GL Import a Journal Entry

1 Create a journal entries batch.

Select the Journal Entries palette in GL> Journal Entries. This will expand the Journal Entries palette and display the steps of the Journal Entries process.
Select New from the Journal Entries batch number drop-down menu to create a new batch. This will open the New Batch window.

If there are open batches in the Journal Entries process, you can create a new batch without affecting the open batches.

Enter a Batch Month and Batch Year. These fields default to the current calendar period and are used for reference only. The batch month and batch year do not affect the journal entry date of the journal entries created in the batch.

The journal entry date is set up during the Settings step (GL> Journal Entries> Settings> Journal Entry Date field).

Click the Generate icon to populate the Batch Number field with the next available batch number. Batch numbers are limited to five digits and must be unique within the batch month of the batch year.

You can also manually create a new batch by entering a Batch Number and clicking the Save icon .

Highlight the batch in the batch number drop-down menu on the Journal Entry palette and press DELETE to delete a batch. Any uncommitted journal entries in the batch will be deleted.

2 Select the journal entry date of the journal entries in the batch.

Open the Settings window (GL> Journal Entries> Settings).
The Period Type drop-down menu is used to select the type of period you would like to generate the journal entries in.

Select Standard if you would like to post the journal entries to a fiscal period.
Select Adjustment if you would like to post the journal entries in the batch to an adjustment fiscal period (fiscal period 13).

This selection only applies to adjustments that you would like to post to the adjustment fiscal period. If you are making an adjustment, you are not required to post it to the adjustment fiscal period. For example, if you are creating a reversing journal entry and would like to post the reversal to a fiscal period and fiscal year based on the journal entry date, select Standard.

The Journal Entry Date determines the fiscal period and fiscal year the journal entries in the batch will be posted to.
The Fiscal Period and Fiscal Year fields will populate with a fiscal period and fiscal year based on the selection in the Journal Entry Date field.
Press ENTER or click the Save icon when complete. This step will be processed by the application server, so it may take a few moments to complete. Open the Jobs Viewer window (Jobs Viewer icon on the main desktop) if you would like to view the progress of the Settings step.

3 View the journal entries in the batch.

After the Settings step is complete, open the Journal Entry Selection window (GL> Journal Entries> Journal Entries) to view the journal entries in the batch. This window will be empty if you have created a new batch, but if you have opened an existing batch the window will display the journal entries in that batch.
Highlight a journal entry and press DELETE or click the Delete icon to delete a journal entry.
Click the Import icon to import the journal entries. This will open the Import window.

4 Import the file.

The File Name field is used to select the path of the file you would like to import into the general ledger. Enter a path or click the File Name field label to locate the file by browsing through the file structure on your network.
The File Type drop-down menu is used to select the type of file you are importing.

Select Comma Delimited if you would like to import a comma delimited file. A comma delimited file is a file where all of the columns on the file are separated by a comma.

Click the Display Report Layout icon at the top of the window to view the format of the import file.
The general ledger account number is separated into seven sections by a comma. Depending on the format of your chart of accounts, you may not use all seven sections but you have to include all seven sections on the import file. For example, if you would like to import GL account 610-0-0-1043, the import would look like this: 610,0,0,1043,,,,. Do not enter a 0 in the GL account sections that should be blank.
The dollar amount begins after the seventh comma on the import file; credits should be a negative amount. For example, -100.00 is a credit amount, 100.00 is a debit amount.

Select Fixed Width if you would like to import a fixed width file. A fixed width file is a file with data entered into specific positions on the file rather than separated by columns.

Click the Display Report Layout icon at the top of the window to view the format of the import file.
The general ledger account number is seven sections long and there are six characters in each section. Each piece of the general ledger account must be aligned to the left of each set of six characters. For example, if you have a GL account 610-0-0-1043, enter it like this (each cell in the table below represents a block of 6 characters):

610

0

1043

The dollar amount begins at position 43. Credits will have a negative sign in position 43. You also need to enter a decimal place. For example, if you would like to enter a credit of $50, enter -$50.00.

Select Springbrook if you would like to import a Springbrook format file. The Springbrook format file contains all of the information associated with a journal entry.

Click the Display Report Layout icon at the top of the window to view the format of the import file.

Click the Display Report Layout icon to view the expected format of the import file. Click here for information on the File Layout window.
Press ENTER or click the Confirm icon to import the file. The import file will be imported from the window, not the application server.

5 Commit the journal entry.

Once the journal entries have been imported into the Journal Entries batch, print the Proof List and commit the batch to post the journal entries to the general ledger.
Click here for information on committing journal entries.

GL> Journal Entries