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POSTGL
To post entries to the general ledger, use the POSTGL function. This function should be used to enter any of the following transaction types:
- Receipt or delivery of cash or income into an account
- Interest or dividend payments on unlisted securities and money funds
- Transfers of income to principal and fee postings
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At the APL Expert WHICH FUNCTION:? prompt, type POSTGL and press Enter. The editor screen will appear:
AVAILABLE TRDTYS:
OPE OPESTL CLO RCV DLV TFR INT INTACC DIV INC FEEADV FEETAX DIVRNV TAXFEE DLVIN
C RCVINC PRI MEMO
(1) INCOME CASH LEDGER
(2 ) SNAM/AC TRDTY TICK SACUS/CUS DATE UNITS $ AMOUNTDESCRIP
(2) -------- ------- ------ -------- -------- ------- ---------- -------
(3)
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Type the requested data, separated by a single space, and press Enter
The table below explains the acceptable data for each field.
Field Trade Type Description SNAM/AC
The account short name (SNAM) or account number (BWNUM) to which you are posting.
TRDTY
DLV
Deliver cash out. This type of trade is also used to post fees other than advisory fees, such as custodian fees. This affects the principal cash amount, and reflects a change in capital.
RCV
Receive cash or stock in. This affects the principal cash amount, and reflects a change in capital. Receives of stock are posted in the general ledger only as a memo to record a stock dividend. All actual receives of stock must be posted throught TRADESNEW to be included in the account portfolio.
TFR
Transfer from income to principal. A negative transfer amount transfers principal to income. There is no change in the cash balance however, since both income and principal are affected. There is no capital change.
INT
Interest earned. This affects the income amount, although there is no change in capital.
INTACC
Interest accrued–received or paid. The system calculates this from the trades batch, and posts it automatically to the general ledger. This affects the income amount; however, there is no reflection of a change in capital.
DIV
Dividend earned. This affects the income amount; however, there is no change in capital.
INC
Income earned. This affects the income amount; although there is no change in capital.
FEEADV
Advisory fees. Fees paid out of an account must be reflected with a negative dollar amount. Fees posted with a positive amount are considered rebates. This affects the income amount, and also reflects a change in capital.
DIVRNV
Dividends reinvested. This affects the income amount, but does not reflect a change in capital.
RCVINC
Income received. This affects the income amount as a capital addition. There is a reflection of a change in capital.
DLVINC
Income delivered out. This affects the income amount as a capital withdrawal. This reflects a change in capital.
PRI
Principal. Creates an addition or subtraction to the principal cash balance. It is considered money earned, not as a capital distribution. It affects the principal amount, but does not reflect a change in capital.
MEMO
Memorandum item. There is no change in the cash balance. It does not affect income, principal, or capital.
TICK
The ticker symbol of the security. In most cases, the ticker is CASH-1 for receives or delivers. (We use CASH-1 as the internal TICK for cash received, because “CASH” is the NASDAQ ticker symbol for First Midwest Financial, Inc.)
SACUS / CUSIP
The SACUS or CUSIP number for the security. The SACUS for cash is 13321. For income on a security, use the SACUS or CUSIP number .
DATE
The date the transaction occurred.
UNITS
The number of units if the transaction is for a specific number of shares of a position. For cash transactions, type 0
$ AMOUNT
The total dollar amount of the transaction.
DESCRIP
Description identifying the transaction. The maximum number of characters acceptable in this field is 20.
- Type [Q and press Enter to save the data
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Type [Q and press Enter again to exit the function. The following prompt will appear:
Do You Want to Post these entries Now ?
- Type Y (for Yes) or N (for No) and press Enter
- To not post the entries at this time, type N and press Enter. The transactions are stored in a file that can be uploaded at a later time. The file is stored as POSTGL.P#, where the # is the extension assigned to the file
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To post the entries at this time, type Y and press Enter. The APL Expert system responds with a prompt that shows the transactions are being posted
Do You Want to Post these entries Now ? Y POSTING 1 TRANSACTION FOR SNAM: NEWMPA
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After the transactions are posted, the following prompt will appear:
WOULD YOU LIKE TO VIEW CASH BALANCE ?
If the cash balance does not appear at this time, type N and press Enter. To view the cash balance, type Y and press Enter. The data will appear on the screen, and is also stored in a print file named BALANC.LRP.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO VIEW CASH BALANCE ? Y
AS OF DATE (MM/DD/YY) - HIT ENTER FOR 06/25/10:
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06/25/10 CASH BALANCES
(SNAM ) CASH BALMMF TOTAL LONG NAME
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(NEWMPA) 216,713.13 0.00 216,713.13 PAUL NEWMAN
BALANC.LRP