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1. The General Ledger Setup can be accessed from Departments à Financial

    Management à Administration à Setup à General Ledger Setup.

3. Checking or unchecking the Self-balance Fund checkbox, will generate the following confirmation message

    as this actions has financial implications. 

1. Journal Templates can be accessed from Departments à Financial

    Management à Setup à General à Administration à General Journal Templates.

2. On every template, make sure the Force Balance by Fund is unchecked where you want system    self

    balancing entries to be created. If you leave Force Balance by Fund checked, the initial General Journal entry

    with different Funds will not be allowed to post.

1. Source Code can be accessed from Departments à Financial Management à Administration à Trail Codes.

2. Once an element (Fund, Dimension, and/or Grant) has been designated as self-balancing, you can designate

    via Source Codes that a specific transaction source is not subject to self-balancing (i.e. no due-from/due-to

    entries will be created).

1. Funds can be accessed from   Departments à Administration à Setup à Funds à List à Funds.

2. The Self-balance Fund checkbox is read -only and will be selected for all funds if the Self-balance Fund

    checkbox on General Ledger Setup is checked and un-selected if it is not checked.   This controls if due-from

    and due-to entries are created for transactions that cross a Fund. Refer to the Fund Overview Procedure

    Document for additional information on how to setup Funds.

1. Dimension can be accessed from Departments à Financial Management à 

    Setup à Administration à Dimensions.

2. Select the Self-balance Dimension checkbox to control if due-from and due-to entries are created for

    transactions that cross a dimension value for that Dimension.  Refer to the GL Dimensions and Dimension

    Value Procedure Document for additional information on how to setup Dimensions.

1. Grants are created/managed from Departments à Financial Management à Cash

    Management à Lists à Grants.  Refer to the Grant Overview Procedure Document for more information on

    how to setup Grants.

2. Select a Grant from the list by clicking on the  Home Tab of the Ribbon and then selecting Edit.  On the

    Posting FastTab of the Grant Card, select the Self-balance Grant checkbox to control if due-from and due-to

    entries are created for transactions that cross a Grant.

1. Bank Accounts are created/managed from Departments à Financial Management à Cash

    Management à Lists à Bank Accounts.

2. Select a Bank Account from the list by clicking on the   Home Tab of the Ribbon and then selecting Edit.  On

    the Posting FastTab of the Bank Account Card, select the select the Utilize for Self-balancing Inf field

    checkbox to utilize the Fund and/or Dimensions attached to a Bank Account to control if due-from and due

    to entries are created for this Bank Account.  Refer to the Bank Account Procedure Document for more

    information on how to setup a Bank Account.

1. Self-Balancing applies to Funds, Dimensions, and/or Grants.   When a transactions is posted to the General

    Ledger that crosses two self-balancing elements, Ceres automatically creates the necessary due-from and

    due-To entries.    The following is a General Journal Entry where Funds are self-balanced is set:

2. The following entries are created when the journal entry is posted.  You can see in the highlighted rows that

    the Due To/From entries were automatically created to balance the journal by the Fund No.