Costpoint has the following types of journal entries:

• Adjusting
• Recurring
• Reversal Adjusting
• Reversal Recurring
• Project Transfer
• MultiJob Allocations

You must post new recurring entries to the general ledger before you can use them as templates to create future recurring entries on the Create Recurring Journal Entries screen.

Costpoint generates reversals automatically. You can delete them but you cannot change them. Costpoint checks the status of REV and RRV on the Reversing subtask for the reversal period. If the reversal period is marked as unavailable for the specified fiscal year, period, and subperiod, Costpoint displays a warning message but allows you to save.

Project transfer and multi-job allocations journal entries, which you can review on the this screen, are numbered sequentially in each accounting period.

• You cannot edit any information on the project transfer journal entry lines but you can delete the entire journal entry if it is incorrect.
• You can edit the information in the multi-job allocations journal entry lines. If you edit a multi-job allocation entry before posting, make the corresponding change on the Manage Multi-Job Allocation Cost History screen to ensure that the table is up-to-date for subsequent calculations.

Leave this field blank if you want Costpoint to assign the next available journal entry number, or enter a journal entry number.

For an adjusting journal entry, this number must be unique within each accounting period. Costpoint automatically assigns the next available journal entry number for the accounting period that you specify in the Period to Post group box. To determine that number, Costpoint adds one to the number currently stored in the transaction control number table.

You can change Costpoint's automatic numbering sequence for adjusting journal entries at any time by manually entering the first number of the sequence for a journal entry and saving that entry. Costpoint then continues the sequence based on that starting number. You can use this feature to include the accounting period number in the journal entry number so you can easily tell the accounting period for which an entry was made. To do that, restart the numbering sequence each period with the period number at the beginning of the journal entry number, as in the table below. (Note that, as illustrated in the table, you must use 9, or another number other than 0, to fill the left-most position for January through September. Because the journal entry number is a numeric field, the number is right-justified and leading zeros are not stored.)

The accounting period is shown on the General Ledger Detail report and on most other inquiries and reports that include journal entry detail.

When you save the original recurring journal entry, Costpoint assigns the next number in a single sequence, rather than maintaining separate sequences by accounting period. When you later generate more instances of the recurring journal entry, each instance has the same journal entry number as the original.

After you save a journal entry, you cannot change its journal entry number.

Enter an explanation of the journal entry. Costpoint also saves this entry as the description for each detail line of the journal entry unless you enter a specific description for an individual line.

Select this check box if you want the project's owning organization to be the default organization for detail lines in the journal entry when the Default to Owning Organization check box is selected on the Manage Project User Flow screen for the project on the Journal Entry line.

Enter the fiscal year, period, and subperiod to which the journal entry will be posted or was posted.

Initially, Costpoint displays the default settings for fiscal year, period, and subperiod established in your user preferences, but you can change them. If you change the fiscal year, period, or subperiod, the values you specify become the defaults for new entries during that data entry session.

You can assign journal entries to open time periods only. You maintain time period status on the Manage Fiscal Years, Manage Accounting Periods, and Manage Subperiods screens.

After you save a journal entry, you cannot change the fiscal year, period, or subperiod. To correct a wrong fiscal year, period, or subperiod, use Query to display the journal entry and then clone it. Change the incorrect fiscal year, period, or subperiod information in the new journal entry, and delete the incorrect journal entry.

These fields display the user ID of the person who last changed the entry and the date of the last change. When you create recurring journal entries on the Create Recurring Journal Entries screen, you can select recurring journal entries to be created based on the user ID associated with that recurring journal entry.

Select this check box if you want Costpoint to create a reversal of your journal entry. Costpoint creates the reversal entry when the journal entry is posted. The journal entry number of the reversal is the next number in the REV sequence. If you select this check box, also click the Reversing link to use that subtask to indicate the period for which Costpoint should create the reversal journal entry.

Use this option in conjunction with the encumbrance tracking feature. Select this check box if the journal entry will exceed any project's budget. This identifies transactions that, if posted, will cause the line item ceiling specified for the project to be exceeded. If any line in the journal entry causes an overrun on a line item ceiling, Costpoint marks the entire journal entry as over budget, and that prevents the entry from being posted.

You can also select or clear the related Set Items On Over Budget Status option on the Compute Over-Budget Transactions screen. See Encumbrance Tracking for more information on this feature.

Select this option if you want the Post Journal Entries screen to copy this journal entry transaction to the Open Billing Detail table, which contains transactions from journal entries that eventually appear on a bill. In Costpoint Billing, the value of the corresponding setting, Update Open Billing Detail, is copied to the Journal Entry History tables; for reversible entries, it is also copied to the reversing journal entry.

This optional field has two purposes. First, it provides a verification total for you, so you can confirm that the total debits entered equal the total debits on your input document.

Secondly, it provides a total from which Costpoint calculates percentages. For example, you may want to set up a recurring depreciation entry where each line's percentage of the total is the same, but the total depreciation amount changes each period. Each period, you would only have to change the amount in Total Debit, and Costpoint would recalculate the amount on each line.

If you change the amount in Total Debit after lines have been entered, do one of the following:

• Click the Percentage button in the Recalculation Method group box to recalculate the percentages in the % column without changing the amounts in the Amount column.
• Click the Trans Amt button in the Recalculation Method group box to recalculate the amounts in the Amount column without changing the percentages in the % column.

Example:

You start with these values:

If you change Total Debit to 10,000 and click Percentage, this is the result:

If you change Total Debit to 10,000 and click Trans Amt, this is the result:

This non-editable field displays the journal entry number from the input file. This field displays a value only for journal entries created by the Import Journal Entries screen.

Use this field to specify the location of a document containing information that supports the data you are entering. The document could be, for example, an invoice, check, or credit card bill.

This field displays the transaction currency code.

During posting, this field displays the posting sequence number with which the journal entry is being posted. You will rarely see a value in this field because it has a value only during posting. Costpoint uses this number when it is necessary to recover from an interrupted posting.

If you want to save an out-of-balance journal entry, enter the password established for that purpose. That password is specified in the Configure General Ledger Settings screen. If you do not know that password or have access rights to the Configure General Ledger Settings screen, you must ask someone who does to save the out-of-balance entry for you.)

To make a one-sided or an out-of-balance journal entry in Costpoint, you must use an adjusting journal entry that is not set to reverse in the next accounting period. ("One-sided" and "non-balancing" journal entries refer to journal entries for which the debit amount is not equal to the credit amount.)

The procedure for entering the out-of-balance journal entry is the same as for regular adjusting entries, except that when you save, Costpoint displays an error message.

The Approved check box is selected by default if one of the following is true:

• Your firm does not use the journal entry approval feature.
• The amount of the journal entry is below the approval cutoff amount.
• The journal entry has been approved.

The Approved check box is cleared if your firm is using the journal entry approval feature and the journal entry has not been approved.

• If you are authorized to approve journal entries, select the check box to approve the journal entry in preparation for posting. If you do not want to approve the journal entry, do not select the check box.
• If you entered the journal entry and you are authorized to approve your own journal entries, select this option to approve the journal entry.
• If you lack authority to approve this journal entry, Costpoint displays a message to that effect.

Whether or not your firm requires journal entry approval is specified on the Approval Settings subtask of the Configure General Ledger Settings screen.

This non-editable field identifies the approver of the journal entry.

If you change the amount in the Total Debit column, click this button to recalculate the percentages in the % column of the table window without changing the amounts in the Trans Amount column.

If you change the amount in the Total Debit column, click this button to recalculate amounts in the Trans Amount column without changing the percentages in the % column.

If the transaction currency of the journal entry is not the same as the functional currency of the login company, you must display the Exchange Rates subtask and specify the currency of the journal entry, the rate group, and exchange rate between the transaction currency and the company functional currency.

If you entered detail lines for the journal entry before you entered the exchange rate information, click the Exchange Rate button to recalculate the values in Trans Amount based on that exchange rate information.

This field displays the total running debit balance expressed in your transaction currency. The values in Running Balance: Debit and Running Balance: Credit should balance.

This field displays the total running credit balance expressed in your transaction currency. The values in Running Balance: Debit and Running Balance: Credit should balance.

This field displays the total running debit balance expressed in your functional currency. The values in Running Balance: Debit and Running Balance: Credit should balance.

This field displays the total running credit balance expressed in your functional currency. The values in Running Balance: Debit and Running Balance: Credit should balance.

To enter a new line in the table window, click . Costpoint increments the line number automatically. You cannot change line numbers. If you tab from the end of the line, Costpoint automatically displays a new line.

Enter, or click to select, the account. Costpoint performs the following validations:

• The account must be a detail account.
• The account must be active.
• The accounting period for which you are making the journal entry must be the same as, or later than, the account's beginning fiscal year/period/subperiod and the same as, or earlier than, the account's ending fiscal year/period/subperiod. However, if the account's beginning or ending fiscal year/period/subperiod are blank, the beginning or ending fiscal year/period/subperiod is considered valid for all periods.
• The account entry group to which the account belongs must be valid for this screen.

Enter, or click to select, the organization. If you assigned organization abbreviations, it may be quicker to enter the organization abbreviation in Org Abbrev and let Costpoint fill this field. Costpoint performs the following validations:

• The organization must be active.
• The accounting period for which you are making the journal entry must be the same as, or later than, the organization's beginning fiscal year/period/subperiod and the same as, or earlier than, the organization's ending fiscal year/period/subperiod. However, if the organization's beginning or ending fiscal year/period/subperiod is blank, the beginning or ending fiscal year/period/subperiod is considered valid for all periods.

Note: When you first click , all organizations display. However, some organizations may not be valid for the account and project you select.

If you selected the Default to Owning Org option on the Basic Info tab of the Manage Project User Flow screen, you should move the Project column to the left of this column in the table window. When you enter the project number, Costpoint automatically defaults the number of the organization that "owns" the project in this column. (This is the organization to which all the project's revenues and profits go. You specify the owning organization on the Basic Info tab of the Manage Project User Flow screen.) You can change this organization if necessary.

Enter, or click to select, the project. If you have assigned project abbreviations, it might be quicker to enter the project abbreviations in Proj Abbrev and let Costpoint fill this field. Costpoint performs the following validations:

• The project must be active.
• Costpoint displays a warning if the end date of the subperiod is later than the project end date (see the Manage Modifications screen).

Note: When you first use , all projects display. However, some projects may not be valid when combined for the account and organization you select.

If you plan to use project account abbreviation codes or if you want the owning organization of the project to default into the Organization field, you should move the Project and Project Acct Abbrev columns to the left of the Account and Organization columns. If you selected the Default to Owning Org option on the Basic Info tab of the Manage Project User Flow screen, the number of the organization that "owns" this project automatically displays in the Organization field. This is the organization to which all the project's revenues and profits go. You specify the owning organization on the Basic Info tab of the Manage Project User Flow screen.

If you do not use Multicurrency, enter the amount for this line in the Amount field. If you do use Multicurrency, enter the amount for this line in your company's transaction currency. If the amount should be negative, enter a hyphen ( - ) either before or after the number.

Costpoint calculates the percentage of the amount in Total Debit that your entry represents and displays that percentage in the % column of the table window. If you change the amount in Total Debit, use the Percentage or Trans Amt button to update either the amounts or percentages based on the new total debit amount.

If you enter a percent in the % column, Costpoint automatically calculates that percentage of the amount in Total Debit and displays that amount in this field, replacing any amount already in the field.

If you use Multicurrency, this non-editable field displays the journal entry amount in your company's functional currency. If you do not use Multicurrency, this field is not available.

Costpoint calculates the percentage of the amount in Total Debit automatically when you enter a value in Amount or Trans Amount. However, you can instead enter the percentage in this column and have Costpoint calculate the amount.

If you change the amount in Total Debit, use the Percentage or Trans Amt button to update either the amounts or percentages based on the new total debit amount.

If you want a description other than the description of the journal entry as a whole to be posted to G/L Detail, enter that description here. If you leave this blank, the journal entry description is the description assigned to the line in the G/L transaction detail.

Enter the project account abbreviation code or use Lookup to select it. You set up project account abbreviations on the Manage Project Account Groups screen. Every project-required account is assigned to a particular project account group in this screen, such as GOV for government projects or INV for inventory projects. When you set up projects on the Basic Info tab of the Manage Project User Flow screen, you assign them to these account groups. After you enter the project number and the project account abbreviation for a journal entry detail line, Costpoint finds the account group linked to the project, identifies the account number designated by the project account abbreviation code, and that account number into the Account field.

If you change the default account, Costpoint warns you that the account has changed when you add a new line, but you can save the journal entry. If you change the project number or the project account abbreviation code, Costpoint defaults the new account number into the Account field as well. If the project account abbreviation does not exist in the project account group to which the project is assigned, you cannot save the journal entry without correcting that situation.

If you have set up the organization abbreviation on the Manage Organization Structures or Manage Organization Elements screens, you can enter that abbreviation in this column. Costpoint then automatically defaults in the organization to which it is mapped.

If you have set up a project abbreviation on the Basic Info tab of the Manage Project User Flow screen, you can enter the that abbreviation in this column. Costpoint then automatically defaults in the project to which it is mapped.

These two columns display the labels set up on the Configure General Ledger Settings screen for Ref 1 and Ref 2. For a reference number to be valid, the following must be true for the reference number's top level: the Use in Data Entry option must be selected on the Manage Reference Structures screen and the Reference Heading on that same screen must be the appropriate heading (the label for Reference 1 or Reference 2, whichever column is being validated).

A particular reference number can only be valid for one of the two possible data entry columns.

Use this field to record notes about the journal entry detail line.

These fields display the names of the account, organization, and project.