The purpose of the AcknowledgeJournal is to transmit data necessary to create a journal entry from any sub ledger business application to a general ledger application. Many applications in the enterprise environment create data that cause changes in the account balances of a general ledger application. Some components that have activity which will be reflected in a general ledger application are: 1. Benefits 2. Costing 3. Human Resources 4. Inventory Control 5. Manufacturing 6. Payroll 7. Production 8. Treasury By no means is this a complete list of all the components that create activity which generate a journal entry. Many tasks that occur within the enterprise applications cause the creation of a General Ledger journal entry. Tasks relate directly to the Component. For example, the adjustment of inventory value is a task that occurs within the Inventory Control Component. Some of the tasks that would be catalysts for changes in a general ledger include: 1. Receiving Inventory 2. Issuing Inventory 3. Transferring Inventory 4. Adjusting Inventory Value 5. Adjusting Inventory Count 6. Calculating Material Variances 7. Calculating Labor Variances 8. Calculating Overhead Variances Is where the information that the BOD message carries is provided, in this case AcknowledgeJournalEntry. The information consists of a Verb and one or more Nouns. The verb (Acknowledge) indicates the action to be performed on the Noun (JournalEntry).