Accounts Payable (AP) Default PTAs are PTAs assigned for an organization (org) to capture non-salary transactions when they fail to post successfully to their original PTA.
When a new org is created, as part of the organization code hierarchy administered by the University Budget Office, the department must supply a PTA to be mapped as the designated AP Default PTA. To learn or change the AP Default PTA for an org, see Learn About: Suspense Account Query Tool.
When non-salary transactions fail to post successfully to their original PTA, they are posted to the AP Default PTA. They can then be moved via the iJournals system to a valid PTA. If the AP Default PTA has award type "clearing," departments are required to clear balances back to zero in a timely manner (optimally this is every month or reconciliation cycle).
Typical Transactions Which Post to AP Default PTAs:
- Failed AP Invoice transactions (see Topic Overview: Purchase Order Invoice Processing)
- Intercompany charges, such as for UIT Services
- Force-cleared advances (see Topic Overview: Managing Aging and Outstanding Expense Transactions)
To avoid failed non-salary transactions, preparers should confirm that the following requirements are met:
- Award status is active or at risk
- Project status is active
- Task is chargeable
- Transaction Expenditure Item Date (EID) is within the most restrictive PTA start and stop date.
- Expenditure type is not excluded via a transaction control on the project or task.
Refer to Topic Overview: View PTA Details for Oracle Business Intelligence (OBI) reporting tools that can be used to research PTA details.
Identify and Clear Transactions
Use the OBI Consolidated Expenditure Reporting Dashboard > Home Tab to review all transactions that have been posted to the organization's AP Default PTA year to date. If the report shows transactions that have not been cleared, i.e., the summary section balance is not zero, then refer to the details section and use the iJournals system to move uncleared charge(s) to appropriate PTA(s).
Prevent Future Postings
Generally, it is best practice to keep transaction processing times short to avoid having PTAs become invalid during the approval process. Preventing future charges to the clearing PTA depends on the type of transaction that failed to post successfully. For each posting to the AP Default PTA, research the situation that gave rise to the posting.
- AP Invoices: These charges are identified by the Expenditure Transaction Source Long Name = APINV-AP Invoice. Use the OBI Procure to Pay Dashboard > Invalid PTAs Tab to find all open purchase orders on PTAs that are already or will soon be closed preventing further charges from posting. See How To: Change a PTA on an Approved Purchase Order for more information.
- UIT Services: These charges are identified by the Expenditure Transaction Source Long Name = ITSWO-Feeder - ITS Enterprise Asset Management. Use the UIT Billing Dashboard to find all charges associated with the expired PTA and update the billing account to a valid PTA. For more information, please go to UIT’s How to Clear Billable Charges from a Default Clearing Account page.
