2218157 - G/L Account - Line Items report: Difference Between Journal Entry Header Text and Item Text

You are executing the G/L Account - Line Items report for Balance Sheet and Expense G/L account and you observe that Journal Entry Header Text and Journal Entry Line Item Text is same for Balance sheet G/L accounts, however for Expense G/L accounts the text is different.

Journal Entry Header Text and Journal Entry Line Item Text are characteristics in report.

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1. Go to General Ledger work center.
2. Reports view.
3. G/L Line Items Report.
4. Give the Company ID, Account Period, Balance Sheet G/L account and Journal Entry type as Supplier invoice.

It is observed in the G/L Account - Line Items report that the Journal Entry Header Text and the Journal Entry Line Item Text are the same for Balance Sheet G/L accounts.

1. Go to General Ledger work center.
2. Reports view
3. G/L Line Items Report.
4. Give the Company ID, account period, Expense G/L account and Journal Entry type as Supplier invoice.

It is observed in the G/L Account - Line Items report that the Journal Entry Header Text and the Journal Entry Line Item Text differ for Expense G/L accounts.

For Balance Sheet accounts the system derives the text from invoice description for both Journal Entry Header Text and Journal Entry Line Item Text, however, for Expense G/L accounts, the system derives the Journal Entry Header Text from invoice description and Journal Entry Line Item Text from Product description.

Expected system behavior

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