Purchase Journal Accounts Payable>Purchase Journal

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Overview

The Purchase Journal is where vendor invoices are entered.  This is often referred to as the Vendor Invoice Journal.


 

Key Concepts

Transactions entered here must be offset against an Accounts Payable account (this is the header or control side of the transaction).
This journal makes assumptions on debits and credits. It assumes the header amount is a credit, so when you enter a positive amount it saves it behind the scenes as a negative (a credit).
The journal reports provide a listing for transactions entered within the respective journal. Typically, these are printed once a month.

 

Additional Toolbar Options

Aside from the standard toolbar options this applet has the following options:

Menu Bar

File - Additional options under the File button.
oVoid - Voids the current Journal Transaction.
View - Additional options under the View button.
oBookmarked - Allows you to select Bookmarked Transactions. More on Bookmarks
Tools - Additional options under the Tools button.
oAuto-balancing - Allows user to enable auto-balance for journal entry. Available types of Auto Balance include:
Off - Disables this functionality
Top Down - Distributes the remaining Header Amount listed into each new line item.
Bottom Up - Enters the sum of the line items into the Journal Header Amount
oNew Entry On Save - If On is selected, a new Journal Entry screen will load when saving another Journal Entry. Otherwise the saved Journal Entry remains loaded on the screen.
oChange A/P Account -  Allows the user to change the A/P account for the current journal entry.
oChange Period for Current Revision - This will change the G/L period for the current journal revision.
oShow Unposted -  Shows unposted journal entries for a given G/L period.
oBookmark - Bookmarks the journal entry for future retrieval. More on Bookmarks
oBatches - When clicked, a batches box will pop up. Batches are a way for a user to manually input transactions into the system and check them against the batch total. Once all of the transactions are entered, the user can then post all of the transaction within the batch. More on Batch Entries
oRecurring Entry -  Allows the user to have an entry that is recurring for a given number of cycles. More on Recurring Entries

 

Toolbar Options

New -  Creates a new journal transaction
Save - Saves the current journal transaction
Copy - Copies the current journal transaction to the journal
Void - Voids the current Journal Transaction
Delete - Deletes the current journal transaction
Batches -  When clicked, a batches box will pop up. Batches are a way for a user to manually input transactions into the system and check them against the batch total. Once all of the transactions are entered, the user can then post all of the transaction within the batch. More on Batch Entries
Bookmark - Bookmarks the current journal transaction. More on Bookmarks
Bookmarked - Displays a list of Bookmarked transactions for quick reference
Documents - Opens the Document Management pop-up.  There you are able to upload, view, modify and delete archived documents.
Recurring Entry -  Allows the user to have an entry that is recurring for a given number of cycles. More on Recurring Entries
Print - Prints the Journal Single Transaction Report