How do I enter my chart of accounts in OM Business ?

Part of the data entered in Office Maker Business can be recovered in an accounting program such as Office Maker Finance. This way you avoid a tedious second manual entry.

For Office Maker Business to generate the accounting entries, the program must know your chart of accounts. Moreover, the purchase and sales accounts must be entered in the Items-Services records.

As a general rule, it is better to import your chart of accounts into Office Maker Business from your accounting software than to enter it manually: you save time and avoid input errors that could cause problems when exporting the accounts.

The chart of accounts is saved in the Accounts file, accessible via the Others menu.

To import your chart of accounts, call the File>Import command. If you have exported your chart of accounts from Office Maker Finance, choose the Office Maker Exchange import format to retrieve the file saved on the disk. If your chart of accounts was created with another software, please consult the Office Maker Business manual or contact Micro Consulting.

To enter accounts manually, call the Action>New command or click on the New button.

An account record contains the following fields:

• Account number: identification number of the account
• Title: full title of the account
• Short title : short title of the account displayed in some dialogues instead of the title
• Currency code: currency of the account
• Level : Nesting level (1 to 15) in the account hierarchy
• Title: only concerns balance sheets and operating reports
• Type: type of account
• Position: debit or credit
• Analytical: free, required or forbidden