Transferring general ledger journals

Use the Transfer General Ledger Journals window to transfer general ledger journals from the financial schema into another schema.

Note: You need to specify which general ledger journals are transferred using the Transfer Journals to Other Database area fields on the General tab of General Ledger Maintenance. See General Ledger Maintenance - General tab.

Note: The Transfer General Ledger Journals program does not run automatically; you need to run it each time you want to transfer journals.

Opening the Transfer General Ledger Journals window

Select Module > General Ledger > Transfer Journals to Other Finance Database... from the main menu.
Tip: You can also access General Ledger functions by clicking .
The Transfer General Ledger Journals window is displayed.

Transfer General Ledger Journals key fields and buttons

Fields

Field	Description
Transfer to Database	Finance schema that the journals are transferred to.
Minimum Journal Date	Journals dated prior to this date will not be processed.

Source Database area fields

Field	Description
Clearing G/L Code	General ledger code used to take up the balance of the journals transferred in the source finance schema.
Posting Description	Posting description created in the source finance schema.

Target Database area fields

Field	Description
Clearing G/L Code	General ledger code used to take up the balance of journals transferred in the target database.
Posting Description	Posting description created in the target database.

Buttons

Button

Description

Save selections for use with future transfers.

Note: Clicking this button does not run the transfer.

Transfer journals to the target finance database specified in the Transfer to Database field.

Close the Transfer General Ledger Journals window without transferring journals.