GL Garbage

[Alister Wm Macintyre <macwheel99@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

We are BPCS 405 CD on AS/400 mixed mode V5 R1

BPCS does a poor job purging ancient records from many files, so we write 
our own AS/400 clean-up software, to fill SSA gaps.  We run the BPCS reorg 
stuff regularly.

GJW has thousands of journals dated years ago.
GJH GJD similar story.
We also have scores with future dates (e.g. year 2010) that I believe are 
bogus.

Do I have correct understanding of the role of the files?
GJW is starting work area ... if still there it was probably never posted
GJH (header) and GJD (detail) is where journal entries go that BPCS trying 
to post
so that content is either posted or has identifiable errors awaiting adjustment

Under prior management we mass deleted this kind of stuff (e.g. closing 
fiscal year 2003, delete if dated 2002 or earlier) but now there is more 
sensitivity to GAAP.

Question: how do I tell difference?
Which of this content was in fact posted and which was not?

Any other nuances worth considering?
I am not a GL expert, but I do try to maintain data integrity in what I delete
e.g. avoid creating more widows
(GJH records with no children)
and orphans
(GJD details with no parents)

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