Date Compress Customer Ledger Batch Job

Combines customer ledger entries so that they take up less space in the database. You can compress entries from closed fiscal years only and only customer ledger entries whose Open field contains "No."

The compression works by combining several old entries into one new entry. For example, customer ledger entries from previous fiscal years can be compressed so that there is only one credit and one debit entry per account per month. The amount in the new entry is the sum of all the compressed entries. The date assigned is the starting date for the period that is compressed, such as the first day of the month (if the entries are compressed by month). After the compression, you can still see the net change for each account in the previous fiscal year.

After the compression, the contents of the following fields are always retained: Posting Date, Customer No., Document Type, Currency Code, Posting Group, Amount, Remaining Amount, Original Amt. (LCY), Remaining Amt. (LCY), Amount (LCY), Sales (LCY), Profit (LCY), Inv. Discount (LCY), Pmt. Disc. Given (LCY) and Pmt. Disc. Possible. With the Retain Field Contents facility, you can also retain the contents of these additional fields: Document No., Sell-to Customer No., Salesperson Code, Global Dimension 1 Code and Global Dimension 2 Code.

After the compression, the detailed customer ledger entries are combined into one new entry for each entry type.

The number of entries that result from a Date Compress batch job depends on how many filters you set, which fields are combined, and which period length you choose. There will always be at least one entry. When the batch job is finished, you can see the result in the Date Compr. Register.

Warning

Date Compression deletes entries, so you should always make a backup copy of the database before you run the batch job.

The Options FastTab contains fields in which you must specify conditions for running the batch job. Fill in the fields as follows:

Options

Starting Date: Enter the first date to be included in the date compression. The compression will affect all customer ledger entries from this date to the ending date.

Ending Date: Enter the last date to be included in the date compression. The compression will affect all customer ledger entries from the starting date to this date.

Period Length: Select the length of the period for entries that will be combined. click the field to see the options. If you selected the period length Quarter, Month or Week, then only entries with a common accounting period are compressed.

Posting Description: Here you can enter text that will accompany the entries that result from the compression. The default description is "Date Compressed."

Retain Field Contents: Place check marks in the boxes if you want to retain the contents of certain fields even though the entries are compressed. The more fields you select, the more detailed the compressed entries will be. If you do not select any of these fields, the batch job will create one entry per day, week, or another period, according to the period selected in the Period Length field.

Tip

For more information on how to work with batch jobs, see How to: Run Batch Jobs and How to: Set Filters. For assistance in finding specific pages, see Search.