Where does GLTBDetail.GLAccountDesc come from?

Epicor ERP 10
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The data definition for the Trial Balance report uses a magical black box called GLTBDetail that doesn’t seem to correspond to any one table or view. It has a field called GLAccountDesc that seemed to come from GLAccount.AccountDesc. However, when I updated some of the descriptions in GLAccount.AccountDesc, the values in GLTBDetail.GLAccountDesc did not change.

Where does GLTBDetail.GLAccountDesc come from?

2

Possibly related: I noticed we have a big yellow button in COA Maintenance labeled “Run Rebuild Display GL Accounts”. Exactly what does that button do?

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That button rebuilds the GL account display name by combining the name of each segment.

If I had:

  • GL Acct 1151-11-01, with the display name manually set to GUTHRIE, INVENTORY

And account segment values:

  • Chart 1151 - with the display name RAW MATERIAL INVENTORY
  • Div 11 - with the display name GUTH
  • Dept 01 - with the display name GA

pressing the button would change the display name of account 1151-11-01 to:
RAW MATERIAL INVENTORY-GUTH-GA