applications/accounting/data/helpdata/HELP_ACCOUNTING_SetupGlJournals.xml

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 <title>The Journals help screen</title>
 <para>A journal is a detailed accounting transaction that is recorded
  (or posted) to the General Ledger. It is made up of a debit and a
  credit component.(IMPORTANT NOTE TO CHECK: Is this screen really about
  Journals or is it about Suspense Accounts.....??????)</para>
 <para>NOTE: By default in OFBIZ a journal called 'ERROR_JOURNAL' is
  created as part of the demo data installation.This 'ERROR_JOURNAL' is
  referenced in the Accounting Preferences setup for 'Company'. The
  'ERROR_JOURNAL' is used to store details of any transaction that fails
  and cannot be posted to a general ledger account. Transactions falling
  into error can be as the result of incomplete setup or an invalid
  transaction (eg a transaction that should never occur).</para>
 <section>
  <title>How do I create a journal?</title>
  <orderedlist>
   <listitem>
    <para>Enter a journal name in the Gl Journal Name field (eg
     MY_JOURNAL)</para>
   </listitem>
   <listitem>
    <para>Press the 'Submit' button</para>
   </listitem>
   <listitem>
    <para>The journal is created and will appear in the journal list at
     the bottom of the screen (Note that the Journal ID is automatically
     generated)</para>
   </listitem>
  </orderedlist>
 </section>
 <section>
  <title>How do I update a journal?</title>
  <orderedlist>
   <listitem>
    <para>Select the journal to be updated from the list of journals at
     the bottom of the screen</para>
   </listitem>
   <listitem>
    <para>The journal details will be displayed on the screen</para>
   </listitem>
   <listitem>
    <para>Update the Gl Journal Name (as this is currently the only
     field that can be updated)</para>
   </listitem>
   <listitem>
    <para>Press the 'Submit' button</para>
   </listitem>
   <listitem>
    <para>The updated journal will appear in the journal list at the
     bottom of the screen</para>
   </listitem>
  </orderedlist>
 </section>
 <section>
  <title>How do I delete a journal?</title>
  <para>Be careful if you need to remove an existing journal as it may
   have transactions associated with it.</para>
  <orderedlist>
   <listitem>
    <para>Press the 'Remove' button next to the journal that you want to
     delete</para>
   </listitem>
   <listitem>
    <para>The journal is deleted and the screen is redisplayed</para>
   </listitem>
  </orderedlist>
 </section>
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