Checking P&L Posting

When items are posted from Ledgers and Logbooks in the MacNail construction accounting software, the p&l column is used to record the result of the posting. You can scan down through this column to check the success of the posting operation.

NOTE-- Goldenseal construction accounting software replaced MacNail in 2000. It's an integrated program that includes general accounting, job costing, payroll and project billing, plus estimating and other features. Goldenseal automatically generates P&L reports from the accounting data you've entered, so there is no need for a separate posting step.

* If the p&l column is blank, the item has not yet been posted.
* If the p&l column contains a number, that item has been successfully posted to a Job Cost Control worksheet.
* If the p&l column contains an error message, that item could not be posted because of missing or erroneous information. The exact reason the posting was not made is described in the text of the error message.

You may see any of the following error messages in the p&l column:
*bad date--The date column is blank, or an invalid date is entered there.
*bad deposit (Ledger only)--the deposit amount is not a legitimate number.
*bad type (Ledger only)--the cost type is not a legitimate choice (l, m, s or o).
*bad value--the dollar amount is not a legitimate number.
*from log (Ledger only)--this cost type is posted from Logbooks, and not from the Ledger.
*last year--The item has a date in a previous year.
*next year--The item has a date that is in a future year.
*no job # --The job number column is blank.

NOTE: Error messages from the P&L transfer may not always match those for the Cost Control transfer, since they are checked in slightly different order.