Managing Emburse Professional AP GL Accounts

Managing Emburse Professional AP GL Accounts

A General Ledger (GL) Account is an account or record used to sort, store and summarize a company's financial transactions. You may need to edit, add, or delete GL Accounts.

This article will show you, an Accounts Payable Employee, how to manage your GL Accounts.

  1. On your Emburse Professional homepage, click the down arrow next to Emburse Professional then click AP.

    Certify app switcher menu with AP selected.

  2. Open the Budgeting tab from the Emburse Professional AP Dashboard.

    Emburse Professional AP Dashboard showing Budgeting.

  3. Under the Accounts section, click Set Up GL Accounts tile.

    Emburse Professional AP showing Set Up GL Accounts.

  4. This is the Set Up GL Accounts page. To enter a new GL Account, enter a Number and Account Name.

    Emburse Professional AP showing Set Up GL Accounts, GL Account, Number.

  5. Click Add Account.

    Emburse Professional AP showing Add Account.

  6. The new GL Account will appear within the existing GL Accounts list below. To edit the account, click the pencil icon.

    GL Accounts list with edit pencil icon on account 1730 Accounting.

  7. From here, you can edit the Account Number, Account Name, and Activate/Deactivate the GL Account.

    GL Account row in edit mode with Update and Cancel buttons.

    Once a GL Account is created, it can only be Deactivated, not deleted..

  8. Click Update to complete.

    GL Account edit row showing Update button and Activate/Deactivate control.

  9. Search for existing GL Accounts to edit in the Filters pane. Search for specific GL Accounts by using the Search box, or search for a list by using the Active Only, Inactive Only, and All filters.

    Set Up GL Accounts Filters panel with Search box and Active/Inactive/All options.

  10. Click Apply Filter to search.

    Emburse Professional AP showing Apply Filter.

  11. A list of GL Accounts that match the search criteria will appear below.

    Filtered GL Accounts list showing Accounting (1730) and A/P Accrued Accounts Payable (2120).

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