Release Transactions

Form ID: (GL501000)

This form lists all batches that have a status of Balanced. You can release either all batches or only those you select.

After successful completion of the release operation, the status of the released batches changes to Unposted or Posted, depending on whether the Automatically Post on Release check box is selected on the General Ledger Preferences (GL102000) form.

Form Toolbar

The form toolbar includes standard and form-specific buttons and commands. For the list of standard buttons, see Form Toolbar and More Menu. The form-specific commands are listed in the following table.


Button	Description
Release	Releases the selected batches and changes their statuses to Released or Unposted, depending on whether the Automatically Post on Release check box is selected on the General Ledger Preferences (GL201000) form.
Release All	Releases all the batches and changes their statuses to Released or Unposted, depending on whether the Automatically Post on Release check box is selected on the General Ledger Preferences form.

Table

This form includes a table with the list of batches that are ready to be released.

Table 1. Table Columns
Column	Description
Included	An unlabeled check box that you select to include the batch for release when you click Release on the form toolbar.
Module	The module where the batch transactions were created.
Batch Number	The batch number.
Ledger	The ledger to which batch transactions should be posted.
Transaction Date	The date of transactions.
Last Modified By	The last user to modify the batch.
Post Period	The financial period to which the batch transactions will be posted.
Control Total	The batch control total, which should be equal to both the credit total and the debit total for the batch to be released.
Description	The description of the batch.