Journal Administration 
Administrators set up and manage the Journals component of Planning and Consolidation.
Prerequisites
Before users can adjust data in the database using the Journals feature, an administrator must perform certain tasks:
Define a journal template. See Journal Template Creation.
Define journal security. See Journal Security.
Set journal application parameters. See Journals Application Parameters.
Features
Administrators can define special rules for using journals, such as the following:
A special work status that prevents data changes from Interface for Excel data sends and allows only changes made by journals. See Data Modification by Journal Entries Only.
Logic that is specific to journal postings. For the Microsoft version, see Script Logic. For the NetWeaver version, see Script Logic.