General Journal on Microsoft Dynamics Nav Business Central

Hello Friends,

Today's tutorial is about doing a journal.  The aim of doing journal is to make adjustment in the system. On Microsoft Dynamics Nav Business Central, you can do a journal in different way and you can do it as follows.

1. G/L Account to G/L Account
2. Vendor to G/L Account
3. Customer to G/L Account
4. Bank Account to Bank Account
5. Vendor to Bank Account
6. Customer to Bank Account
7. G/L Account to Bank Account

Step 1:

To open the journal, go on the following menu:

Main Menu --> Department --> Financial Management --> General Ledger --> General Journal.

Step 2:

Fill all the necessary information.

Batch Name	Choose the Batch Name
Line No	The line no will display automatically
Posting Date	Enter the date of the transaction
Document Type	Enter the document type of the transaction
Document No	Document no will be display automatically if no of series has been setup
Account Type	Enter the account Type for the debited amount
Account No	Enter the account No for the debited amount
Account Name	Upon Choosing the account no, the name of the account will display automatically
Description	Enter a description for the transaction
Amount	Enter the amount (if amount to be credited then negative amount else if amount to be debited then amount is positive)
Amount (LCY)	If foreign currency has been used, the amount will be converted to local currency here
Bal. Account Type	Enter the destination account type (Account to be credited)
Bal. Account No	Enter the destination account no (Account to be credited)
Deferral Code	Enter a deferral code if you need to use
External Document No	Add an external document no
Currency Code	enter the currency code you are using.

Step 3:

After entering all the date click on the button POST to validate the date and post it to the correct G/L account.

Click on OK to close