General Ledger Posting uses the journal source and category conversion rules to determine the journals (based on journal source and category combinations) to automatically convert to this reporting currency.

Journal sources identify the origin of journal entry transactions, such as Purchasing or Payables. Journal categories describe the purpose of journal entries, such as purchase requisitions or purchase orders.

Specifying a journal source and category combination and selecting Yes in the Convert Journals to this Reporting Currency field instructs the General Ledger Posting program to automatically convert those journals to this reporting currency when they are posted in the source ledger.

The journal source and category Other represents all other journal sources and categories other than those explicitly defined.

• To convert the majority of journals to this reporting currency, specify Yes for the Other journal source and category and then select No for the journal source and category combinations that you do not want converted.

• If you do not want the majority of the journals to be automatically converted to this reporting currency, specify No for the Other journal source and category and then selectively add those journal source and category combinations that you do want converted.

The journal sources Move/Merge and Move/Merge Reversal are set to No because they are not converted to the reporting currency using General Ledger Posting. They are automatically converted to the reporting currency when performing a move/merge or move/merge reversal in the source ledger. This means that if you use Mass Maintenance to move or merge balances between accounts in the source ledger, the same accounts are moved or merged in the reporting currency.