Integra Financial System General Ledger Journal Entry Manual

The user can now commence to enter the Journal. Illustrated below is the initial screen of the
Journal Entry procedure.
The first field to be completed is the Journal Type. The journal type determines:
• what information you will be requested for
• the decimal precision of the data
• the control mechanisms to be applied
• the prompts/descriptors to appear for certain data fields
The main Journal Type established for direct entry to the General Ledger by devolved users is
JV01. As a rule correcting journals should be processed through the subsidiary systems in
which the original entry was made.
Input the ‘Journal Type’ in the appropriate field. The Journal Type can either be keyed
in directly (if known) or selected from a lookup table menu that can be obtained by
clicking the ‘magnifying glass symbol’ icon on the tool bar.
The next item requested is the ‘Source Code’. This source code is defaulted from the Journal
Type press the [TAB] key to accept. The default source is ‘00’ which indicates a direct entry
journal.
The Posting Period field will default to the current period and the Journal number will be
determined by the system when the journal is created.
The Journal Date should be the current system date. The [TAB] key will default the current
date in.
Having selected the journal type additional information will default in. In the case of the
JV01 the following additional information is required to be input;