Each line on the ledger is required by law to have a journal item number. Therefore, the number to be assigned to each slip when the journal is printed is automatically recorded by the application through batch numbering of journal items. This option is located in the Operations menu of the General Ledger section.
The batch numbering of journal items can be done for all transactions of the company or it can be done based on divisions of the company. In order to do numbering based on divisions, "Batch Numbering of Journal Items will be done based on divisions" parameter line of the G/L parameters has to be approved.
The batch numbering of journal items is performed after the approval of G/L transactions. The fields and functions on the Batch Numbering of Journal Items window are:
The Date Range field is used to specify the date range within which the numbering will be applied to transactions.
Once the journal item numbers are assigned by the application, the Last Journal Number and Last Journal Date information can be viewed, and latest information such as Slip Number, Slip Type, Slip Date and New Journal Item Number can be tracked.