unit Management tile > Create New Ledger > Basic Information > Payables Definition

Click Review button to update the Payable Definition.

This example illustrates the Business Unit Definition page.

Payable BU Definition

See the Payables Definition - Definition Page for field definitions.

For field definitions of the other tabs, see the following:

Use the Procurement Control page (BUS_UNIT_INFC1_FL) to define the procurement controls.

Navigation:

PeopleSoft Home > Finance & Accounting > Business Unit Management tile > Create New Ledger > Basic Information > Payables Definition

Click Review button to update the Procurement Controls.

This example illustrates the Procurement Control page (1 of 2).

Payable Procurement Control (1 of 2)

This example illustrates the Procurement Control page (2 of 2).

Payable Procurement Control (2 of 2)

See the Procurement Control - General Controls Page for field definitions.

For field definitions of the other tabs, see the following: