Why do deferred revenue rollforward reports include transactions without a start and end date - specifically journal entries?

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****** Disclaimer: This response was generated by an artificial intelligence assistant based on previous conversations from multiple Slack channels, and may contain inaccuracies or mistakes. ****** Deferred Revenue Rollforward reports include transactions without a start and end date, specifically journal entries, because these reports are organized by GL account type. If a journal entry has an impact on a deferred account, it will be included in the report. This is because the report is designed to capture all transactions that affect the deferred revenue account, regardless of whether they have a start and end date. Journal entries are often used to manually move revenue from a Deferred Revenue account to an Income account. This could be the reason why you are seeing these entries in your report. If you want to isolate these user-generated journal entries, you could create a transaction saved search, filtering by type = journal and Account = deferred revenue and revenue. However, it's important to note that the standard Deferred Revenue Rollforward report may not satisfy all your reporting needs. For more detailed information, you may need to customize the report or use other reports such as the Deferred Revenue Waterfall report if you are using Advanced Revenue Management (ARM). This report breaks out short-term and long-term amounts and ties to the GL, providing a more detailed view of your deferred revenue. Please note that migrating to ARM and using the Deferred Revenue Waterfall report may require significant effort, especially if you need to migrate all the data over to Revenue Arrangements instead of Revenue Commitments.