Adding an opening balance element in the system currency
Once the mandatory fields in the opening balance document are filled in, it is possible to add an element. To add the element, click [Add through Form] button in the Elements button group.
The form of the opening balance document element will be opened.
Figure 38 Form of the opening balance document element with an account in the system currency.
To add an opening balance for an account in the system currency, the following fields must be filled in:
Account – number of an account in the system currency on which the opening balance will be saved. This field is mandatory
Customer/Vendor – name of a company the OB document is assigned to
Posting Date – date of registration in the books. Posting date must be included in the accounting period’s time range. Otherwise, the system will not allow the user to enter the data
Amount Dr– this value can be entered manually or with the use of arrows
Amount Cr – this value can be entered manually or with the use of arrows
Note: The system does not allow saving an empty element, that is the element which amounts value is zero. In such case, the following message will be displayed ‘Cannot add an element which value equals to zero’.
Tab Attributes
Detailed description of this tab can be found in the manual Getting started with Comarch ALTUM.