How do I Search for a Nominal Centre?
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Summary
This article explains how to search for a Nominal Centre, sometimes referred to as a Nominal Code.
More Information
Nominal Centres are used in various places throughout Platinum.
- Your Sales and Purchase Centres are linked to Nominal Centres to define where they sit in your Profit & Loss or Balance Sheet. When running a Month End the figures from your Sales Ledger and Purchase Ledger will be transferred to your Nominal Ledger.
- Payment centres are Nominal Centres, e.g. 'Z992' Current Bank Account.
- You will also need to journal some items directly into your Nominal Ledger for example Wages and Banking.
In the following example, searching for a Cost Centre is going to be performed in Journal Entries - Cashbook Entry.
- In the "Centre" field, press <Ctrl+F1> or type in part of the description of the code.
- At the Nominal Centre Search dialogue box, in the "Filter On" field, type a description of the centre you are looking for; e.g. "Bank" or "Wages" and click [Search].
- Select the relevant centre and click [Choose].
- If the Nominal Centre you want doesn't exist then you can create it following this link How do I create a nominal code?.
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