While you can set up your Oracle General Ledger application in many different ways, and defer optional set up steps until you are ready to use the corresponding functionality, we recommend you use the order suggested in the following flowchart:

Some of the steps outlined in this flowchart and setup checklist are Required and some are Optional. You need to perform Optional steps only if you plan to use the related feature or complete certain business functions.

The following setup steps are a high level overview of the setup steps related to Oracle General Ledger and Accounting Setup Manager. The detailed steps are listed on the following pages.