Other Accumulator 1 & 2 (OA1 & OA2) ChartFields

Design

Other Accumulator 1 & 2 are used to track optional agency reporting, cost pools, expenditures, revenues, or other specific use. Other Accumulator 1 values are five (5) characters in length, and Other Accumulator 2 values are ten (10) characters in length. Both are established as appropriate by each agency. A design consideration to establish new Other Accumulator ChartField values is to further subclassify a financial transaction that has not already been accommodated by other statewide ChartFields or the remaining agency-specific ChartFields.

The following design considerations are applied when defining an Other Accumulator value in Florida PALM:

• Other Accumulator values are GL Business Unit specific and only available for use by the associated GL Business Unit; these values are not shared across agencies.
• Other Accumulator values must be unique within a GL Business Unit but may be duplicated across GL Business Units.
• Other Accumulator values are consistently used by an agency.
• Other Accumulator is not required on transactions.

Assumptions

The following assumptions are considered when defining an Other Accumulator:

• Agencies follow internal agency-specific procedures to establish Other Accumulator 1 & 2 values.
• Agencies define the most critical use of the Other Accumulator fields to capture financial data for reporting purposes. The identified critical use should be the primary use of the ChartField across the agency.
• The ChartField Structure Request will include the Other Accumulator ChartFields.

Maintenance

Other Accumulator 1 & 2 values are maintained by each agency. Agencies can add or modify Other Accumulator values.

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