Account number structures let you use different account segments for different groups of account numbers.
You use the G/L Account Structures screen to define account structure codes that are used to format account numbers.
The structure specifies:
You must assign an account structure to each account that you add to General Ledger. (You specify which account structure an account uses when you add the account using the G/L Accounts screen.)
Note: General Ledger does not let you add an account if its account number does not match the format of the assigned account structure.
For example, you can define one account structure that uses only two segments in account numbers (such as the account segment and a department segment), and another structure for account numbers that have four segments (such as the account segment, and segments identifying the department, sales region, and product type).
Tip: Normally, you use the same structure for all accounts in the same account group.
Individual account numbers cannot exceed 45 characters (including delimiter characters), so if you defined 10 segments, it is unlikely that any of your account numbers could contain all 10.