3358947 - Transferring Balance from one Supplier account to another using Journal entry voucher

• System gives error while to transfer balance from one Supplier account to another Supplier account and including their control of GL accounts by posting Journal entry voucher.
• Error message: "A manual adjusting entry needs at least two lines per supplier".

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1. Go to the General Ledger work center.
2. Go to the Journal Entries view.
3. Select the Journal Entry Vouchers sub view.
4. Search for the relevant Journal entry voucher.
5. While trying to do the transfer of Supplier accounts, error appears.

Error message: A manual adjusting entry needs at least two lines per supplier.

• Manual Journal entry voucher may not allow two different suppliers.
• It's because of Journal entry type and Business transaction type mentioned while trying to post Journal entry vouchers is with two different suppliers.

To resolve this error message, go with write up/down the value to transfer the balances through Journal entry Voucher.

Follow the below mentioned steps.

1. Go to General Ledger work center and select the Journal Entries view.
2. Go to Journal entry Voucher sub view.
3. Give New, and In Journal entry type: 00084 - Manual Entry for Accounts Payable, Business transaction type: 626 - Manual Write-Up/Write-Down Accounts Pay.
4. Choose the G/L account and fill the credit amount which needs to be transferred to debit, and the same amount in debit column also.
5. Give two different supplier accounts.
6. On the third line give same G/L account number and fill the amount as zero, don't give any supplier ID in this Line (to avoid an error.)
7. Simulate it, once simulated post the Journal entry voucher.
8. Go and check the supplier accounts to confirm the balances are being transferred or not. It is being transferred.

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