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4. Check any GPOST edit lists for incorrect account numbers (account
5. Decide the go live date for General Ledger operation (year end, quarter
6. Enter the beginning balances in GM1.D. You can also enter the net
7. If you have been running G/L updates throughout the system and if you do
What needs to be done before going live with a new G/L chart of
accounts?
1. Determine the account numbers and descriptions for the chart of accounts.
2. Enter the G/L Master File (GM1.D). You would need to create a new,
3. Design a Balance Sheet and Income Statement. Enter the G/L Format
4. Change all entries in the following Variable File records:
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number 0 is the most common). Determine which account(s) should be
added or modified or if the Variable File needs to be modified.
end, or month end).
The day before going live, do the following:
change for each accounting period if you want. You would obtain this
information from your former bookkeeping system.
not wish to keep the accumulated GPOST entries, create a new GM3.D. If
you wish to keep the entries (if they are significant numbers to you), go
ahead and merge the entries by accounting month. The merge process
removes the GM3.D records, adds them to GM4.D (Yearly Transaction
File), and adds the totals to the balances in GM1.D.
blank GM1.D before adding your new accounts.
Master File (GM2.D) for each report. The Format Master controls how the
report are laid out.
A. Sales, G/L Integration, Sales. Determine how sales and cost of sales
will be posted to the G/L (see above).
B. Sales, G/L Integration, Sales. If
inventory groups, identify and enter the G/L account numbers for
every group for:
Sales
Cost of goods
C. Sales, G/L Integration, Inventory Sold. Identify and enter the G/L
account numbers for every group for:
Inventory Sold
D. Inventory, G/L Integration. Identify and enter the G/L account
numbers for every group for:
Inventory adjustments
Inventory adjustments to physical
E. Inventory, Other Options, Fabrication. Identify and enter the G/L
account numbers for every group for:
Inventory fabrication
Chapter 3. "Go Live" Tracks
G/L Posting Method for Sales=Y
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