Opening Entries

To upgrade your various accounts, create a Journal of type Opening/Closing Situation in Centralised counterpart mode to avoid a counterpart on each line.

For each account that needs upgrading, enter account data in the journal. For this operation, use the menu Accounting ‣ Journal Entries ‣ Journal Items.

You can also use OpenERP’s generic import tool if you load the balance of each of your accounts from other accounting software.

Ejemplo de los Pasos:

1. Accounting ‣ Configuration ‣ Financial Accounting ‣ Periods ‣ Fiscal Year: Create a fiscal year with monthly periods

2. Accounting ‣ Configuration ‣ Financial Accounting ‣ Accounts ‣ Accounts: Create an account Opening Balance Account (Account Type: Equity, Reconcile: No)

3. Accounting ‣ Configuration ‣ Financial Accounting ‣ Journals ‣ Journals : Create a new journal Opening Bal Journal (Type: Opening/Closing Situation, View: Journal View, Entry Sequence: Account Journal, Default Debit Account: Opening Balance Account, Default Credit Account: Opening Balance Account, Centralized Counterpart: Yes)

4. It is best to create a csv file with the first line:

   “Account”,”Effective date”,”Journal”,”Name”,”Period”,”Debit”,”Credit”

   And the data-lines like this:

   “1000”,”2011-01-16”,”Opening Bal Journal”,”Opening Balance Entry”,”01/01 - 01/01”,0,53828

5. Accounting ‣ Configuration ‣ Financial Accounting ‣ Journals ‣ Journals : Choose Opening Bal Journal

6. Accounting ‣ Journal Entries ‣ Journal Items : While the form is still in List view, click Import from the Other Options section at the bottom right of the list.