Viewing G/L Account History

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G/L Account History Inquiry Screen

Use the G/L Account History Inquiry screen to display balance and net change information for an account. More...

You can display:

  • Actual and quantity information for prior years, including the opening and closing account balances and the net changes and balances for each fiscal period.
  • Total quantity and total net change information for the fiscal year.
  • G/L transaction details for a period.

To view account history:

  1. Open General Ledger > G/L Accounts > Account History Inquiry.
  2. Specify the account and year for which you want to view account history.
  3. If your General Ledger and the selected account are multicurrency, select a currency and the currency type (Source or Functional) in which to display account balances.
  4. If the Show Quantity option is available, select it to view information for quantities posted to the account.

    Note: You can select the Show Quantity option for a rollup account even if it does not use the Maintain Quantities option. General Ledger checks whether any of the member accounts maintain quantities. If they do, and if you also select the Use Rolled Up Amounts option, quantities for the member accounts are rolled up along with their account balances.

  5. If you selected a rollup account and you want to see rolled-up amounts for the account, select the Use Rolled Up Amounts option.
  6. On the table, click the Edit Image of Edit button. button for a period to open the G/L Transaction History screen, where you can view detailed history for the account and period.