Use the Journal F/M program to create and maintain journal numbers and descriptions.
Journal numbers are used to separate journal entries into groups for audit trail purposes. All journal entries will ultimately be posted into the same file. However, journal numbers allow differentiation in the way they get posted to that file; the entries will go into different areas of the file. For example, when expensing accounts payable documents, the journal entry may go under the accounts payable journal or sales entries may go under the sales journal number.
Journal numbers and their descriptions are entirely user-definable. All journal entries must reference a valid journal number from this file.
To access this program, click General Ledger> File Maintenances> Infrequent File Maintenances>Journal F/M.
Click Field Descriptions for information on each field.
For more detailed information on file maintenance programs, consult the following topics.