Hi! Does anyone have an idea why the amount of the...
# general
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Hi! Does anyone have an idea why the amount of the vendor bill line is showing up as a positive number when doing a saved search although it is negative in the vendor bill record? It should be negative also in the search results. Thanks!
t
Might be a dumb answer- but do you have absolute value picked?
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Do you mean if it using ABS -function in the results column?
t
What is the account type of account 2750? Is it expense?
Negative expense is a debit, hence positive…
r
The Amount field respects accounting "natural balance." Meaning positive does not necessarily mean a debit and negative does not necessary mean a credit. Positive means an increase in the balance of the account and negative means a decrease in the balance of the account. For a liability account, an increase is a credit. Putting a negative "expense" on the bill would cause that amount to become a credit to the account, which is an increase to a liability, hence it showing positive on the saved search. Hopefully that makes sense, but if not, adding Amount (Debit) and Amount (Credit) to your search rather than Amount might make it show in a more understandable way.
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Okay. Thank you @RJMNS and have a good weekend! 😊