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title: "GL Account Merge Schedule Task"
canonical: "https://kb.myframeworks.com.au/space/FRAM/28403970/GL%20Account%20Merge%20Schedule%20Task"
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# Overview

This task allows users to run a utility task to merge a GL account, together with transactions from the existing account to a new account.

> ⚠️ The program may take a long time to run. All Trading needs to cease while it is processed.

### Run GL Account Merge Schedule Task

| **Step** | **Task** |
| --- | --- |
| 1 | From the shortcut menu select **GL Accounts Merge **Scheduled Task, or go to **General Ledger - Scheduled Tasks - GL Accounts Merge **from the hamburger menu. |
| 2 | <span style="color: #003366">Under the "Report Criteria" tab select the report parameters as required, which include:</span><br>- **Company**:** **Select a company you wish to run the task against (if multi-company), otherwise will default to users' Home Company
- **From GL Account**: Enter the GL account you wish to merge.
- **To GL Account**: Enter the GL account you wish to merge into. |
| 3 | From the "Schedule" tab set the run parameters for the schedule. You can also choose to send either an email or notification to the user scheduling the task on completion.<br>- **Send Notification** checkbox
- **Send Email** checkbox |
| 4 | Click **Submit** to run the task. |
| 5 | Once the task has run, go to the "Output" tab and view the .csv audit report detailing the successful update of transactions. |