General Journal - Cursor to Start in Post Date field when you hit New in General Journal

Issue No: GL-2457
Created 1/15/2016 7:48:28 AM
Type Feature
Priority Minor
Status Closed
Resolution Fixed
Fixed Version 17.3
Description This issue relates to i21 Help Desk ticket. Click the link below to go to Help Desk ticket. [HDTN-175701 - Would like cursor to start in Post Date when you click New in General Journal|http://fb.irely.com/iRelyi21/i21/#/HD/Ticket/?ticket=HDTN-175701]   * The cursor should start in Post Date field when you click New in General Journal screen. * The date should be highlighted so you can easily change * You are most likely not doing an entry on the day you enter the transaction - gl is a retrospective module * Users are normally working on a prior date when dealing with general journals and is having to click into the post date box. * This would save keystrokes in the General Journal.     Expected Behavior:   * When you hit new the cursor should default to the end date of the last open period * it should have the post date field selected so that you could easily overwrite the post date if you want to   For Example   |Current Date|First Open period ( from the fiscal periods menu)|Date to assign|Comments| |1/1/2015|12/31/2014|12/31/2014|Since the period is not closed you are most likely entering into an old period| |12/15/2014|12/31/2014|12/15/2014|if you are in the period you would want to track the actual date the transaction ocurred| |6/30/2016|12/31/2015|12/31/2015|even if 6 months has gone by you should still enter transactions in the last unclosed period| |6/30/2016|5/30/2016|5/30/2016|Since your open period is last month - that is where you would problably make a journal entry.| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | !pastedImage_d50185_0.png! | | !pastedImage_d50185_1.png!