Employee Job Salary Error Invalid GL account

When trying to define a GL account to a Base pay record in Employee Job/Salary for new hire, I am getting an error and cannot add the account. 

Invalid GL account for employee job 6254 position  62540001 and pay 870

• Payroll

• Employee Maintenance

• Employee Job/Salary

• Account Inquiry

Location code was not defined when adding the GL account in Job/Salary

The GL account was showing a Status of Inactive in Account Inquiry

1. Go to Employee Job/Salary (Payroll> Employee Maintenance>Employee Job/Salary)

2. Click Add

3. Define applicable fields. TAB down to the GL account fields.

4. Select a valid GL account and Location from ellipses[...].

5. Click Accept.

To find if the GL account is Invalid:

1. Go to Account Inquiry (Financials>General Ledger Menu>Inquires and Reports>Account Inquiry)

2. Search for the Org and Object. Click Accept. 

3. Note the Status Field.