From the Consolidation Workbench you access the State Controller, a navigation tool to guide you through the consolidation process. From the State Controller, you can quickly select the consolidation step you want to perform. Each State Controller button corresponds to one of the functional steps of a consolidation:

Selecting the State Controller button will open the General Ledger window related to the consolidation step you need to complete. The section below provides a functional overview of the consolidation steps, an outline of the related State Controller actions you need to perform to complete a consolidation step, and references to the detailed task descriptions for each action.
Blue: represents a recommended step.
Gray: represents a step that is not recommended. Optionally, the button might be disabled instead of colored gray.
Red: represents a warning. For example, a red Translation Status button indicates that the subsidiary’s translated balances are out of date.
When you select a subsidiary from the Consolidation Workbench, the State Controller’s buttons change color based on which steps you’ve performed or need to perform for that subsidiary. After you successfully complete a consolidation step, the State Controller’s buttons may change color to reflect the current status. For example, the Review Journal button is gray until you have successfully transferred your subsidiary data to your parent and imported the consolidation journal. After these steps complete successfully, the color of the Review Journal button changes to blue, to indicate that reviewing the
consolidation journal is now a recommended step.