General Ledger Journal Entry - Posting Action

The Posting Action button at the bottom of the General Ledger Journal Entry screen allows you to:

close off the current posting
change the summary information
discard the changes that have been made to the currently opened past posting
change to another posting
create a new posting
view a copy of the audit print
abandon the current posting.

Note: You cannot edit postings already reconciled in a past or open bank reconciliation.

Actions

Action	Description
Close Off	Update the posting control record so that it recognises that the posting has been closed off. The posting can still be accessed through past postings. See Searching for general ledger journals. When you close off the posting, an audit sheet of debtor charges is automatically printed.
Modify Summary Information	Allows you to change the control amount, description or posting date, if in the same financial year. You can also view the Posting number and General Ledger period.
Discard Changes	Discard changes that have been made to the currently opened past posting.
Different/New Posting	Either change the current posting that you are working on, or create a new posting without updating the posting you are currently working on.
Audit Print	View a copy of the audit print showing the current posting that you have entered, without affecting the journal entry.
Abandon Posting	Delete all journals entered in the current posting and delete the posting. Note: You must have Update privileges for GeneralLedgerJournalsEntry to be able to abandon postings. See Group/User Security Maintenance - Groups View in the System maintenance manual.
Cancel	Return to editing the current posting.