The General Ledger (GL) module is part of the Financial series in Dynamics GP and the menu choices for it will start with Financial. The SQL Server tables for the General Ledger module will begin with GL
. There are three setup steps for the GL module:
General Ledger Setup
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Creating General Ledger accounts is typically considered part of the GL module setup; however, we went over creating GL accounts as part of the company setup in Chapter 6, System and Company Setup. There is also an optional step of setting up account currencies if you are using the Multicurrency module.
To open the General Ledger Setup window, navigate to Microsoft Dynamics GP | Tools | Setup | Financial | General Ledger. This window controls the next journal entry number, the Retained Earnings account used for closing the General Ledger, history settings, and options allowed for GL transactions. These settings can be changed at any time; however, as most users should not...