Adding a New GL Account, Bank Account, or Checkbook

Adding a New GL Account, Bank Account, or Checkbook

How do I add a new GL account? Before adding a new account, it is always a good rule of thumb to begin by reviewing your current list of accounts so as to avoid creating a duplicate or extremely similar account to one that already exists. Let’s review a quick list of our existing accounts by clicking on the GL Accounts list in the General Ledger section of the Navigation Pane.   Here I see a list of all my accounts, sorted by number.   When you are ready to create a new account, click on the words ‘New Account’ … Continued
New Journal Entry

New Journal Entry

This tutorial will walk you through the necessary steps for creating a New Journal Entry. Note: If you are entering a large journal entry, like a Payroll Journal Entry from your payroll provider, you may want to use the ‘Journal Entry Import Function’. This functionality will you allow to import a pre-defined template specific to your providers journal entry details. Click on this link to access the Importing Journal Entries tutorial. You can also use the ‘Memorized Transaction’ function, that allows the user to create a Journal Entry Template that can be used over and over again. Click on this … Continued
Mass DSS Review

Mass DSS Review

The Mass DSS Review makes it easy to review and approve the Daily Sales Summaries. Go to ‘Account’ in the Top Ribbon and then select ‘Mass DSS’ In the Mass DSS Review screen, you can select the location, Start Date, and End Date. Set a specific timeframe and click on the Get DSS button to get the respective records. There is also a check box to only show the Unapproved Transactions. It will then show 3 tabs DSS, House Accounts, and Missing DSS. DSS Tab – Review each row for the correct Net Sales and Deposit information. To see more information … Continued
Adding a New Budget

Adding a New Budget

This tutorial will walk you through the steps to ‘Add a Budget’. Before you add a budget, make sure that you have the Fiscal Year setup for the legal entity and year of the budget that you are going to create. Click here to go to the fiscal year setup training. To begin, hover over ‘Account’ on the ribbon and select ‘Budget.’ A new window will open with the name “Budget”. In the ‘Name’ field, input the name of the budget you are adding. Next, in the ‘Budget Year’ Field, select the year you are creating the budget for. Next, … Continued
Editing a Budget

Editing a Budget

This tutorial will walk you through the steps to ‘Edit a Budget’. To begin, click on the word ‘Budgets’ in the ‘Accounting’ section of the Ribbon on the Left. You will see a listing of all the existing budgets. Select and double click on the budget you wish to edit. A new window will open for the Budget you selected. There are two options to Edit the Budget.Option 1 – If you are only editing a few of the amounts then you can edit directly in the Budget Screen. Simply find the amount for the account and period you wish … Continued
Gross Sales vs Net Sales

Gross Sales vs Net Sales

Restaurant365′s chart of accounts comes with pre-defined ‘GL Types’ specific to the restaurant industry. They are: It is required that each of your GL Accounts be assigned to one of these GL Types.Restaurant365′s out-of-the-box financial reports group your accounts by GL Type first, then by Parent Account, then by Account Number (or Account Name if Account Number does not exist). Restaurant365′s non-Profit & Loss reports (such as the Flash Report, Sales v. Labor Report) also leverage the GL Account attribute of GL Type when determining the value to display. On all the non-Profit & Loss reports, Restaurant365 labels the summation … Continued
Entering Invoices at Corporate

Entering Invoices at Corporate

Purpose: To create new invoices in the system at the corporate location. Create a new AP Invoice by clicking on the ‘Vendor Actions’ Tab in the top Ribbon, then select Invoice in the drop down. A new window will open with the name “Unsaved AP Invoice”.   A new window will open with the name “AP Invoice”. The cursor begins in the Number field. This is the vendor’s invoice number. Enter the number provided by the vendor and ‘Tab’ into the next field called “Company (Vendor).” Note: If you are entering a large invoice, like a food invoice from your … Continued
Importing AP Transactions: Overview

Importing AP Transactions: Overview

AP Transactions can be imported from CSV files in to Restaurant365.  Unlike Documents to Process, which requires a User to process the data at a later time, Imported AP Transactions contain all of the transaction details and are ready for review and approval upon being imported.   Transaction Detail Options AP Transactions can be imported as complete Transactions, or as AP Invoice Details in to an existing AP Invoice Multi-Transaction – Import multiple AP Invoices and/or AP Credit Memos from a single file AP Invoice Details – Import transaction details in to one AP Invoice from a single file   Import Methods Multi-Transaction files can be … Continued
Check Run – Applying Credits

Check Run – Applying Credits

The Check Run screen provides a User with a list of Approved AP Invoices.  The User can then apply AP Credit Memos & Discounts, create AP Payments, print Checks, and produce ACH and Positive Pay exports for selected invoices.  Click here for more information on the Check Run Overview AP Credit Memos that have been entered and Approved in Restaurant365, will be available for application on the Check Run Screen.  Available Credit Memos will be indicated with a ‘C’ in the ‘C/D’ column to the right in the Invoices grid To apply an available AP Credit Memo, perform the following: Click … Continued
Adding a Contact

Adding a Contact

You can add new contacts in Restaurant365 in various areas of the different modules. In most cases, your contact is related to a Vendor or Customer. If so, it is best to open the Vendor or Customer Record, and directly add the Contact in the Contact Section. Adding from this areas is the most streamlined approach, because it automatically links the Contact to a Record, and it auto-populates the address and phone information for ease of entry. To add a Contact click on ‘Primary Contact’ or type a value in to the Primary Contact field and then hit tab or enter.  This will … Continued