Journal Entries Fields

Journal entries from all source journals (General, Sales, Purchases, Receipts, Disbursements, Inventory, and All) can be exported from MYOB AccountEdge.

When journal entries are imported into MYOB AccountEdge, entries from all source journals are added to the General Journal

.

Field

Description and Character Limits

Journal Number

8 characters, alphanumeric.

Date

11 characters, alphanumeric. Follows date convention of your system. Allows any non-numeric as separator between months, days, and years.

Memo

255 characters, alphanumeric.

*Account Number

Must be valid, preexisting MYOB software account number. 5 characters, numeric. May (optionally) have a non-numeric separator between the first digit and the last 4 digits (for example, 1-1234).

*Debit Amount

15 characters (including dollar sign, comma and negative sign). If no decimal entered, MYOB AccountEdge appends .00. If more than 2 decimals, MYOB software rounds to the nearest cent.

*Credit Amount

15 characters (including dollar sign, comma and negative sign). If no decimal entered, MYOB AccountEdge appends .00. If more than 2 decimals, MYOB software rounds to the nearest cent.

Job

5 characters, alphanumeric. Must match a preexisting job number in your MYOB software data file.

Currency Code

3 characters, alpha. Must be specified for a foreign currency account and must match the currency code of the account. Only one foreign currency per journal entry.

Exchange Rate

11 digits, including 6 decimal places. If blank, current exchange rate substituted.

*This is a required field for importing.

Journal Entries Fields