Cannot post invoice

DECo diamond.edge at verizon.net
Mon Mar 22 15:46:41 EST 2004


On Monday 22 March 2004 15:34, you wrote:
> DECo <diamond.edge at verizon.net> writes:
> > On Monday 22 March 2004 15:18, you wrote:
> >> DECo <diamond.edge at verizon.net> writes:
> >> >> > Assets\Current\Accounts Receivable\Healthcare
> >> >>
> >> >> What are the "account types" not "account names"?
> >> >
> >> > I don't know what you mean by account type then.
> >>
> >> Aha!  The plot thickens.  How do you know your account is of
> >> type A/R if you don't know what an account type is?
> >
> > Good question.
> >
> >> In the account tree view, select the account, then click
> >> the "Edit" button.  In the window that pops up you'll see
> >> a frame in the middle/left that labeled "Type" and has a list
> >> of account types.  One type will be selected.
> >>
> >> What types are selected for these accounts?
> >
> > Asset
> > Did I  screw up?
>
> Yes, you did -- which is what I've been saying all along.  Your A/R
> account needs to be of type A/Receivable -- pull it up in the and
> reset the type appropriately.  Then the post will work, as I've been
> saying this whole time!.

Yep.  That was the problem.  I changed the account type to A/Receivable and 
then could post the invoice.  I don't know what happened there.  All the rest 
of them had the correct type.  Thanks, Derek.
>
> >> >> Any chance you could fire me off a copy of your data?  (feel free
> >> >> to send that to me personally).
> >> >
> >> > What file would you like to see?
> >>
> >> Your data file.
> >
> > What would it be called?
>
> Whatever you named it.  But I suspect I wont need it.  I think
> we figured out the problem.
>
> -derek


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