This PPT is reference to Misclassification in Value field on oracle system. It contains the events where we might get indication that an account was misclassified, Steps to be performed to rectify the misclassification, Impact of steps, seeded report in Oracle system from which we can find the misclassified account report. During the presentation, Please consider the following example and notes - Slide 6 - In Incorrect Cash account we have three transaction viz.. A. 12000 salary paid B. 12000 Lease receipt C. 15000 commission Received. Ultimately at the end of the period we have 15000 Rs. Debit balance in Cash account according to our manual books and same amount system is showing to us. Slide 10 -Lets take a example , we have a customer for which I created a value field and where I took segment qualifier as liability instead of assets. Now during the year we have transaction viz.. Sale of 15,00,000 Rs. 2) Payment received 3,50000 Rs. 3) Provision @ 10%. So now our final balance should be 10,35,000 Rs. But as we took Segment qualifier incorrect our understanding says that it should be with negative sign- lets see how oracle shows it Slide 12 Now its again a complex task to identify that our retained earning is correct or not ,if the error is not so material or not making any impact on Final statements. But when we go in deep and check the account balance we can easily find the mis-classified account. In our Scenario we can find that here we don’t have any balance in cash account that’s not possible in normal case, hence we have to check the value field, whether all value field are correct or not. Thank you.

1. Rectification of Misclassification (Value Field)
Presented by – Sourabh Vijayvargeeya
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2. Misclassification- A value that contains a incorrect qualifier
details in its definition.
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3. Why do misclassified accounts exist in Oracle ?
A. When account value was added in value field form, an incorrect
qualifier was chosen.
B. After the code combination was created with particular account
type, natural account was changed to another type of account
using value field form.
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4. At which stage we can find that an account is misclassified?
 A) Entry Time
 B) Account Inquiry
 C) Summary Accounts
 D) Via Reports (Trial Balance, FSG Reports)
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5. Entry Time- 5
Here We can observe that System allow
us to do entry with misclassified account
i.e. Cash Account with account type
“Expenses” (5101)

6. Account Inquiry- 6
Again In account inquiry form we are
able to see the correct balance for
cash account. (Refer example in notes)

7. Summary Account - 7
We also can see the correct balance of
cash account in summary template as
well. (Refer Previous Example)

8. Reports – 1. Trial Balance 8
Trial balance is showing same balance
as Summary Template. (Refer Previous Example)

9. Reports – 2. FSG Reports 9

10. What if we take Different Behavior account type i.e. Assets
to Liability or Revenue to Expenses
A. Oracle doesn’t make any difference between liability and
assets at the time of transaction recording, Hence it will
show the right amount in the account irrespective of
account type in account qualifier (Value field form).
B. In oracle some field have validation rule i.e. in that
particular field if we are putting a account then its account
type must be of that type as it have in validation rule. (E.g.
account selection at the time of purchasing.)
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11. What if we take Different Behavior account type i.e. Assets to
Liability or Revenue to Expenses
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12. So What is the first sign that one account is Misclassified?
 When opening a new fiscal year if the retained earnings account does not reflect
the correct figures, there is a strong possibility one or more accounts could be
misclassified.
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Here we can observe that Cash account isn’t
have any closing balance and Retained
earning is also not showing correct figure.
Hence these type of error indicates that there
might be a misclassified account.

13. How can we check Misclassified Value
– 1. Chart of Account- Segment Value Listing
 Navigation – View>Request>Submit new Request > Chart of
Account- Segment Value Listing
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In this report it’s clearly visible that a customer
account type is liability that supposed to be
assets, So we can say that this account was
misclassified.

14. How can we check Misclassified Value
– 1. By using Diagnostic Test
 Navigation - Responsibilities > System Administrator > Diagnostics >
Diagnostic Test
 Form Navigation – Select application(General Ledger) > Accounts >
mis-classified>execute.
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15. Result By Diagnostic Test (Misclassified Req.) 15
In diagnostic test report we can
see misclassified account detail
as well as misclassified balances.

16. How to Correct Misclassified Account
 By Correction In Segment qualifier Account Type & Run the
Program - Inherit Segment Value Attributes ?
 we can’t update the earlier record by this request in oracle, for updating the code
combination of mis-classified account in Gl_Account we have to run the database
script using SQL table.
 Reason –Why we can’t update the attribute by this request-
 This is to avoid the problems that would be caused If the Inheritance program was run
against an Account that had been wrong in the previous year. The segment value
attributes which can be propagated to the related account code combinations are:
enabled/disabled flag, effective dates, allow posting and allow budgeting.
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17. GL_Account code combination 17

18. Steps to correct balances for a misclassified
account:
 Reopen the last period of your prior fiscal year, if it is closed.
 Create a journal entry that brings the misclassified account balance to zero for the last day of the
last period of your prior fiscal year. Use a temporary account such as Suspense for the offsetting
amount.
 Post the journal entry on the last day of the last period of your prior fiscal year.
 Verify that the misclassified account balance is zero by reviewing account balances online or in
reports.
 Correct the account type of the misclassified account by changing the segment value qualifiers.
General Ledger prevents you from changing the account type unless you first unfreeze all account
structures that reference your account segment using the Key Flexfield Segments window.
 Ask your System Administrator to correct the account type of all accounts referencing the
misclassified account by updating the ACCOUNT_TYPE column in the GL_CODE_COMBINATIONS
table using SQL*Plus.
 Restore the misclassified account balance by reversing the journal entry you posted in Step 3
above. Reverse the journal entry into the last day of the same period that it was originally posted
 Review the corrected account balances online or in reports.
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19. After Rectification Result 19
So we can see that after
completing the all rectification
steps we are able to see correct
balance in next year reports

20. After Rectification Result (Gl_Code) 20
In same way GL code
combination account type has
also changed.

21. Thank You
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