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Chapter 9 ■ Defining the House Bank
Click the Scroll
button to search for your account symbols and assign them to the system account
symbols appropriately on the New Entries: Overview of Added Entries screen (Figure 9-8).
Figure 9-8. Global settings for an electronic bank statement—Assign External Transaction Types
In order to avoid defining separate account symbols for each house bank account, enter a plus sign (+)
in the Account Modification and Currency fields. Also, if you want to avoid having to define separate account
symbols and different G/L accounts for every house bank in the system, we advise that you mask the G/L
account field.
By masking your G/L accounts with + signs, you won’t have to keep defining a symbol for every house
bank when a new G/L is defined. When you mask your G/L accounts with ++++++++++, the system will
automatically recognize the G/L account for your house bank. Masking also helps you avoid input errors
when you’re maintaining G/L accounts.
Enter the last number of each G/L account at the end of the account sign ++++++++n in the G/L account
fields in Figure 9-8. n is the last number of your G/L account. For example, the G/L account for Check
Issued with Account Symbol C900-CHECK-OUT is 111412, so the masking for your G/L account would be
+++++++++2. This same principle applies to all your G/L accounts, with the exception of your main house
bank G/L account, as shown in Figure 9-8.
When you have updated the screen with the appropriate account symbols and G/L accounts, click the
Enter button to confirm that the system accepted your entries. Save your work.
The next step is to create keys for posting rules. The posting keys are handy when you are defining
posting rules in Step 4.
Step 3: Create Keys for Posting Rules
To create keys for posting rules, double-click the
folder. This is the third item on the
Dialog Structure. Create Keys for Posting Rules Overview screen. This is the initial screen for creating the keys
for posting rules. To proceed to the New Entries: Overview of Added Entries screen (Figure 9-9), where you will
define the keys for posting rules, click the
button on the top-left side of the screen.
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