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Journal Entry for Central

Runners

You are a runner if you use templates to enter data.

See Uploading data with Journal Entry

Developers

You are an author if you create templates.

See Customizing templates

Admins

You must configure Winshuttle Central to use Winshuttle Journal Entry.

See Installing Winshuttle Journal Entry in a Central environment

Prerequisites

Component Name

Minimum Requirement

Operating system

Windows XP/Vista/7/8

Internet Explorer

5.5 or higher

.NET Framework

3.5 SP1

SAP Basis

4.6C or higher

SAP GUI

4.6C or higher

RFC Authorizations

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Winshuttle Central

10.5, 10.6, 10.6.1

Winshuttle Function Module for Transaction

10.6

Microsoft Excel

2007 or higher, including 2013

Using Journal Entry for the first time

  1. Open a new workbook in Excel or select an existing workbook to upload. Click the Winshuttle for Journal Entry tab.
  2. Click the Select Licensing button.
  3. Click Winshuttle Central.
  4. Click Logon to Central and enter your credentials. Set proxy settings, if necessary.

    The Remember Login box is selected by default so that the computer always remembers your credentials.

  5. The green light in the Logged-in menu indicates that you are online with Central.
  6. If you must change your log in settings and you've made changes, save any open Excel sheets, click the Logged on to Central arrow, and then click Sign In as a Different User. Enter your new credentials.

Change licensing modes

  1. Save any open Excel sheets.
  2. Click the Logged on to Central arrow, and then click Switch to Connect.

    A message appears to tell you that the application must close to change licensing modes. To change the mode, click OK.

  3. Open Excel again.
  4. Click the Winshuttle for Journal Entry tab.
  5. Click Logon to Connect, and enter your credentials.

Logging on to SAP in other languages

When parking or posting a file in Journal Entry, you can log on to SAP in any language supported by SAP. In SAP, the document will open in the language that the author logged on with when the document was created.

In this section

Uploading data with Journal Entry

Customizing templates