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Editing Journals

To update selected details on an "In Progress" journal, click Edit on a journal detail or list page, at any time prior to posting, and then change the fields you want to update. In some organizations you may need to return to Classic EditionThe view of the application that you see when you first install the base managed package. to make the changes. In this case, click Classic Edit instead.

See Journal Fields for a full description of the standard fields that make up a journal.

For information about maintaining the lines on an existing journal, see Journal Line Items.

Note: Note

If the "In Progress" journal is part of a reversing journalType of journal that automatically reverses itself in a subsequent period. pair, you should be aware that a change to one of these journals is not automatically reflected in the other journal. If you need to make a change before posting, you must make the same change to both sides. You can tell whether a journal forms part of a reversing journal pair by looking for its reversing journal number (or source journal number) on its Journal Detail section. You can use these journal numbers as a link to move between corresponding detail pages.

You cannot edit the details of an income scheduleUsed to spread the income (revenue) from a sales invoice across a range of accounting periods. journal, even when it is "In Progress".

Amending a posted journal

You must be in Classic EditionThe view of the application that you see when you first install the base managed package. to use this feature.

To amend (add, edit or delete) the contents of the following set of fields on a posted journal, click Amend Document on its detail page in Classic EditionThe view of the application that you see when you first install the base managed package..

Dimensions 1–4 (However, if one or more currency value or exchange rate overrides exist this ability is disabled. See Notes below for additional information.)
Reference
Journal Description
Line Descriptions
Custom fields that have been set up for sub-analysis mappingMapping of custom fields at header and line level for the purpose of profitability reporting. (see Note 2)

The changes that you make are also automatically reflected in both the related transactionA record created when documents are posted to the general ledger. Transactions must balance (sum to zero) in home, dual, and document currency. and the appropriate balances. The type of balances that are updated automatically depend on how your organization has been configured.

Note: Notes

The ability to edit dimensions on a posted document is controlled by a custom setting. If you find you cannot edit dimensions on a posted document, contact your administrator.
If you edit a pre-existing dimension on a posted document, the new one must have the same currency as before, or be home, document or dual currency. If you add a new dimension to a posted document where one didn't exist previously, it must be in document, home or dual currency.
You cannot edit dimensions on a posted document if its period is closed. This validation is unaffected by the custom setting.
You can use the standard Salesforce tracking field history feature on the transaction line item custom object to track changes to these fields. See the Salesforce Help for more information. Remember to add the Transaction Line Item History related list to your page layout.

Note: Note:

The ability to edit custom fields that have been set up for sub-analysis mapping is controlled by a custom setting. If you cannot edit these fields on a posted document, contact your administrator.

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