GLICHART – General Ledger Interface Chart

System
General Ledger Setup (IF)
Prefix
GCI
Primary key
CHART-NAME, SEQ-NUMBER
Fields
27
Updated by
2 programs
Referenced by
1 program

GLICHART is the General Ledger Interface Chart table in Lawson General Ledger Setup (prefix GCI). It is indexed by CHART-NAME, SEQ-NUMBER (GCISET1); alternate indexes: GCISET2. It is updated by GL160 and GL60.1 and referenced by GL260. The table has 27 fields, 2 indexes and 0 documented relations.

About GLICHART

The General Ledger Chart Interface file contains the information needed to create chart, summary, and detail records in the Lawson General Ledger system when converting from a non-Lawson system defined in GL60.1 (Chart Interface Maintenance).

Fields (27)

Column = COBOL field name without the GCI- prefix, hyphens → underscores. Derived fields are computed by the application and are not stored.

Field / columnTypeDescription & valuesUpdated by
GCI-CHART-NAME PK
CHART_NAME
Alpha 12This is the name you assigned to the chart of accounts when you defined your company structure in the General Ledger system.GL160, GL60.1
GCI-SEQ-NUMBER PK
SEQ_NUMBER
Numeric 6A unique number assigned to each transaction to be interfaced into the Lawson system.GL160, GL60.1
GCI-CHART-SECTION
CHART_SECTION
Alpha 1The chart section where accounts are placed. Valid values are Balance Sheet or Income Statement.GL160, GL60.1
GCI-SUM-DET-ACCT
SUM_DET_ACCT
Alpha 12The number that identifies the account.GL160, GL60.1
GCI-RECORD-TYPE
RECORD_TYPE
Alpha 1This field identifies the type of record defined. Valid values are:
  • S Summary
  • D Detail
GL160, GL60.1
GCI-DEPTH
DEPTH
Numeric 2The account depth that determines the order of account totaling. For example, each account assigned a depth of 2 totals to the previous account assigned a depth of 1. Valid values are 1 through 9.GL160, GL60.1
GCI-ACCOUNT-DESC
ACCOUNT_DESC
Alpha 60 (Lower Case)The account description.GL160, GL60.1
GCI-SIGN-CODE
SIGN_CODE
Alpha 1Indicates if a negative sign can be used next to a positive amount.GL160, GL60.1
GCI-SPACE-CODE
SPACE_CODE
Numeric 1Indicates the number of spaces you want to advance after the account appears on a report.GL160, GL60.1
GCI-UNITS-CODE
UNITS_CODE
Alpha 1Indicated whether units are allowed for the account.GL160, GL60.1
GCI-ACTIVITY-REQ
ACTIVITY_REQ
Alpha 1Indicates if an Activity Code is required.GL160, GL60.1
GCI-ACTIVE-STATUS
ACTIVE_STATUS
Alpha 1The status of the account. If Inactive, no posting can be done to the account.GL160, GL60.1
GCI-ACCT-CATEGORY
ACCT_CATEGORY
Alpha 5Account categories are groupings of costs, revenues, or a combination of both used for reporting and inquiries for activities in the Activity Management system. All transactions are posted to an account category within an activity. You can assign a specific General Ledger account or range of accounts (company, accounting unit, account, and subaccount) that make up the transactions posted to an account category using AC07.1 (Account Assignment). Period-to-date, year-to-date, and life-to-date balances are maintained by account category for activities. Account categories must be assigned to activities before you do any budgeting or transaction processing. Valid account category types are: cost revenue accrual pass thruGL160, GL60.1
GCI-DAILY-BALANCE
DAILY_BALANCE
Alpha 1GL160, GL60.1
GCI-DYNAMIC-LIST
DYNAMIC_LIST
Alpha 12Attribute categories are selection parameters used to build a list of objects (accounting units). Attribute categories and values are the basis of the selection and sorting. A attribute list can then be used for reporting on and processing objects.GL160, GL60.1
GCI-POSTING-LEVEL
POSTING_LEVEL
Alpha 1The posting level identifies where transactions are summarized for posting during conversion. You can select Summary or Detail.GL160, GL60.1
GCI-SUB-ACCT-TMPLT
SUB_ACCT_TMPLT
Alpha 12GL160, GL60.1
GCI-CURRENCY-CODE
CURRENCY_CODE
Alpha 5This field contains the company base currency code established in Company (GL10.1 ).GL160, GL60.1
GCI-UNARY-OPER
UNARY_OPER
Alpha 1The mathematical operation to consolidate amounts for a natural balance. Valid values are Add, subtract, multiply, and divide. The default is Add. Only used by the OLAP environment.GL160, GL60.1
GCI-NAT-BALANCE
NAT_BALANCE
Alpha 1This field determines whether the natural balance is a Debit or Credit. This field is not required. This is only used by the OLAP environment.GL60.1
GCI-CURR-CONTROL
CURR_CONTROL
Alpha 1This field determines whether transactions that have a different account currency are allowed. If Yes, only transactions with the same account currency code are allowed.GL60.1
GCI-REVALUE
REVALUE
Alpha 1This field indicates whether to revalue account balances to account for currency rate changes.GL60.1
GCI-SL-ACCT-FLAG
SL_ACCT_FLAG
Alpha 1This flag determines whether user analysis values can be assigned to a specific account. You can select Yes, No, or use the Summary Account selection. " " = Sum Acct Default
  • Y Yes
  • N No
GL60.1
GCI-LEDGER-GROUP
LEDGER_GROUP
Alpha 15This is the Multi-Book Ledger Group. The ledger is established in Ledger Setup (ML10). This field indicates that the ledgers within the group are valid for the account.GL60.1
GCI-GL-BUD-FL
GL_BUD_FL
Alpha 1GL60.1
GCI-GL-ACCT-TYPE
GL_ACCT_TYPE
Numeric 2
  • 01 Asset
  • 02 Liability
  • 03 Equity
  • 04 Revenue
  • 05 Expense
  • 06 Statistical
GL60.1
GCI-XBRL-TAG-ID
XBRL_TAG_ID
Alpha 60GL60.1

Indexes (2)

Keys marked * are descending. Every documented Lawson index is unique unless flagged Duplicates; Subset indexes carry a Where condition.

IndexKeysFlagsConditionUsed in
GCISET1CHART-NAME, SEQ-NUMBERPrimaryGL160, GL260, GL60.1
GCISET2SUM-DET-ACCT, CHART-NAME, SEQ-NUMBERKeyChangeGL160, GL60.1

Programs

Updated by (2)

Referenced by (1)