In Microsoft Dynamics NAV, you will see journals all over the place, in every single functional area. Just to name a few, if you move around the Departments menu, you will find a lot of different types of journals, such as General Journal, Payment Journal, Item Journal.
The following screenshot shows an example of Item Journals:
Journals are where all kinds of transactions in Microsoft Dynamics NAV, such as accounting transactions, sales transactions, and item transactions, take place. When you post a document, such as a sales order, Microsoft Dynamics NAV will use the journals internally to post to the appropriate ledger tables. ...