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• Does site use secondary balancing?
• What segment do they use for balancing?

Secondary Balancing is when a site is set up to be balanced by Fund/Segment. Sites can use secondary balancing for all funds or specific funds. Below are ways to recognize if secondary balancing is in use. 

Financials > General Ledger Menu > General Ledger Settings

Balancing Level field

• Blank: Site is not set for secondary balancing (Note: sometimes this value is blank,  even though the site does use secondary balancing for some funds)
• Segment:  All funds balance to the segment set in this field
• Fund: Secondary balancing segment for each fund is defined in the Chart of Account Segments program.

Financials > General Ledger Menu > Chart of Account Segments

Search on the Fund Segment > Secondary balancing level field

• No Secondary balancing field: Fund does not balance to segment
• Secondary balancing: Fund balances to the defined segment

Control Accounts folder: Most funds have about 12 (GL Budgetary Control in use)  control accounts, when set up to balance by segment there should be about 12 control accounts for each Fund/Segment combinationscombination

Financials > General Ledger Menu > Due To/Due From Setup

• Due To Due From records will use the Due To Object fields rather than the Due To Account fields for DTDF entries. 
• If pooled cash or a treasury fund is in use, the pooled cash fund may use the Due to Account fields