Transfer General Ledger Balances to Essbase program - FAQ

Question: 1
Is it necessary to run the 'Transfer General Ledger Balances to Essbase' program after loading a new account segment hierarchy or after enabling segment security on an account segment?

Answer
When a new hierarchy is created for a segment or security is enabled on a segment of the accounting flexfield it's not necessary to run the Transfer General Ledger Balances to Essbase program. Those changes will be reflected in the cube by publishing the hierarchy of the segment. You can use the Publish Account Hierarchies page to Publish Account Hierarchies pushing the changed settings to the Essbase cube

Question: 2
What is the program "Transfer General Ledger Balances to Essbase program" used for?

Answer
Oracle Essbase is embedded within Oracle Fusion General Ledger and provides multidimensional balances cubes. Every time a transaction or journal is posted in General Ledger, the balances cubes are updated at the same time, therefore the program "Transfer General Ledger Balances to Essbase" is only run manually in exceptional cases which can range from the cube creation program not completing successfully or issues with the open period program. Those instances should be reviewed on a case by case bases

Question: 3
The Transfer General Ledger Balances to Essbase shows an unexpected value in the list of values (LOV) for the Starting Period parameter. What values should appear in the LOV for this parameter?

Answer
By definition, the LOV of the Starting Period parameter shows the first-ever open period and the first period of each calendar year that has been opened

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