Journal Entries Fields

Importing and Exporting > Importing data into MYOB BusinessBasics > Importing and exporting fields> Journal EntriesTransaction Journals Fields

Journal entries from all source journals -- General, Sales, Receipts, Disbursements, and All -- can be exported from MYOB BusinessBasics.

When journal entries are imported into MYOB BusinessBasics, entries from all source journals are added to the General Journal

.

Field

Description and Character Limits

Journal Number

8 characters, alphanumeric.

Date

11 characters, alphanumeric. Follows date convention of your system. Allows any non-numeric as separator between months, days, and years.

Memo

255 characters, alphanumeric.

*Account Number

Must be valid, preexisting MYOB software account number. 5 characters, numeric. May (optionally) have a non-numeric separator between the first digit and the last 4 digits (for example, 1-1234).

*Debit Amount

15 characters (including dollar sign, comma and negative sign). If no decimal entered, MYOB BusinessBasics appends .00. If more than 2 decimals, MYOB software rounds to the nearest cent.

*Credit Amount

15 characters (including dollar sign, comma and negative sign). If no decimal entered, MYOB BusinessBasics appends .00. If more than 2 decimals, MYOB software rounds to the nearest cent.

Job

5 characters, alphanumeric. Must match a preexisting job number in your MYOB software company file.

*This is a required field for importing.