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GLINAMES


                             GLINAMES FILE

                     General Ledger Interface Names

The General Ledger Interface Names file contains accounting unit information
defined in GL61.1 (Acct Unit Interface Maint) when you are converting from a
non-Lawson system to the Lawson General Ledger system.


REFERENCED BY

GL261

UPDATED BY

GL161     GL61.1

FIELD NAME             DESCRIPTION/VALID VALUES                  UPDATED BY

GNI-COMPANY            Numeric 4                                 GL61.1
Element: Company       The company number as defined in GL10.1
                       (Company).


GNI-ACCT-UNIT          Alpha 15                                  GL61.1
Element: Accounting UniThe accounting unit is a shorthand
                       notation representing the variable level
                       number. When used in the General Ledger
                       Account Master file, the accounting unit
                       must be defined in the General Ledger
                       Names file as a posting accounting unit.


GNI-LEVEL-ONE          Numeric 15                                GL61.1
Element: Level One     Accounting unit level one where
                       accounting information is transferred.


GNI-LEVEL-TWO          Numeric 15                                GL61.1
Element: Level Two     Accounting unit level two where
                       accounting information is transferred
                       to.


GNI-LEVEL-THREE        Numeric 15                                GL61.1
Element: Level Three   Accounting unit level three where
                       accounting information is transferred
                       to.


GNI-LEVEL-FOUR         Numeric 15                                GL61.1
Element: Level Four    Accounting unit level four where
                       accounting information is transferred
                       to.


GNI-LEVEL-FIVE         Numeric 15                                GL61.1
Element: Level Five    Accounting unit level five where
                       accounting information is transferred
                       to.


GNI-DESCRIPTION        Alpha 30  (Lower Case)                    GL61.1
Element: Description   This is the level description.

GNI-CHART-SECTION      Alpha 1                                   GL61.1
Element: Chart Section The chart section available to the
                       accounting unit. Valid values are
                       Balance Sheet or Income Statement.


GNI-CURRENCY-CODE      Alpha 5                                   GL61.1
Element: Currency Code This field contains the company's base
                       currency code as defined in CU01.1
                       (Currency Code).


GNI-PERSON-RESP        Alpha 15  (Lower Case)                    GL61.1
Element: Person Responsible

GNI-ACTIVE-STATUS      Alpha 1                                   GL61.1
Element: Active        The status of the account. If Inactive,
                       no posting can be done to the account.

GNI-POSTING-FLAG       Alpha 1                                   GL61.1
Element: Posting       Indicates if posting is allowed for
                       this account.


GNI-EFFECTIVE-DATE     Numeric 8  (yyyymmdd)                     GL61.1
Element: Date          The posting effective date.

                         GLINAMES FILE INDEX

NAME      KEY FIELDS    DESCRIPTION / SUBSET CONDITION           USED IN

GNISET1   COMPANY                                                GL161   GL261
          ACCT-UNIT                                              GL61.1

GNISET2   COMPANY       KeyChange                                GL161   GL261
          LEVEL-ONE                                              GL61.1
          LEVEL-TWO
          LEVEL-THREE
          LEVEL-FOUR
          LEVEL-FIVE
          ACCT-UNIT