Setting Parameters

  1. Double-click graphics\KEYOPMENUICON16.gif.

  2. From the Keyop Menu, double-click graphics\PARAMETERS_ICON16.gif.

  3. In the Parameter Editor window, double-click Text Base Parameters.

  4. The (L) Parameters screen opens. Select the [J] General Ledger action code.

  5. In the (LJ) screen, select the [1] Archived Files action code.

  6. When the (LJ1) screen opens, select the [C] Change action code.

  7. In the G/L Location field, enter the location for which to set or change parameters. (This field defaults to the location entered for your terminal in the (L1) Terminal and Tickets Parameters screen.) You can enter a new location or accept the default location:

    To accept the default location, press Tab.
    To set parameters for a different location, enter the number. If you enter fewer than two characters, press Tab.

Note: Your responses to the fields in the (LJ1) screen apply only to the location you specify in the G/L Location field.

  1. When the cursor moves to the Fiscal Year field, specify the fiscal year for which you are setting (LJ1) screen parameters, 2002, for example.

  2. When the cursor moves to the "CHARTFILE" Name field, enter the appropriate responses in each of the fields in this screen. For a description of the fields, see In the (LJ1) Screen. Use the following instructions for cursor movement in this screen:

    To move the cursor ahead one field, press Tab.
    To clear a field, press the Spacebar, and then press Tab.
    To move the cursor back one field, press Backspace.

  3. When you finish setting or changing parameters in this screen, press Enter until the cursor returns to the action code field. If you press Esc before doing so, the system does not save your changes.

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Period-End Steps for Day-End, Month-End, and Year-End

Executing the Year-End Procedure