A Business Central general journal whose lines persist after posting, used for repeating entries with recurring methods, frequencies, and allocations.
A recurring journal is a general journal in Business Central whose lines stay in place after posting and can be posted again period after period. It is the standard tool for repeating entries such as rent, insurance, accruals, and internal cost allocations.
Each line has a recurring method and a recurring frequency (a date formula such as 1M for monthly). With Fixed, the amount stays for the next run; with Variable, the amount is cleared after posting so you enter the new value each period; with Balance, the balance of the account is distributed and the account is set to zero. Each method also exists in a Reversing variant that automatically posts the opposite entry one day after the posting date, which is how period-end accruals are reversed.
Allocations extend this: for a line you can define allocation lines that split the amount across G/L accounts and dimension combinations by percentage or quantity, for example distributing IT costs across departments. After posting, BC advances the posting date on each line by the recurring frequency, ready for the next run, and an expiration date can retire a line automatically.
Recurring journals do not post themselves, so they belong on the month-end checklist. For spreading a single invoice amount across periods, a deferral template is usually the better fit than a recurring journal.
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