Detail Area

These fields in the detail area are required for each general ledger account to which amounts are distributed:

Account Number

Enter the general ledger account number. The system validates it against the chart of accounts in the F0901 table and fills in the account description.

The system uses the business unit in the account number on the first line of the detail area to fill in other information in the header area, such as document company and base currency code.

The first line of the journal entry provides the default base currency code for the entry. Therefore, you cannot delete the first line of the entry. You can, however, change the account number as long as the new account resides in the same company as that of the original account.

Amount

Enter the number that identifies the amount that the system adds to the account balance of the associated account number. Enter credits with – (minus sign) either before or after the amount.