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Cost Budget Journals

2023/05/19 • 3 min. to read

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• Fields
• Actions
• See also

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Fields

Budget Name	Specifies the name of the journal budget.
Date	Specifies the entry''s date. The date is always automatically set to a start date of a period, depending on the field Period.
Document No.	Specifies the number of the related document.
Posting Type	Specifies whether to add the amount and the quantity of the journal line to the existing budget of the selected cost dimensions, or to replace the existing budget with the entered values.
Cost Type Code	Specifies the Cost Type for the entry. The caption of the field depends on how the cost type is set up in the Cost Dimension Setup.
Cost Dimension Codes	Specifies the cost dimension values for the entry. The caption and number of fields displayed depend on how the cost dimensions are set up in the Cost Dimension Setup.
Description	Specifies a description for the entry.
Work Type Code	Specifies the work type. For more information, see Chart of Cost Types & Chart of Cost Dimensions, Work Types.
Quantity	Specifies the quantity. Note Quantities can only be posted with a Unit of Measure Code.
Unit of Measure Code	Specifies the Unit of Measure Code of the Cost Type. For more information, see Chart of Cost Types & Chart of Cost Dimensions, Unit of Measures.
Price	Specifies the price of one unit.
Amount	Specifies the total amount that the journal line consists of.
Reason Code	Specifies the reason code, a supplementary source code that enables you to trace the entries.
Line No.	Specifies the line number.

Actions

• Post

  Finalize the journal by posting the amounts and quantities to the cost dimensions.

• Preview Posting

  Displays a preview of all entries that will be created when posting the journal. For more information, see Journals, Extended, Posting Preview.

• Test Report

  View a test report so that you can find and correct any errors before you perform the actual posting of the journal.

• Cost Entries

  View the history of transactions that have been posted for the Cost Type.

• Cost Budget Entries

  View the cost budget entries of the Cost Type.

• Extended Column View

  Click on the action to switch to the extended or reduced column view. In the journals of NCCA Cost Accounting some fields and actions (depending on e.g. the setting in the journal name or the Cost Accounting Setup) are automatically displayed or hidden. In addition, this action gives you the option to choose a simpler display or to show only the most important fields. Fields such as Work Type, Quantity and Unit of Measure Code are hidden in the simpler display. The settings are saved for each user and journal.

• Import from Excel

  Import journal lines from an Excel file. For more information, see Budget, Journals, Import Cost Budget Journal.

• Create Excel Workbook for Import

  Creates an Excel workbook that can be used as a template for importing journal lines.

• Import from File

  Import journal lines from a file.

See also

• Setup, Cost Dimension Setup
• Chart of Cost Types & Chart of Cost Dimensions, Unit of Measures
• Chart of Cost Types & Chart of Cost Dimensions, Work Types
• Journals, Extended, Posting Preview
• Budget, Journals, Import Cost Budget Journal