--- id: object/page/251 type: object title: Page 251 "General Journal Batches" summary: Page 251 "General Journal Batches" in Base Application (Microsoft.Finance.GeneralLedger.Journal). 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Present since at least BC23, still in BC30, changed in BC24. Base Application · Microsoft.Finance.GeneralLedger.Journal · BC23-30 · [source at ea08af5e](https://github.com/microsoft/BCApps/blob/ea08af5ef2d6a9b5c5af4a029288abbe2c883220/src/Layers/W1/BaseApp/Finance/GeneralLedger/Journal/GeneralJournalBatches.Page.al) · facts from BC29 ## Properties | Property | Value | |---|---| | Caption | General Journal Batches | | SourceTable | Gen. Journal Batch | | PageType | List | ## Fields on this page Layout controls in source order, grouped by the container they sit in. Shows: the table field a control is bound to (or its expression as written); ToolTip: the control's own, else the bound field's (marked). | Group | Control | Shows | ToolTip | |---|---|---|---| | Control1 | Name | [Name](../table/232.md#fields) | Specifies the name of the journal you are creating. from the table field | | | Description | [Description](../table/232.md#fields) | Specifies a brief description of the journal batch you are creating. from the table field | | | Bal. Account Type | [Bal. Account Type](../table/232.md#fields) | Specifies the type of account that a balancing entry is posted to, such as BANK for a cash account. from the table field | | | Bal. Account No. | [Bal. Account No.](../table/232.md#fields) | Specifies the number of the general ledger, customer, vendor, or bank account that the balancing entry is posted to, such as a cash account for cash purchases. from the table field | | | No. Series | [No. Series](../table/232.md#fields) | Specifies the number series from which entry or record numbers are assigned to new entries or records. from the table field | | | Posting No. Series | [Posting No. Series](../table/232.md#fields) | Specifies the code for the number series that will be used to assign document numbers to ledger entries that are posted from this journal batch. from the table field | | | Reason Code | [Reason Code](../table/232.md#fields) | Specifies the reason code, a supplementary source code that enables you to trace the entry. from the table field | | | Copy VAT Setup to Jnl. Lines | [Copy VAT Setup to Jnl. Lines](../table/232.md#fields) | Specifies whether the program to calculate VAT for accounts and balancing accounts on the journal line of the selected journal batch. from the table field | | | Allow VAT Difference | [Allow VAT Difference](../table/232.md#fields) | Specifies whether to allow the manual adjustment of VAT amounts in journal templates. from the table field | | | Allow Payment Export | [Allow Payment Export](../table/232.md#fields) | Specifies if you can export bank payment files from payment journal lines using this general journal batch. from the table field | | | Suggest Balancing Amount | [Suggest Balancing Amount](../table/232.md#fields) | Specifies if the Amount field on journal lines for the same document number is automatically prefilled with the value that is required to balance the document. from the table field | | | Bank Statement Import Format | [Bank Statement Import Format](../table/232.md#fields) | Specifies the format of the bank statement file that can be imported into this general journal batch. from the table field | | | Copy to Posted Jnl. Lines | [Copy to Posted Jnl. Lines](../table/232.md#fields) | Specifies whether the journal lines to be copied to posted journal lines of the selected journal batch. from the table field | | | No. of Lines | [No. of Lines](../table/232.md#fields) | Specifies the number of lines in this journal batch. | ## Actions | Group | Action | ToolTip | Runs | |---|---|---|---| | Processing | Edit Journal | Open a journal based on the journal batch. | | | Posting | Test Report | View a test report so that you can find and correct any errors before you perform the actual posting of the journal or document. | | | | Post | Post selected journal batches. | | | | Post and Print | Post and print selected journal batches. | | | | Failed to Post On/Off | Toggle between showing all journal batches and only those that failed to post. | | | Periodic Activities | Recurring General Journal | Define how to post transactions that recur with few or no changes to general ledger, bank, customer, vendor, and fixed assets accounts. | [Page 283 "Recurring General Journal"](../page/283.md) | | | G/L Register | View posted G/L entries. | [Page 116 "G/L Registers"](../page/116.md) | | Reporting | Detail Trial Balance | View detail general ledger account balances and activities. | [Report 4 "Detail Trial Balance"](../report/4.md) | | | Trial Balance (Obsolete) obsolete Pending 28.0; #if not CLEAN28 | View general ledger account balances and activities. | [Report 6 "Trial Balance"](../report/6.md) | | | Trial Balance by Period | View general ledger account balances and activities within a selected period. | [Report 38 "Trial Balance by Period"](../report/38.md) | | | G/L Register | View posted G/L entries. | [Report 3 "G/L Register"](../report/3.md) | ## Procedures 4 local procedures, no public ones. ## Triggers OnNewRecord, OnOpenPage ## Relations - source table [Table 232 "Gen. Journal Batch"](../table/232.md) ## Pages and codeunits on this table - [Table 232 "Gen. Journal Batch"](../table/232.md) (lookup page) ## Extended by - [Page extension 4429 "EXR General Journal Batches"](../pageextension/4429.md) ## Calls From the extracted call graph of BC29 (graphify-al on the snapshot checkout): calls whose target is known from a declared type or an `Object::"Name"` argument. Interface dispatch and calls through events are not counted, so the list is not complete. - [Codeunit 230 "GenJnlManagement"](../codeunit/230.md) (1 call: `OnOpenPage → OpenJnlBatch`) - [Codeunit 4030 "Client Type Management"](../codeunit/4030.md) (1 call: `OnOpenPage → GetCurrentClientType`) ## Across versions - Present in: BC23-30 - Changed (declaration) in: BC24 ## Documented on Microsoft Learn - [Record expenses or income directly in G/L](https://learn.microsoft.com/dynamics365/business-central/finance-how-post-transactions-directly) - [Let Business Central suggest values](https://learn.microsoft.com/dynamics365/business-central/ui-let-system-suggest-values) - [Working with general journals to post directly to G/L](https://learn.microsoft.com/dynamics365/business-central/ui-work-general-journals) Source: AL metadata extracted from the code (names, ids, signatures, properties); no code bodies (D10). ## Ask your agent Procedure bodies are not stored here (D10). The call sections above are our own, per object, from the BC29 call graph. For a procedure body or the calls of one procedure, ask bc-code-atlas (external, by Stefan Maron, MIT; default corpus w1-28), which the bc-observatory plugin connects: `bcatlas_resolve_node(object_type: "page", object_name: "General Journal Batches")`, then `bcatlas_get_procedure_body` or `bcatlas_get_neighbors` on the returned id.