A hand-written accounting entry. The owner is the accountant answerable for it, which matters at audit far more than it matters day to day.
Route to a named person, not a rota. A manual journal is a control record.
What you would route on
Any field on the module can be used, including ones you have added yourself. These are the ones businesses reach for:
| Field | Why you would route on it |
|---|---|
| Narration or reference | If you encode a purpose. |
| Total | Large entries to the senior accountant. |
| Branch | Which set of books. |
A worked example
A business routes every manual journal to the senior accountant, so there is always one named person who can explain any entry that was not generated by the system.
Caps and overflow
| Setting | Worth it here? |
|---|---|
| A cap per person | Rarely. |
| An overflow owner | Rarely. |
Nothing stops you setting either — they are offered on every module. It is simply that a daily limit answers a question this module rarely asks.
Where to go next
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