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  • Completely bill the job, including retention. If you marked the Allow Job to Close if Net Billed Not Equal to Expected Contract check box  checkbox in the Posting Options window, then the net billed doesn't have to equal the contract amount. Otherwise, the net billed must equal the contract amount to close a job.
  • Post all transactions. No unposted transactions for the job should exist in any Job Cost transaction work file.
  • Receive and invoice/match all purchase orders for the job to be closed. For more information, see Using Microsoft Dynamics GP purchase order processing. If the Allow Job to Close if Committed Costs check box  checkbox is marked in the Posting Options window, you can close a job without receiving all purchase orders.
  • Back up all job cost files. If you encounter difficulties during the closing process, restore the backup and complete the procedure again.
  • Reconcile all jobs you plan to close. Reconciling verifies the information in the transaction detail files and adjusts the totals in the master files if a discrepancy exists. See Reconciling jobs.
  • Make sure all prior months POC have been run BEFORE closing the current month's jobs.

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  1. Choose Microsoft Dynamics GP > Tools > Routines > Job Cost > Open Closed Jobs. If necessary, enter the administrator password when prompted. The Open Closed Jobs window opens. This window displays a list of all available closed jobs. Open jobs, as well as any closed jobs that are in a closed JC fiscal period, do not appear on this window.The column headers on the scrolling window allow you to order the list of jobs by Job Number, Job Name, Date Closed, or Closed By.
  2. Choose the job(s) that you wish to open. You can choose one, multiple, or all available closed jobs. You can also use the Find button to search for a specific job number.
  3. Enter a Reason for reopening the job(s). This is a required field; you cannot open a closed job without a reason. The reason is printed on the Opened Jobs List report, as well as saved in the audit table. You can only enter one reason at a time. If you are opening multiple closed jobs for multiple reasons, you must run this routine separately for each unique reason you want to record.
  4. Choose Open Jobs. The selected jobs are opened and set as active. Journal entries created by the "close job" process are reversed.
  5. After processing is complete, choose a destination for printing the General Posting Journal, which displays the JCC Reversing entry, and the Opened Jobs List, which shows the jobs that were opened successfully. Job information including Batch ID, Journal ID, and Last Date Closed prints on the Opened Jobs List report, along with the Reason for reopening the job.


Note

A If the Journal ID of is 0 (zero), this indicates that no reversing entry was created. This may occur if the job had no posted costs and no journal entry was created during the job close process.

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