How to: Fill In and Post General Journals
General journals are used to post to general ledger, bank, customer, vendor, and fixed assets accounts.
To fill in and post a general journal
In the Search box, enter General Journal, and then choose the related link.
Fill in the fields on the first line.
The Gen. Posting Type, Gen. Bus. Posting Group, and Gen. Prod. Posting Group fields, and the corresponding fields for the balancing account, are automatically filled in, but they can be changed if necessary.
After filling in the fields, post the journal. On the Home tab, in the Process group, choose Post.
When you post the journal, the lines are processed one-by-one to verify that the journal balances for each posting date. If the Force Doc. Balance field in the General Journal Templates window has been selected, the lines for each document type and document number are also verified. If you receive any error messages, correct the errors and post the journal again. After you have corrected all of the errors, the lines are posted one by one. For each account in the Account No. and Bal. Account No. fields, a general ledger entry is created, as well as a customer, vendor, or bank account ledger entry for each account of these types.
See Also
Tasks
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How to: Fill In Recurring Journals
How to: Set Up Multiple Journal Batches
How to: Set Up Default Balancing Accounts
How to: Reconcile Liquid Accounts
How to: Reverse Journal Postings