After defining document sequences, you must assign a specific sequence to an application and category. If you enabled the Ledger and/or Method Document Flexfield segments, you can also assign sequences based on the ledger and/or creation method of the document.

You can assign sequence numbers to journal entries, but only to those journals created for actual transactions. You can choose to assign sequence numbers to journal entries that General Ledger automatically creates, or to journal entries you enter manually in the Enter Journals window. General Ledger automatically creates journal entries for actual transactions when you perform the following tasks:

• Import Journals

• Reverse Journals

• Revalue Balances

• Generate Recurring Journals

• Generate MassAllocation Journals

• Consolidate Ledgers

• Eliminations

You can assign only one active document sequence scheme to each unique combination of Application, Category, Ledger, and Method. However, you can assign the same document sequence to more than one combination of Application, Category, Ledger, and Method.

Prerequisite

• Define your document sequences.

To assign document sequences:

1. Navigate to the Sequence Assignments window.

2. Enter the Application that generates the documents you want to number. For General Ledger, enter Oracle General Ledger.

3. Select the Category of the journals you want to number.

4. Enter a Start Date for the sequence assignment. Once you define a sequence assignment, you cannot change the Start Date.

5. Enter an optional End Date. If you enter an end date and define your sequence assignment, the end date cannot be modified later. If you leave this field blank, your sequence assignment does not expire.

   Note: If you enter start and end dates, you can only use your sequence assignment to assign document numbers to journal entries for which the journal effective date falls between the start and end dates.

   If there is no end date defined and there are no active assignments for a sequence, you can disable the sequence assignment by entering the current date as the end date. Once disabled, you cannot reactivate a sequence assignment.

6. Enter a Sequence name. You can only choose document sequences that you defined for the application you specified.