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title: "Guide: Journal output tasks"
slug: "guide-journal-output-tasks"
description: "Lists tasks for managing journals in Cintra iQ, covering accounting groups, assigning periods and payrolls, and displaying journal data."
updated: 2026-06-10T11:19:12Z
published: 2026-06-10T11:19:12Z
canonical: "help.cintra.co.uk/guide-journal-output-tasks"
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# Guide: Journal output tasks

This article contains a list of tasks you need to perform to manage journals in Cintra iQ.

- [Set up and maintain accounting groups and periods](/iq/docs/how-do-i-set-up-account-groups-records)
- [Assign the pay periods to the accounting periods](/iq/docs/how-do-i-assign-payroll-periods-to-accounting-periods)
- [Assign the payrolls to accounting groups](/iq/docs/how-do-i-assign-payrolls-to-accounting-groups)
- [Extract cost analysis data](/iq/docs/how-do-i-extract-cost-analysis-data)
- [Display journal data](/iq/docs/how-do-i-display-journal-data)