RE: What is project expense journal in AX
Project expense is used to record a project transaction of type "expense", where the offset (credit) is typically posted to a ledger account.
This is to differentiate from recording a project expense transaction using an AP invoice journal or a vendor invoice, where the offset (credit) is going to a vendor account/to payables.
Real life example:
When an organization has previously incurred expenses not through an invoice, and want to allocate them partially/in full/partially to a project an expense journal can be used.
Specific example can be payroll expenses.
Another example would be when at the time of the invoice, the future project allocation has not been determined yet. In such case, first an AP invoice would book the expense into a "clearing" account, and later one when it is determined to which project(s) to allocate the expense, an expense journal can be used to transfer that cost into a project.
Important to note that the general journal form can be used to record an expense journal by selecting account type = project, and the GL impact is identical to the impact of using the project module's expense journal form.
,not through a trade (AP invoice), and wanting to apply some/all of the expense to a project.
Common example of that would be a portion of payroll expenses, portion of utilities paid,