Ledgers
One book per set of rules. The leading ledger is what operations post to; a delta ledger holds only where another principle disagrees — never a second full copy.
Where to find it
- Module: Accounting
- Group: Ledger
- Section: Ledgers & Principles
- Screen: Ledgers
Address in the console: /accounting/ledgers
List · 10 columns · 11 fields on its form · 4 of them required · 2 actions
What the list shows
These are the columns of the list, in the order they are drawn. Any of them can be sorted on, filtered on, hidden, or exported.
| Column | Kind | Field name |
|---|---|---|
| Ledger | Code | code |
| Name | Text | name |
| Type | Status | ledger_type |
| Principle | Code | principle_code |
| Framework | Status | framework |
| Currency | Code | currency |
| Reads through | Code | base_ledger_code |
| Postings | Number | posting_count |
| Last posting | Date | last_posting_date |
| Status | Status | status |
The form
What is asked for when a record is created here. Required fields are marked; a choice drawn from a configuration list is one an administrator can extend without a release.
| Field | Type | Choices | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Code required | Text | 0L for the leading ledger, by convention. | |
| Name required | Text | ||
| Accounting principle required | Choice | Looked up from existing records | |
| Type required | Choice | Configuration list | Delta is right for almost every parallel book: a full copy is how two books drift. |
| Reads through | Choice | Looked up from existing records | A delta ledger is its base plus its own differences. |
| Currency | Choice | Looked up from existing records | |
| Fiscal year starts in month | Number | A statutory book on the calendar year and a tax book on a March year end is ordinary. | |
| Documents post here automatically | Yes or no | ||
| Feeds the consolidation | Yes or no | ||
| Status | Choice | draft, active, closed | |
| Description | Long text |
What you can do here
Trial balance
The trial balance in this book, resolved through its base where it is a delta ledger.
Post a delta
Post the difference between what the leading ledger says and what this principle would say.
Asks for: Posting date* Memo Lines*
* required
The rules that apply here
Everything on this screen obeys the platform rules rather than rules of its own. The ones worth knowing before you use it:
- Narrowing a list — search, conditions, sort, totals, export and saved views.
- What may be changed — the five grounds a record may not be edited on.
- Companies and business units — what the switcher above this list is doing to it.
- Creating a record — required fields, where choices come from, and how the number is allocated.
- Importing a spreadsheet — this screen accepts one, and it runs through the same rules as typing.