Release accruals
In this procedure you release accruals. You use accrual accounting when you e.g. wish to distribute/allocate the recording of a total amount over a number of months. The accrual accounting function can also be used to create reversal vouchers in a future accounting period, for example during year-end closing. That type of accrual normally reverse the entire initial voucher in the next month.
The accruals belong to a separate journal type which has a separate number series. The number series is configured in the procedure Voucher number series/Journals. Important! Before you have entered a start code it is not possible to release accruals.
You record (release) the postings which should take place for each accounting period. Normally you run this procedure once a month. However, it is possible to run the same period several times if new accruals are registered after the release of the accruals of the period. This procedure is constructed as an accrual accounting journal. You can review the journal, approve it, and after that, a voucher is created in the accounting.
You can approve the accrual accounting journal either via a control question after printout, or by approving the journal directly in the list using the button Approve on the toolbar.
The records you see in the journal refers to accruals which have not yet been released, up to the period you selected under the Selection tab. When you approve the journal, it will be emptied and you can reprint it by using the list type for reprint.
It is also possible to change the posting on rows in the journal before you approve it. This is useful if there for example is a mandatory dimension missing.
List types
Accrual accounting journal
This list shows how the selected accruals will be recorded. In this list you can review journals, approve them, and after that, a voucher is created in the accounting.
Reprint – Accrual accounting journal
The list looks the same as the accrual accounting journal. The only difference is that you also see information about who reset the journal and when this was done. Approved journals can be reprinted in this list type.
Selection rows
In a list procedure there is always a tab called Selection where you can select data records in different intervals from the database. The data records are then loaded by using the Load button 
in the toolbar of the procedure.
Under Selection rows in the backstage of the procedure, you can choose which selection rows that each list type should have, under the Selection tab in the procedure. In the List type field you select for which list type you want to customize the selection rows.
One table shows selection rows possible to select and one one table shows the selected selection rows. You can add, delete, or move selection rows by dragging and dropping the selection rows with your mouse pointer.
Using the Save button 
you save the selected selection rows.
Read more about this in the Selection topic.
