Lesson 6.8: Activity

Practical Activity: Reviewing Registers and Balancing Entries

Objective: Use the Control Register to find a specific transaction and view a system-generated balancing entry.

1. View Bank Register:

    ◦ Go to Transactions > Registers > Control Register.

    ◦ Select your “Operating Checking” account.

    ◦ Set the Date Range to “This Month”.

    ◦ Click Filter. Review the list of checks and deposits.

2. Drill Down: Click the CD link on one of the checks you wrote in a previous lesson. Change the Memo field to “Reviewed in Register” and click Save and Close. Verify the change in the register.

3. View Fund Balancing:

    ◦ Go to Transactions > Registers > Journal Register.

    ◦ Set the Date Range to “This Fiscal Year”.

    ◦ In the Transaction Type dropdown, select FB Entry (Fund Balancing).

    ◦ Click Filter. (Note: If you haven’t entered cross-fund transactions, this list may be empty, but this is where they would appear).