Which pre-requisite must be met before a preparer can enter data in an Enterprise Journal?

• A. In the POV, a journal input member must be selected in the Data source dimension
• B. The preparer must be assigned the Service Administration or Power user security role
• C. The start date for the journals must have been reached
• D. The journal template must have been deployed to an open period

Answer: (D)

Entering data into an Enterprise Journal is gated by deploying a journal template to an open period. The template provides the journal’s structure (lines, accounts, dimensions) and, when deployed for a specific period, confirms there is a valid time window for data input. Without this deployment to an open period, there is no active target for the entry, so data cannot be entered.

The other options don’t establish this gating: selecting a Data Source member is part of how you view or enter data but isn’t the required precondition to start entry; security roles control who can access and perform actions but aren’t the universal precondition for data entry itself; and start date isn’t the mechanism used to enable data entry in FCCS.