Contents of the Manage Accounts Payable Accounts Screen

Use the fields and options to configure the Manage Accounts Payable Accounts screen.

Contents

Field Description
A/P Account Description

Enter the description that you want to assign to the Account/Organization/Reference 1/Reference 2 combination. For example, you might enter "Accounts Payable" or "Trade Payables," or any description that uniquely identifies the combination. Costpoint uses this description to look up the Account/Organization/ Reference 1/Reference 2 combination associated with it, thus saving you time during data entry.

Account

Enter, or click to select, a valid Accounts Payable account to be used on the vouchers. After you enter an account, Costpoint validates that the account is chargeable and active, and is not used as a cash account on the Manage Cash Accounts screen.

Organization

Enter the valid organization associated with the Accounts Payable account for entering vouchers. Costpoint displays the top-level organizational structure from the Configure General Ledger Settings screen. You can use the lookup to display valid organizations from the Organization table. After you enter an organization, Costpoint validates that the organization is active.

Ref 1

Enter, or click to select, the reference 1 number associated with the Accounts Payable account and organization for entering vouchers. The reference label from the Configure General Ledger Settings screen displays as the column heading.

Ref 2

Enter, or click to select, the reference 2 number associated with the Accounts Payable account and organization for entering vouchers. The reference label from the Configure General Ledger Settings screen displays as the column heading.

Account Name

This non-editable field displays the account name for the Accounts Payable account from the Account table.

Organization Name

This non-editable field displays the organization description from the Organization table.

Reference 1 Name

This non-editable field displays the reference 1 description from the Reference table.

Reference 2 Name

This non-editable field displays the reference 2 description from the Reference table.