Setting up Localization France

Note: If you have Chatter feeds enabled in your org, you may need to enable feed tracking on the Company object. For more information, see "Feed Tracking" in the Salesforce Help.

Before using this functionality you must complete these steps:

  1. Enable localization in Feature Console.
  2. Select Localization.
  3. Load a chart of accounts (only required if you do not have an existing chart of accounts).
  4. Load mapping (only required if you do not have existing mapping).
  5. Assign users Accounting - Localization Audit File permission set.

Enabling Localization in Feature Console

The following features must be enabled in this order:

  1. Localization Setup
  2. Localization France
  3. Local Chart of Accounts Mapping Setup (only required if you do not have an existing chart of accounts)
  4. Local Chart of Accounts Mapping France (only required if you do not have existing mapping)
  5. Localization Data Loader for Audit Files

For each feature you must perform the following Feature Console steps:

  1. Click the Feature Console tab.
  2. In the Features list, click the name of the feature you want to enable, for example Localization Setup.
  3. For each feature step listed, click Perform. When the step has completed, the Status changes from NOT DONE to DONE.
  4. For each manual feature step listed, complete the tasks required. When finished click Mark as Done.
  5. When all the feature steps have been completed, turn the slider from (off) to (on).

Selecting Localization at Company Level

  1. Go to the Accounting Companies tab.
  2. Click the company you want to select localization for.
  3. In the Localization field click and select the relevant ISO country code.
  4. Click Save.
Note: The company Record Type must be "VAT".

Loading a Chart of Accounts

Note: Not required if you have an existing chart of accounts.
  1. Open the Chart of Accounts Localization tab.
  2. In the Select Localization picklist select your localization.
  3. Click Load Chart of Accounts.
  4. By default the local chart of accounts loads and all local GLAs are selected.
  5. [Optional] Click Corporate to load the corporate GLAs.
  6. [Optional] Deselect the GLAs which you do not want to load.
  7. [Optional] Use the search bar to find specific GLAs.
  8. Click Load.
Note: The local balance sheet fields are populated when you load the chart of accounts.

Loading Mapping

  1. Open the Chart of Accounts Localization tab.
  2. In the Select Localization picklist select your localization.
  3. Click Load Mapping.
  4. A list of mappings is displayed.
  5. Click Load.
Note: All one-to-one mappings are created. However, some mappings such as the mapping of tax on sales and services that are not one-to-one, you must configure manually.

Assigning Users Accounting - Localization Audit File Permission Set

Users will only be able to generate an audit file if you assign them this permission set.

  1. Go to Setup | Users | Permission Sets.
  2. Click Accounting - Localization Audit File.
  3. Click Manage Assignments.
  4. Click Add Assignments.
  5. Select the checkbox for each user that requires this permission.
  6. Click Assign.
  7. Click Done.