Posting General Journal Entries (J58)

Posting General Journal Entries (J58)

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Would you like to know more

about how a general
ledger accountant posts
a general journal entry?

If so, follow this interactive

tutorial.

1. To open the app, select

the Post General Journal
Entries tile.

You want to record a

business transaction that
has no source document,
such as an expense paid
with petty cash.

Note that the current date

displays as the posting date
and determines the posting
period for your transaction in
the database.

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2. To select the Journal

Entry Date, open the date
picker.

3. Define the current date as

the journal entry date.

For this tutorial, select

January 6, 2020.

4. In the Journal Entry Type

field, enter SA and choose
the Company Code field.

5. In the company code field,

enter 1710 and press Enter.

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6. In the Transaction
Currency field, enter USD
and press Enter.

In the Line Items pane, you

can enter the transaction
details, such as the G/L
account number and the
credit or debit amount.

7. For the first line item,

enter 63002000 as the G/L
account number and choose
the Debit field.

8. Enter 100 as the debit

amount and press Enter.

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The red triangle indicates

that you have not yet
completed all the
required details for this line
item, for example, tax
information.

9. In the Tax Code

field, enter I0 to indicate the
expense is a non-taxable
transaction and press Enter.

10. For this expense, at least

one transaction assignment
element is required.

For this tutorial, to assign the

expense to a cost center
enter 17101101 and press
Enter.

11. To collapse the line item,

choose the arrow.

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12. For the second line item,

in the G/L account field,
enter 10010000 and choose
the Credit field.

13. In the Credit field, enter

100 and choose Post.

14. You see a message

confirming that the journal
entries were posted
successfully.

Choose OK.

15. To return to the

launchpad, choose SAP.

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You have successfully

posted a general journal
entry.

This concludes the

interactive tutorial.