The Generate Default Account Process
Oracle Projects provides a default Account Generator process, called Generate Default Account. This process is called from the Oracle Payables invoice entry windows to generate the invoice charge account. You must customize this process or create a new one, using the Oracle Workflow Builder. If you use the Generate Default Account Process without customizing it, the process returns an error message.
To customize the process, you replace the function named "Dummy Default Account Generator" (which is Node 2 in the diagram below) with your customized procedure for account generation.
If you want to create a new process to meet your company's needs, use the Oracle Workflow Builder to create a new process, or copy the existing default process and change its name. You must then assign the process to the Accounting Flexifield structure. See: Assigning an Account Generator Process to an Accounting Flexfield Structure.
The Generate Default Account process consists of five activity nodes. In the workflow diagram shown below, the process activity nodes are numbered for reference in the descriptions that follow. The numbered circles are not part of the process diagram.
Start Generating Code Combination (Node 1)
This is a standard activity that marks the start of the process.
Dummy Default Account Generator (Node 2)
In its original (shipped) configuration, this activity returns an error message. In order for this process to return an account code combination, you must replace this function with your customized procedure for account generation.
This activity has two possible outcomes:
- If the function fails, the process branches to Node 3.
- If the function succeeds, the process branches to Node 4.
Abort Generating Code Combinations (Node 3)
This activity ends the code combination process after a failure of the function in Node 2.
Validate Code Combination (Node 4)
This node contains the standard Flexfield function for validating a code combination. For this function to work, the attribute value New code combinations must be set to True.
End Generating Code Combination (Node 5)
This activity ends the code combination generation process.
