Group Account Configuration - OBIA 11.1.1.7.1

Hello,
I am setting up Financial Analytics OBIA 11.1.1.7.1, have following questions regarding group account code setup
1. Should we always use Natural Account Segment for mapping to Group Account Codes? I could see a customer is using different segment (Sub Account) to classify their accounts to various categories. Should we use combination of Natural Account and Sub Account to classify them in to various Oracle supplied group account numbers?
2.If i have to go with multiple segments for group account configuration, i could n't see a technical note from oracle support for OBIA 11.1.1.7.1 where ETL tool is ODI. Can we customize ODI using the technote available for Informatica based OBIA 7964 tech note? Are there any changes to apply on top of it?
Thanks
Venkat G

Hi,
Thanks for reply. We've multiple COAs(Three Companies with seperate COA) Also with in one COA natural Account is dependend on Sub GL Segment and Cost Center. In "file_group_acct_codes_ora" file we only map Natural Accounts.Now if we map only Natural Accounts to Group Account Number it will pull all data. e.g. Natural Account 123,Cost Center A and Sub GL Account 1 should be mapped to Cash. if we map 123 to Cash it will pull all data for all Sub GL Accounts and Cost Centers. Please let me know if you need more clarification.
Regards
mzai

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