Comprehensive and Detailed 150 to 250 words of Explanation From Workday Record-to-Report/Course Guide/topics:
Running an allocation creates operational journals in Pro Forma status. This status is intentional because Workday separates allocation calculation and review from final posting. Accountants can examine the calculated source relief, target distributions, worktag mappings, statistical basis, and any intercompany results before the amounts permanently affect the ledger.
Pro Forma journals can be included in financial reporting when reviewers need to assess the anticipated effect of allocations during period close. If the calculation or underlying data is incorrect, the allocation can be rerun or canceled without first unposting a finalized journal. This control supports iterative close processing and allows dependent allocations to be validated in the proper sequence.
The journal becomes Posted only when the allocation is finalized. During finalization, Workday changes the existing operational journal's status from Pro Forma to Posted, after which it is incorporated into normal posted ledger balances. Created is a status associated with journals that have been saved but not submitted and is not the result of running an allocation. In Progress indicates an incomplete business-process workflow rather than the standard allocation journal result.
Accordingly, the immediate journal status following the allocation run is Pro Forma; Posted applies only after successful finalization.
Official Workday reference: Workday Education - Allocations ; topics: Run Allocations, Finalize Allocations, and Allocation Processing Steps.
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