Item Journal changed negative to positive at post

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I need some help!

I did a "rapid start" import into a test company for table 83 of both positive and negative adjustments. I have an inventory of many thousand items, the calculate inventory option will not allow e to copy and paste the changes from an excel spreadsheet, so I had to figure out how to import these changes.

My rapid start import appeared to go just fine. It added lines to the item journal for those amounts both positive and negative. Then when I looked at the item journal I could see that there were both positive and negative adjustments listed. I did a "test report" and it showed positive and negative entries.

However, as soon as I posted those lines, all of the amounts were posted as positive adjustments only. The "type" still showed "Negative Adjust.", but the values were all positive when posted.

What happen here? I am glad I did this in a test company or I would have a lot of trouble on my hands. Why did these all post as positive amounts?

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Suresh Kulla 50,243 Super User 2025 Season 2 on at

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Did you use -ve amount or -qty on those lines ? If so that will cause that issue. You need to use +ve values even though the entry type is Negative Adjustment.

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Rashed 3,765 on at

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When you post item journal, Make sure the sign is always positive. You posted the item journal with entry type = Neg adj and quantity sign being negative.

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ManishS 86 on at

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Entry Type Negative Adjustment means system will decrease the inventory & value, this is handled by system itself.

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Amol Salvi 18,698 on at

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It seems there is problem with your quantity field .

Can you paste entries screenshot here for analysis ?

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Maneesha 5,891 on at

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addision1 ,

can you make sure you have entered (-Quantity) at the time you post

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Alexander Ermakov 28,096 on at

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I would guess that you had entered a quantity with minus sign for negative adjustment lines - can you check that first? You should enter positive figures in the quantity field even for negative adjustment type.

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addision1 323 on at

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Thank you everyone for the guidance. Yes, my problem was that I used a (-) symbol in the amount and selected "Negative Adj.", thereby creating a double negative situation leading to a positive adjustment.

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