Summary

In this chapter, we saw the major accounting parts of configuration for ADempiere.

First, we discussed about the Account Element. During the initial client creation in the previous chapters, we had already configured a list of accounts in the chart of accounts file. All of these preconfigured accounts can be accessed from the Account Element window. You are free to add an additional account when needed. In this section, we also discussed the functions of the summary account and of the document controlled, post actual, budget, and statistical parts of an account.

The account itself is used when generating accounting facts/GL journal entries. In addition to the account, there are many other dimensions (such as product, business partner, and so on) involved, and these are all joined together to construct accounting facts and GL journal information.

Then we discussed the heart of ADempiere accounting configuration, that is, the Accounting Schema. In this, we covered the configuration for...