Carry line descriptions to G/L entries when posting

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End users, automatically This feature is released. Aug 1, 2019 This feature is released. Oct 1, 2019

Business value

When reconciling or auditing data, such as expenses, it is useful to see the source document line description in the general ledger entries.

Feature details

On the Sales & Receivables Setup, Purchases & Payables Setup, and Service Management Setup pages, you can choose the Copy Line Description to G/L Entry check box to define for sales, purchase, and service documents that the description text on lines of type G/L Account is carried to the resulting general ledger entries.

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See also

Feature exploration (video)

Posting Sales (docs)