As a rule, the application always validates any chart of account code entered against the reference page where codes are established. These validations are done with all existing key field information from that current page. Those measures keyed by Fiscal Year are always validated with the Fiscal Year when available. In a limited number of cases the Budget Fiscal Year available is used or the current Fiscal Year is used (as determined from the Application Date).
There are a few places within the application where code validation is not performed on the page where the code is entered. These pages are not where codes are defined but ones used by transactions or batch programs. As the maintenance of chart of account information is a task restricted to a limited number of users, those users have the responsibility of maintaining information on these pages that are not validated so that usage of the data is possible without error.