Carrying Forward Balances

Carrying Forward Balances

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Would you like to know more

about how a general ledger
accountant carries balances
forward?

If so, follow this interactive

tutorial.

1. To open the app, select

the Carry Forward Balances
tile.

For this tutorial, the Fiscal

Year is already entered for
you.

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2. In the Company Code

field, enter 1710 and press
Enter.

3. In the Ledger field, enter

2L and press Enter.

4. Choose Go.

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The To Do, Preview and

Done sections outline where
entries are currently
displayed. For this tutorial,
there is one entry in the To
Do section and one entry in
the Done section.

5. In the To Do section,
select the line item.

6. Choose Carry Forward.

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7. Choose Continue.

8. The entry still displays in

the To Do section.

To view the entry in the

Preview section, choose
Refresh.

The entry is now in the

Preview section.

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9. Choose Preview.

10. Choose the line item.

11. Choose Run Changes.

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12. The item still displays in

the Preview section.

Choose Refresh.

The message confirms that

the balance was carried
forward.

The entry now displays in

the Done section.

13. To return to the

launchpad, choose SAP.

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You have successfully

carried a balance forward.

This concludes the

interactive tutorial.