Period End Journal Line Fields

All the fields that may appear in period end journal lines are shown in the following table. Some of these fields appear only in specific types of period end journals, as noted in the descriptions.

For information about period end journal header fields, see Period End Journal Header Fields.

Field	Description
Main Account	This account is the account for the Subsidiary that all the following lines post to. In a search of period end journals, this is Account (Main). Depending on the type of period end journal, the main account may be one of the following: Cumulative Translation Adjustment Retained Earnings an income summary profit or loss account a balance sheet closing or opening account Which income summary and balance sheet accounts are used is determined by your subsidiary preferences. For information about these preferences, see Defining Subsidiary Settings for the Period End Journal Entries Feature. This line includes the total, either Debit or Credit, required to balance the lines in the list below it. The Currency field on this line is the Subsidiary’s base currency. All lines use the same currency.
Account	This account is the account for the line as shown on the GL Impact page.
Debit	Each account line has a debit or a credit amount. Debits and credits for the same account are entered on separate lines. Two lines for the same account occurs only for current rate type accounts because of changes in the consolidated exchange rate.
Credit
Memo	Enter information to help you identify this line. For example, you might include key information from the detail pages. If you enter a value in the Memo field when you create period end journals, that value is copied to this field.
Detail Type	This field appears only on consolidation journals. The values are Activity or Rate Change. Activity indicates that the line is the result of transactions during the period. Rate Change indicates that the line is the result of changes in the consolidated exchange rate and appears only for current rate type accounts. For more information, see Consolidated Activity Detail and Consolidated Rate Change Detail.
Detail	This link icon opens one of several detail pages with additional information about the line. For more information, see Period End Journal Detail Pages.

Field

Description

Main Account

This account is the account for the Subsidiary that all the following lines post to. In a search of period end journals, this is Account (Main). Depending on the type of period end journal, the main account may be one of the following:

Cumulative Translation Adjustment
Retained Earnings
an income summary profit or loss account
a balance sheet closing or opening account

Which income summary and balance sheet accounts are used is determined by your subsidiary preferences. For information about these preferences, see Defining Subsidiary Settings for the Period End Journal Entries Feature.

This line includes the total, either Debit or Credit, required to balance the lines in the list below it.

The Currency field on this line is the Subsidiary’s base currency. All lines use the same currency.

Account

This account is the account for the line as shown on the GL Impact page.

Debit

Each account line has a debit or a credit amount. Debits and credits for the same account are entered on separate lines. Two lines for the same account occurs only for current rate type accounts because of changes in the consolidated exchange rate.

Credit

Memo

Enter information to help you identify this line. For example, you might include key information from the detail pages. If you enter a value in the Memo field when you create period end journals, that value is copied to this field.

Detail Type

This field appears only on consolidation journals. The values are Activity or Rate Change. Activity indicates that the line is the result of transactions during the period. Rate Change indicates that the line is the result of changes in the consolidated exchange rate and appears only for current rate type accounts. For more information, see Consolidated Activity Detail and Consolidated Rate Change Detail.

Detail

This link icon Detail icon opens one of several detail pages with additional information about the line. For more information, see Period End Journal Detail Pages.

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