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Then you have to import or create some ''accounts''. (More documentation will be soon available...)
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== Overview ==
  
It is possible to import all this data from separate files, produced by other applications (provided it is in the correct format).
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Click in the menu '''Parameters''' then '''Account chart'''
For initial testing, this is the easiest way to begin exploring Gestinux.
 
  
Currently, files produced by French accounting software (SAGE 100) are [https://sourceforge.net/projects/gestinux/files/Imports%20for%20test/French/Sage%20Ligne%20100/ provided] which you can import to set up a test accounts database.
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[[File:Accounts_1.png]]
If you can provide export files from other accounts software, (originating outside France or in languages other than French), you are welcome to contact the developers.
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You must import or enter an account chart before entering any [[Customers|customer]], [[SalesInvoices|invoice]] or [[CustomerPayments|payment]]. In addition, some [[Journals/fr|journals]] must be linked to an account.
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If you have already an accounting application, you can probably import it's accounting chart. See explanations about [[Import_accounts|importing accounts]].
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When you will create new [[Customers/fr|customers]], their accounts can be created automatically.
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Otherwise, you can created manually accounts, either from the menu mentionned above, or before choosing an account.
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== Creation of an account ==
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[[File:Accounts_2.png]]
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To define an account, you need :
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* Account number or code : starts by 1 digit, followed by digits or uppercase letters, without any space, up to 10 characters.
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* Account label : the name of the account. The first letters of this label can be entered, in order to select quickly your accounts.
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* Reconciliable : check if your account is reconciliable.
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* Header : This is to created "header" or "root" accounts to organize your account chart. You won't be able to select such accounts in an acocunting entry, but they can be present in a template, or printed in balances. However they are not required.
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* Balance sheet account : when checked, after ending a fiscal year, the balance of these accounts is written in the first day of the next fiscal year.
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Note : When an account balance is not zero when starting your first fiscal year, you must enter (or import) an [[AccountingEntry|accounting entry]] in a journal.
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== Delete an account ==
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It is forbidden to delete an account when it is referenced by any entry :
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* an [[AccountingEntry/fr|accounting entry]]
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* a [[AccountingTemplates|template of accounting entries]].
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* a [[Customers|customer]]
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* an account linked to a [[Journals|journal]] or to a [[Taxes|tax]].
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== Editing an account ==
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Once created, an account number or code can't be changed.
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This is not allowed in accounting practice, but however, since the account number is not an identifier in Gestinux, it remain possible using SQL to make some formal transformations, like adding some digits or zeroes, to improve layout.
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== Accounting chart as a tree ==
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Currently, you can't print or manage Gestinux accounting chart like a tree. This is because some accounting charts are not working this way.
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You can however define some header accounts, as explained above.
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== See also ==
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[[Initial_setup|Other base data for accounting]]
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[[Accounting journals|Journals]]
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[[Customers]]

Latest revision as of 18:17, 11 February 2020

 Français


Overview

Click in the menu Parameters then Account chart

Accounts 1.png

You must import or enter an account chart before entering any customer, invoice or payment. In addition, some journals must be linked to an account.

If you have already an accounting application, you can probably import it's accounting chart. See explanations about importing accounts.

When you will create new customers, their accounts can be created automatically.

Otherwise, you can created manually accounts, either from the menu mentionned above, or before choosing an account.

Creation of an account

Accounts 2.png

To define an account, you need :

  • Account number or code : starts by 1 digit, followed by digits or uppercase letters, without any space, up to 10 characters.
  • Account label : the name of the account. The first letters of this label can be entered, in order to select quickly your accounts.
  • Reconciliable : check if your account is reconciliable.
  • Header : This is to created "header" or "root" accounts to organize your account chart. You won't be able to select such accounts in an acocunting entry, but they can be present in a template, or printed in balances. However they are not required.
  • Balance sheet account : when checked, after ending a fiscal year, the balance of these accounts is written in the first day of the next fiscal year.

Note : When an account balance is not zero when starting your first fiscal year, you must enter (or import) an accounting entry in a journal.

Delete an account

It is forbidden to delete an account when it is referenced by any entry :

Editing an account

Once created, an account number or code can't be changed.

This is not allowed in accounting practice, but however, since the account number is not an identifier in Gestinux, it remain possible using SQL to make some formal transformations, like adding some digits or zeroes, to improve layout.

Accounting chart as a tree

Currently, you can't print or manage Gestinux accounting chart like a tree. This is because some accounting charts are not working this way.

You can however define some header accounts, as explained above.

See also

Other base data for accounting

Journals

Customers