Audit Trail

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Summary

The audit trail is the area where all Transactions show through when they have been posted in Databuild

 

Details

A Audit Trail

 

The Audit Trail is a way of locating and isolating transactions

 

The Upper Panel contains a Transaction grid with the following columns:

Tran No -                Each transaction will have a unique number                        

Type -                The type of transaction, example INV is an Invoice transaction, PAY is a payment transaction        

Amount -                The amount of that transaction

GST -                GST for the transaction (if any applicable)

Reference -        Reference from what has been entered for that transaction

Job No -                The Job it was posted for or against

Supplier -                The Supplier it was posted for or against

Cost Centre -        The Cost Centre applied to that transaction

Date -                The Date specified by the user for that transaction - This date is the Accounting Date (effective for accounting purposes, reports)

Inv Date -                An additional date field which can be different when the Invoice was posted

Due Date -        An additional date field which is typically when the transaction is due

Bank -                The bank the transaction was posted through

GLac -                The General Ledger account associated with the transactions

ClosingTran -        The Closing transaction No.        

Authorised -        Tick option, if it has been authorised - do not manually tick this option unless it is required or requested by Databuild

Ret -                If ticked, confirms this is a Retention transaction

Rec'l -                If the transaction has been reconciled, BAS or Banks, this option will be ticked - reframe from ticking/unticking this option unless specified by Databuild Support

Comments -        Any comments associated with the specific Transaction        

 

The Lower Panel contains then Transaction Types and other criteria to search with. Note, that the criteria can either expand or broaden the search

 

Toolbar

       File Menu

               Export to XML file-        Specific transactions can be exported to XML format

               Edit Log-                Loads Edit Log module

               Refresh-                Refreshes Transaction grid after alterations to selection criteria

               Merge-                        You can copy non-duplicated transactions (ie different Tran Nos) from another database

               Archive Transactions-        Loads the Archive Transactions module

               Import Transactions-        Imports transactions from another (Access) database and appends them to current database

                                       Transaction numbers are dynamically adjusted.

       Edit Menu

               Bank-                        Selected transactions can be set to the same bank

               Cost Centre-                Selected transactions can be set to the same cost centre

               Dates-                        Selected transactions can be set to the same date

               GL account-                Selected transactions can be set to the same GL account

               Job-                        Selected transactions can be set to the same Job

               Supplier-                Selected transactions can be set to the same Supplier

               Startup Menu-                If you have posted any transactions, they will be displayed:

                                               Show ALL-                Show all transactions

                                               Show Today-                Show transactions posted today

                                               Show Month-                Show the transactions posted for the month

                                               Show From Tran No-        Show from transaction XXXX

               Go To Tran No-        Locate a Transaction number Short cut key - Ctrl+G

               Clear Search Criteria-        Clears the entire criteria ensuring you are searching every transaction, Short cut key - Ctrl+C

 

       Command Buttons

       All_None        Select or DeSelect ALL displayed transactions

       delete        Delete Transaction(s)

       edit        Loads Edit Log module

       search        Hides or Shows Search Criteria Panel

       refresh        Refreshes Transaction grid after alterations to selection criteria

       report        Audit Trail Report

       note        Add more comments or additional notes to the Invoice selected

       exit        Closes the routine