Posting transactions

Use this procedure to post transactions to Project Accounting. The posting programs post released journal entries entered directly in Project Accounting, entries interfaced from non-Lawson applications, or entries transferred from other Lawson applications.

You can run AC190, concurrently with AC191, AC130, and AC131.

  1. Access Activity Posting (AC190).
  2. On the Activity tab, select transactions for posting. Specify this information:
    Activity Group List, Activity Group, Activities, or Activity List

    Select the activities to post transactions. You can select by activity group list, activity group, activity, or activity list.

    Note: If you select a summary activity as one of the individual activities to post transactions, then the report includes transactions for all posting children of that summary activity.
    Transaction Level Type

    Select the activity level to process transactions:

    • To process transactions for posting activities, select P.

    • If you use Billing and Revenue Management, then you can process billing and revenue recognition transactions exclusively for contract activities. To process transactions for contract activities only, select C.

    • To process transactions for both posting and contract activities, select B.

    Burden GL and Offsets

    Select whether to update general ledger with burden transactions created during posting.

    Post Acct Unit Balances

    Select whether account unit and resources balances are updated when this program is run. Selecting Yes in this field results in the same updates as running Account Unit Balance Post (AC191) separately.

    Update

    Select whether to update transactions. Select Yes to update. Select No to print the Activity Posting report without updating transactions.

    Note: If you use burdens, then run Activity Posting (AC190) in non-update mode to verify burden transactions before they are updated. After you have verified that the burdens are correct, run Activity Posting (AC190) in update mode.
  3. On the Other Options tab, further narrow the selection of transactions. Specify this information:
    System

    Select transactions to post by system code. The system code is a two-character code representing a Lawson application. For example, AP represents Accounts Payable, PR represents Payroll, BR represents Billing and Revenue Management, and AC represents Project Accounting.

    Source

    Select transactions to post by source code. The source code is a two-character code assigned to a transaction to identify where the transaction was created. For example, the code AD is assigned to vendor invoice distributions, while PW is assigned to employee payroll wages.

    Post Through Date

    Select transactions to post by date. Transactions with a posting date on or earlier than the date you specify are selected for posting. If you leave this field blank, then the current date is set by default.

    Note: Transaction posting dates determine the periods and years to which transactions are posted. The period and year is determined by the calendar assigned to the activity group associated with the activity in each transaction.
    Acct Category Type, Summary Account Category, or Account Category

    Select transaction to post by account category. Select one of these options:

    • Select Acct Category Type to post only transactions that match the type selected. You can select one of these oprions: Revenue, Cost Accrual, or Pass Through. If you select a category type, then you cannot select a summary account category or account category.

    • Select Summary Account Category to post only transaction that match the summary account category selected. If you select a summary account category, then you cannot select an account category type or account category.

    • Select Account Category to post only transactions that match the account category selected. If you select account category, then you cannot select an account category type or a summary account category.

    Operator

    Select an operator ID to post transactions that match the login ID of the person that created or recreated the transaction.

  4. On the Output Options tab, define output preferences for the report. Specify this information:
    Billing Information

    Select whether to print billing information.

    Beginning and End Balances

    Select whether to print activity beginning and ending balances.

    Summarize report

    Select whether to include summary or detail level information in the report.

    Level

    Select the level for which to run this report: (1) - Activity Group, (2) - Activity, (3) - Account Category, (4) - Company / Acct Unit, (5) Resources

    Page Break

    Select where page breaks should occur:

    • Activity Group (G)

    • Activity (A)

    • None (N)

    Report Currency

    Select the currency amounts to display on the report:

    • Base currency

    • Report 1 currency

    • Report 2 currency

    • All currencies (base, report 1, and report 2)

    Report Style

    Select the style of report to generate:

    • Standard shows amounts in base currency

    • Inline shows the transaction currency and the currencies selected in the Report Currency field (base, report 1, report 2) on the same report

    • Separate creates separate reports for transaction currency and the selected currencies (base, report 1, and report 2)

    • Both generates both inline and separate reports

    Suppress Totals

    Select whether to suppress totals on this report. The system sets the default setting to No.

Follow-up tasks

Note: You can change billing-related information, such as rates, for transactions you have backed out. When you re-release the transaction for posting, new billing information is captured.
  • If you must correct or delete posted transactions, use Transaction Edit (AC45.1). You must first use the Backout special action to unpost or back out the posted transactions. You must repeat the release and posting process for transactions after you correct them.

  • If your activity groups are set to track accounting unit detail or resource balances, then you must run Accounting Unit Balance Post (AC191) or you must run Activity Posting (AC190) with the Post Acct Unit Balances field set to Yes.

    See Updating accounting unit and resource balances.