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Journal Document

The transfer of charges within or between cost centers, internal orders, or WBS elements. Departments, labs, or centers create journal documents to bill interdepartmental costs, to adjust billing errors, or for other reasons associated with the department's regular financial operations.

Journal Voucher

A journal voucher is called a journal document in SAP.

Justification

See Vendor Justification.

JV Parked Report

A report which lists parked journal vouchers in all stages of the process from parked on the originator's system to awaiting approvals.

JV Posted Report

A report which lists completed and posted journal documents. Department administrators can use the JV Posting Report to review all journal entries processed by their staff or journal vouchers processed against their accounts by staff outside their departments.

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Kerberos

A system that provides security on the MIT network by means of encrypting user passwords.

Kerberos Principal

A Kerberos principal is the unique identifier that identifies each specific user defined by MIT's Kerberos user authentication system. It is commonly called the Kerberos user ID. MIT uses the Kerberos principal to establish the SAP user master (user ID) in addition to other uses, such as generating user certificates.

Kerberos Ticket

A block of data stored on your computer by the Kerberos server after you successfully enter your username and password. Systems such as SAP check for a valid ticket before allowing you to logon. Tickets expire after ten hours.

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Labor Distribution System

Also known as LDS. A salary and wages forecasting tool for administrators in departments, labs, and centers to use in projecting current and future salary commitments and related expenses for up to nine years in the future.

Levels of Approval

See Release Strategy.

Line Item

A single item in a transaction that allows multiple items. For example, one item to be purchased in a requisition containing three items.

Line Item Selection Box

The box to the left of a line item used to select the item by clicking on it.

Liquidate

Completion of a commitment.

Long Text

The long text field is used to enter a lengthy, detailed description or explanation for a particular transaction.

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