Northwestern uses chart string-based systems to manage financial transactions, in which all expenses are classified by five-digit expense account codes (e.g. – 73475 is “Lab Supplies and Hardware”).

When you have completed shopping and are ready to check out, Proceed to Checkout from your shopping cart. (Figure 1). Enter the appropriate accounting code and information for that line by inputting ...

Activity codes are optional four digit numerical codes in FAS that may be used to define the activities of a unit in more detail than is available through the account codes. For example: If a ...

General ledger codes are numerals you assign to different debit or credit entries to make accounting easier and more functional. By assigning numerals to different types of payables or receivables, ...

In ShopBlue, you can enter multiple accounting codes that will link to your profile. Then when checking out, you can easily select the appropriate accounting codes. A default accounting code will ...