Account Code Structure
Ohio University uses Oracle Applications as their Financial Management System (FMS).
FMS Segment Values can be found by following this link: FMS Segment Values
The account code structure for a department/program/project is:
| FUND TYPE | FUND | ORGANIZATION | NATURAL
ACCOUNT | PROJECT | TASK |
| XXX | XXXX | XXXXX | XXXXXX | XXXXXXXXX | XX.XX.XX |
The Fund Type segment is designated as the balancing segment within the account code structure. It is used to distinguish between the University and Foundation within FMS. Its main purpose within each of these entities is to group types of funds together.
| FUND TYPE | FUND | ORGANIZATION | NATURAL
ACCOUNT | PROJECT | TASK |
| XXX | XXXX | XXXXX | XXXXXX | XXXXXXXXX | XX.XX.XX |
The Fund segment differentiates between the pools of money that are used to record revenue and expenditures.
| FUND TYPE | FUND | ORGANIZATION | NATURAL
ACCOUNT | PROJECT | TASK |
| XXX | XXXX | XXXXX | XXXXXX | XXXXXXXXX | XX.XX.XX |
The Organization segment represents the core departments within the University.
| FUND TYPE | FUND | ORGANIZATION | NATURAL
ACCOUNT | PROJECT | TASK |
| XXX | XXXX | XXXXX | XXXXXX | XXXXXXXXX | XX.XX.XX |
The Natural Account segment is used to properly classify all accounting transactions. It is used to indicate whether an accounting line is recorded as an expense, revenue, asset, or liability.
| FUND TYPE | FUND | ORGANIZATION | NATURAL
ACCOUNT | PROJECT | TASK |
| XXX | XXXX | XXXXX | XXXXXX | XXXXXXXXX | XX.XX.XX |
The Project segment is used to capture costs of programs/projects/activities of the core departments (organization segment) within the University. It is also the link to the Project Accounting module for those accounts that utilize it.
| FUND TYPE | FUND | ORGANIZATION | NATURAL
ACCOUNT | PROJECT | TASK |
| XXX | XXXX | XXXXX | XXXXXX | XXXXXXXXX | XX.XX.XX |
The Task segment is used in the Project Accounting (PA) module to take the accounting of a transaction to a finer level of detail. This segment is used in the PA module ONLY, which is currently only utilized for grant, contract, and plant fund accounts.
