The Work in Progress tab is available once the Work in Progress option is selected on the Main tab.
Using this tab, you can enter the beginning balances of expenses associated with work in progress.
The Opening Balances Entering document. The Work in Progress tab
Click Add to add a new balance of work in progress.
In the Department column, specify the department associated with the work in progress.
In the Expense Item column, specify an expense item which denotes the type of expenses or expenditures: Material Cost, Labor Cost, Rent Expense or any other relevant for your business.
Click in the Cost Object column to open the list of Cost Objects and select the cost object that designates any object (item) for which costs are being accumulated separately from other costs. Cost object can be a project, a specific project task within a project, a customer order in which a customer requests specific product, or a specific internal item being constructed by the entity for a potential customer. You can create new cost objects on the fly. For this, click in the Cost Object column and then click +(Add) in the drop-down list, which is most likely does not contain any object. In the Cost Object (create) form that opens, define the cost object.
The Cost Object (create) form
Once you specify all attributes of the cost object, click Save and close on this form.
In the Cost Element column, specify a cost element which you can select from the Employees, Fixed Assets, and Items lists.
The Characteristic column is available if the Enable Item Characteristics option is selected on the Administration > Settings > Purchasing and Warehouses form. In this column, you can specify additional properties of the item if the Use Characteristics option is selected for the item in its master record (see Items).
Use the Quantity column to enter the quantity of the cost element in the unit of measure that is specified in the UOM column.
In the Amount column, enter the opening balance in the accounting currency.
In the GL Account column, make sure that the correct account appears for recording the expense.
Use the Transaction Content column to enter the description for the journal entries.