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Posted on by IU_Hoosier

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I get the following error when trying to post a vendor invoice in the General Journal:

External Document No. must have a value in Gen. Journal Line. It cannot be zero or empty.

I do not see this field in the General Journal screen. Please advise on where i can find this to fill it in. Thanks in advance!

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Mohana Yadav 61,250 Super User 2026 Season 2 on at

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Please try using Payment Journal for this.
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AJAnsari 5,754 on at

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I think Mohana meant the Purchase Journal. It’s a variation of the General Journal that has all the Purchase invoice related fields conveniently shown, such as the External Document No.

Once the invoice has been posted and you are ready to pay the vendor, you’d then use the Payment Journal.

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