Hi,

In Dec. 08 we transferred an amount from Unrestricted to Endowment.  However, we found out that only part of the entries was done and so even though the funds balances was changed the batch itself was not posted as validation failed.

 How do we correct this error now as the period is closed and trying to correct the error in 09 by doing the other entries also has the message 'validation failed'?  Thanks

Olive

Hi Olive,

This is really going to depend on why the validation is failing.  We can usually see this on the batch validation report at the end of the report.  It should give the balancing information and what is wrong.  For instance, if it is out of balance by period you would need to put the debit and the credit in the same fiscal period.  If it is out of balance by class, you would need to have the debit and credit in the same class or at least transfer account entries to change it.

If there is nothing showing incorrect at the end of the report, then it will be in the body of the report signified by a gray bar with the error and is referring to the transaction right above it.

Hope this helps.