Use the Process allocation requestform to process an allocation rule and create an allocation journal. You can create a journal to group a chronological list of transactions, in the form of debits and credits, for a particular account or group of accounts.

Before you can process an allocation rule and create an allocations journal, you must create the allocation rule using the Ledger allocation ruleform. For more information, refer to Create an allocation rule.

1. Click General ledger> Periodic> Process allocation request.

2. Select an allocation rule for processing.

3. Select the date from which to use ledger amounts for allocating.

4. Select the date to post the allocation to the general ledger.

5. Select the action to occur when the allocation process produces a zero amount to be allocated.

   • Select Processto continue with the allocation process and create destination distributions, where applicable.

   • Select Stopto stop the allocation process and display a message that indicates that a zero source amount is selected.

6. Select a proposal option to save journal details or to post the allocation results directly to the ledger.

   • Select Proposal onlyto save journal details. You can view the allocation journal before you post in the Journalform ( General ledger> Journals> Allocation).

   • Select Post onlyto post the allocation results directly to the ledger.

7. Click OKto create an allocation journal.