How do I Search for a Nominal Centre?

Summary

This article explains how to search for a Nominal Centre, sometimes referred to as a Nominal Code.

More Information

Nominal Centres are used in various places throughout Platinum.

• Your Sales and Purchase Centres are linked to Nominal Centres to define where they sit in your Profit & Loss or Balance Sheet. When running a Month End the figures from your Sales Ledger and Purchase Ledger will be transferred to your Nominal Ledger.
• Payment centres are Nominal Centres e.g. 'Z992' Current Bank Account.
• You will also need to journal some items directly into your Nominal Ledger for example Wages and Banking.

In the following example, searching for a Cost Centre is going to be performed in Journal Entries - Cashbook Entry.

• In the "Centre" field press <Ctrl+F1>.
• At the Nominal Centre Search dialogue box, in the "Filter On" field, type a description of the centre you are looking for; e.g. "Bank" or "Wages" and click [Search].
• Select the relevant centre and click [Choose].
• If the Nominal Centre you want doesn't exist then you can create it following this link How do I Create a Nominal Code?

See also

• What is a Sales or Purchase Centre?
• How do I Create a Nominal Code?
• How do I Print a List of Nominal Centres?
• How to process a month end
• Posting Journals
• How do I Post the Wages Journal?

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