General Journal Listing Instructions

Use the General Journal Listing to print journal entry transactions for a specific Period.  You can select if you want to print posted or unposted transactions.

For additional information, click More.

Directions:

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• Opening the General Journal Listing, click More.

   

  • Basic Method (from the G/L Module):

  1. Click Daily Work from the Menu Bar.

  2. Click General Journal Listing.
     
     Tip:  Or, use the keyboard shortcut:  [ALT] [a] [j].
      

  • Advanced Method (from another NDS Module):

  1. Click General Ledger from the Menu Bar.

  2. Click Daily Work.

  3. Click General Journal Listing.
     
     Tip:  Or, use the keyboard shortcut:  [ALT] [g] [a] [j].
     
     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 Listing Report Writer Prompt Example:

  Tip:  For more information, refer to the Report Writer - Overview.

  

   

  General Journal Listing Report Options Window:

  Tip:  This appears after the Report Writer prompt.

  

   

  General Journal Listing Element Range Window:

  Tip:  This appears if you click Element Range at the Report Options window.

  

   

• Choosing the selections at the prompt windows, click More.

   

  General Journal Listing Prompt Options Tip:  To see more information about a field, click the hyperlink for the field name.
  Report Writer Prompt
  Report Writer Directions	If you want to use existing report settings, click Open and select the name of the settings. Or, you can change the settings on the fly using the Range Options, Sort Options, and Additional Options. If you want to save the current report settings, click Save and specify the name of the settings. To generate the report: Click Print View to display the report. Or, click Print Report to send the report to the default printer. Tip:  After you click Print View or Print Report, you will see the prompt for additional report options. Tip:  For more information, refer to the Report Writer - Overview.
  General Journal Listing - Report Options
  Period	To specify the Period for the journal entry transactions that you want to include in the report, click the Period in the drop-down list.  (predefined)
  Report Type	To specify which journal entry transactions to print, click one of the following options in the drop-down list: Posted:  Print only journal entry transactions that have been posted. Unposted:  Print only journal entry transactions that have not yet been posted. Tip:  NDS recommends choosing this option when you run this report before the Post Journal Entries routine.  Compare the totals with the Post Journal Entries report and archive the journal listing. Both:  Print both posted and unposted journal entry transactions.
  Current / History Year	To specify which Fiscal Year for the journal entries to include in the report, click one of the following options in the drop-down list: Current:  Prints the balances for the periods in the current Fiscal Year. CCYY:  Prints the balances for the specified historical Fiscal Year. Examples:  2004, 2003, 2002, etc.
  	To select ranges of Account Numbers by the Account Element, click Element Range. Note:  You will see the Element Range Prompt described below.
  	To generate the report, click Proceed or press [ENTER]. Keyboard shortcut: [ALT + p] Tip:  The report is sent to either the default Windows printer or the Print View window, depending on the option you selected at the Report Writer prompt.  For more information, refer to the Report Writer - Additional Options.
  	To escape from the print routine, click Close.
  General Journal Listing - Element Range Tip:  This prompt displays a list of the Elements defined for the Account Number.  The list of elements varies according to the settings for each facility.  You can select accounts to print on the report by entering ranges of Elements.
  Element Ranges	To select accounts by Element to be included in the report, enter the from and to values (inclusive) for each applicable Element.  (format varies)
  	To display the Report Options prompt, click Report Options.
  	To generate the report, click Proceed or press [ENTER]. Keyboard shortcut: [ALT + p] Tip:  The report is sent to either the default Windows printer or the Print View window, depending on the option you selected at the Report Writer prompt.  For more information, refer to the Report Writer - Additional Options.
  	To escape from the print routine, click Close.

   

• Report Sample(s), click More.

   

  To see an example of the report, click General Journal Listing Sample.