G/L Accounts codes are short names or abbreviations that point to a more detailed account or account mask.

Users less familiar with accounting systems and general ledger accounts usually find G/L account codes simpler to work with than account numbers.

G/L Accounts data is stored in the [P2K_CM_GL_ACCOUNTS] table.

;G/L Company: This field identifies the GL company for which the GL Account Codes are being defined. GL_Company_Code is a 16-character alphanumeric mandatory field you must manually enter or use the LOV (F9) to choose their option.

;G/L Account:This field provides the name or abbreviation for a general ledger account that uniquely identifies it to the organization. G/L account codes include items such as expense accounts for labor, salary, wages, benefits, payroll taxes, and fringe costs, liability accounts for taxes, benefits, and other sundry liabilities, and payroll clearing accounts, bank accounts, suspense accounts, etc. GL_Account_Code is a 16 character alphanumeric mandatory field you must manually enter.

!Accounting Information
;Description:This field shows the user defined description of the purpose of the account. Description is a 50 character alphanumeric optional field you may manually enter.
;Journal Type:This field indicates that the GL account code posts to either a financial or a statistical journal. Journal_Type is a mandatory fixed lexicon ([X_JOURNAL_TYPE])
;Account Type:This field catagorizes the account into a specific type. Account type is used for sorting and query purposes. Asset, Liability (CR), Equity, Revenue, or Expense (DR) Most accounts will be Liability (CR) or Expense (DR). Account_Type is a mandatory fixed lexicon ([X_ACCOUNT_TYPE])
;Account Usage:Indicates the purpose of the account, for example, as an expense, liability, clearing or other special type of account.
|General Expenses (DR)\\0010| - indicates that the amount is to be journalized as ‘Expenses’\\ - Expense (DR) amount is posted exactly as the amount specified, positive\\ or negative. \\- these are normally wages (that make up gross) and ER contributions of\\company benefit\\ - need to be indicated on Pay Component (IPPC) form as ‘Debit Account’\\in order to be posted as a expense
|General Liability (CR)\\0020|- indicates that the amount is to be journalized as ‘Liabilities’\\ - Liability (CR) amount will be negated and then posted\\- these are normally EE deductions and ER contributions for company\\benefits \\- need to be indicated on Pay Component (IPPC) form as ‘Credit Account’\\in order to be posted as a liability
|EAS Work Type \\0030|- indicates to use the GL account code to concatenate with the assignment's\\work type and then further retrieve the distribution mask by this \\GL account and work type from IDGA form \\E.G. GL Account = 'SAT O/T WAGES\\ 'EAS Work Type = '10' means 'Booth set up' \\then use 'SAT O/T WAGES10' to retrieve Distribution Mask from IDGA
|Payroll Suspense 0101|- to hold amount not journalized correctly \\- to force balance the Financial Journal \\ - Payroll Suspense will be posted at Employee/Pay# level for the user to\\review the Suspense amount to locate problems for re-run
|Labor Clearing 0102|- to balance Labor GL entries during 'Journalize Labor' (UPLG)\\- to clear Labor GL entries during 'Journalize Pays' (UPGL)\\- only those GL accounts with the 'Pre Payroll' toggle set to ON will be\\accumulated to 'Labor Clearing'