Using account symbols instead of general ledger accounts in the transaction messages of the business applications of an enterprise

摘要

Systems and methods for using account symbols instead of general ledger accounts in the accounting documents generated by the business applications running in an enterprise environment are described. A correspondence between account symbols and general ledger accounts is defined and stored in a memory of a computer system. A business application generates accounting entries using account symbols instead of general ledger accounts. The generated account messages are received at an accounting application through an inbound interface. The account symbols in the accounting entries are replaced with the corresponding general ledger accounts. Financial documents are generated at the receiving accounting application based on the financial entries.