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.
Follow these steps to post transactions:
- Access Activity Posting (AC190).
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On the Activity tab, select transactions for posting.
Use these guidelines to specify the field values:
- Activity Group List, Activity Group, Activities, or Activity List
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Select the activities for which you want 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 for which you want to post transactions, then the report will include transactions for all posting children of that summary activity. - Transaction Level Type
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Select the activity level for which you want to process transactions:
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To process transactions for posting activities, select P.
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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.
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To process transactions for both posting and contract activities, select B.
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- Burden GL and Offsets
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Select whether to update general ledger with burden transactions created during posting.
- Post Acct Unit Balances
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Select whether or not account unit and resources balances should be 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
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Select whether you want 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.
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On the Other Options tab, further narrow the selection
of transactions. Use these guidelines to specify the field values:
- System
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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
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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
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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 will 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
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Select transaction to post by account category. Select one of these options:
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Select Acct Category Type to post only transactions that match the type selected. The types to select from are: Revenue, Cost Accrual, or Pass Through. If you select a category type, then you cannot select a summary account category or account category.
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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.
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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.
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- Operator
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Select an operator ID to post transactions that match the login ID of the person that created or recreated the transaction.
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On the Output Options tab, define output preferences
for the report. Use these guidelines to specify the field values:
- Billing Information
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Select whether to print billing information.
- Beginning and End Balances
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Select whether to print activity beginning and ending balances.
- Summarize report
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Select whether you want the report to include summary or detail level information.
- Level
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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
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Select where page breaks should occur:
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Activity Group (G)
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Activity (A)
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None (N)
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- Report Currency
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Select the currency in which you want amounts to appear on the report:
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Base currency
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Report 1 currency
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Report 2 currency
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All currencies (base, report 1, and report 2)
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- Report Style
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Select the style of report you want to generate:
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Standard shows amounts in base currency
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Inline shows the transaction currency and the currencies selected in the Report Currency field (base, report 1, report 2) on the same report
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Separate creates separate reports for transaction currency and the selected currencies (base, report 1, and report 2)
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Both generates both inline and separate reports
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- Suppress Totals
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Select whether or not to suppress totals on this report. The default setting is No.
Follow-up tasks
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If you need to 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 will need to repeat the release and posting process for transactions after you correct them.
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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 will need to run Activity Posting (AC190) with the Post Acct Unit Balances field set to Yes. See Updating accounting unit and resource balances.