# Trace a Source Transaction into the General Ledger

### Trace a Source Transaction into the General Ledger

### Overview

This guide will help you trace a sale, purchase, payment, expense, voucher, stock, or production transaction into its accounting entries.

You get an auditable source-to-ledger map and can isolate missing, duplicated, or misrouted postings.

### Who can do this

You need access to Source transaction and Account/Journal Ledger view.

### Before you start

Have the source document number, date, company, amount, tax, payment, stock value, and expected accounting treatment.

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Open the source transaction, then Back Office → Muhasib Financials → Journal Ledger or Account Ledger.

### Trace a Source Transaction into the General Ledger

#### Step 1: Verify the source document and current status

#### Step 2: Record its transaction number, date, totals, party, and linked payments/stock

Record its transaction number, date, totals, party, and linked payments/stock movements.

#### Step 3: Search the journal/account ledger using available identifiers

#### Step 4: Identify every debit and credit generated from the source

#### Step 5: Confirm accounts against Accounting Settings and master mappings

#### Step 6: Reconcile posting total and status to the source

### Check your work

Debits equal credits, the entries link to one source transaction, and balances agree with the source subledger and relevant control account.

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- Check company, date, status, and centralization before declaring a posting missing.
- Correct the source or mapping rather than editing generated ledger lines directly.

### Related guides

- [Configure Accounting Settings](https://docs.muhasiberp.com/link/230)
- [Review the Journal Ledger](https://docs.muhasiberp.com/link/240)
- [Review an Account Ledger](https://docs.muhasiberp.com/link/239)

### What to do next

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