JE Quick Tip #6- I keyed a journal into finance or submitted a journal import. How do I know if the journal is moving through the system toward posting?

JE Quick Tip #6: A journal entry can be found in PeopleSoft finance to determine the status of the entry.

Once the journal has been entered and saved, the journal will automatically move during pre-defined times (approximately every two hours) to a journal edit check and journal budget check.  Once the journal passes the edit and budget checks, it will move to the approval string.

• Navigate to the general ledger, GL Workcenter and select the “Create/Update Journal Entries” link.
• Select “Find an Existing Value” tab.
  • The search criteria should include only business unit=UND01 and the journal ID you are searching for. Click Search.
• Select the lines tab
  • Journal status = P (journal has posted)
  • Journal status = E (there is a journal error that the department must correct)
  • Budget status = V (the journal has passed budget check)
  • Budget status = E (there is a budget error that the department must correct-see budget error quick facts)
• Select the approval tab
  • Approval strings are determined by the journal class keyed during journal entry.
    • A green check mark with a time stamp indicates that the journal has been approved at that stop.

Want to learn more than one tip per week? Visit the journal entry/journal import training site here: https://campus.und.edu/finance/training.html#journal

Do you have questions about this tip? Email und.journalimports@und.edu