Road Map: Fixed Expense Maintenance

Use the Fixed Expense Maintenance (NFM) program to enter, change, copy, and delete a fixed expense. Use the Fixed Expense Processing (NFP) program to release the current month's fixed expenses to the AP Invoice Register. See Background for more information.

Before you run this program each time

You should run these programs: None required

Before you run this program the first time

You should run these programs:

  • System Options Maintenance (XM) (Enterprise Options) to select a date display format for your enterprise, Branch Maintenance (TBM) to select a date display format for your branch, or User Maintenance (UIM) to select a date display format for an individual user.

  • Accounting Period Maintenance (GDM) to set up period-ending dates for accounting periods and years.

  • GL Account Maintenance (GMM) to set up GL organization and GL account codes.

  • Posting Criteria Maintenance (XPC) to set default and specific GL organization codes and GL accounts for automatic posting to the general ledger for these posting names: AP for program NR.

  • Vendor Maintenance (VM) to set up vendors.

  • Audit Trail Maintenance (XAT) to activate system logging of entries and changes.

  • Output Device Maintenance (XDM) to set up the output devices that you plan to use.

  • Date-Output Device Maintenance (ZE) to select your default output device and set whether you can override that device.

After you run this program

You will most likely run these programs in this sequence:

  1. (Optional) Fixed Expense Listing (NFL) to print fixed expenses.

  2. Fixed Expense Processing (NFP) to release fixed expenses.

  3. AP Invoice Entry (NE) to use the AP Invoice Register to process the fixed expenses.

You may also run this program:

  • Audit Trails (ATR) to print an audit trail report.