General Journal Exception Report Instructions
Use the General Journal Exception Report to review journal entries that may be in error. You can review this report to check for problems before running the Post Journal Entries routine. The report detects if the journal is out of balance, deleted Account Numbers, inactivated Account Numbers, and manual transactions made to Control Accounts.
For additional information, click More.
Tips:
This report is also known as the Exception Report, Journal Exception Report & G/L Journal Exception Report.
This report is available in the following formats:
80-Column Format: Set during System Parameters at the Print tab.
132-Column Format: Set during System Parameters at the Print tab.
Enhanced View: Set during Print View at the View menu.
For more information about running reports, see Print View.
The General Journal Exception Report lists the following potential issues:
Journal
Out of Balance
Tip: The
report sums both posted and unposted transactions. To
analyze the problem, you can use the General
Journal Inquiry, General
Journal Listing, or General
Journal Report.
Transactions
to Invalid G/L Accounts
Tip: This
may be caused by deleting Accounts that have current journal entries.
Manual
Entries to Control
Accounts
Tip: This
may be a keying error to an Account Number, or might be intentional.
Transactions
to Inactive Accounts
Tip: This
may be caused by changing the Account Status
to Inactive while current journal
entries still exist.
Missing
Account Numbers
Tip: This
is an unusual occurrence, which might happen when interfacing software
modules create journal entries for incorrect Account Numbers.
Directions:
To see directions for...
Opening the General Journal Exception Report, click More.
Basic Method (from the G/L Module):
Click Daily Work from the Menu Bar.
Click
General Journal Exception Report.
Tip: Or, use the keyboard
shortcut: [ALT]
[a] [e].
Advanced Method (from another NDS Module):
Click General Ledger from the Menu Bar.
Click Daily Work.
Click
General Journal Exception Report.
Tip: Or,
use the keyboard shortcut: [ALT]
[g] [a] [e].
Note: To
activate the General
Ledger menu in another module, the G/L
Application Control must be set up for the module during installation.
General Journal Exception Report Window Example:
Choosing the selections at the prompt window, click More.
General Journal Exception Report Prompt Options Tip: To see more information about a field, click the hyperlink for the field name. | |
Select the Period that you want to print from the drop-down list. (predefined) | |
To begin printing to the Windows® default printer, click Print, or press [ENTER]. Keyboard shortcut: [ALT + p] | |
To print to the Print View screen, click here. | |
To escape from the print routine, click Cancel. Keyboard shortcut: [ALT + c] |
Report Sample(s), click More.