This function allows you to maintain your opening balance. It is used to input your current balance of your accounts when you start to use the system.



To access Opening Balance, click on Account Book Setting > Opening Balance.

 

 

 

 




Keying in Opening Balance

 

1. At the grid, directly click on the “DR” or “CR” column of the account to key in your balance amount. Do make sure that you are keying on a child account as parent account are not allowed to key in anything.

*Column that allows input are highlighted in blue.

 


 

2. For Debtor and Creditor account, it will be slightly different. Search for your Debtor or Creditor that you want to key in opening balance and click on the “DR” or “CR”.

*This example will show you are owing your Creditor (Supplier) and what you need to do.

 



3. Another dialog will appear. Click on the “+” button to add line.


 


4. Key in your outstanding invoices which you are still owing your supplier.

 

 


5. Click “OK” once done.

 

 


6. You will notice the opening amount of the supplier will be updated.

 

 


7. Repeat above steps (1 to 6) and key in all require accounts including Debtors and Creditors. In the end your DR and CR amount should be balanced.

 

 


8. Click “Save” to save your opening balance.

 

 


9. System will prompt and ask if you wish to lock the opening balance. Click “Yes” if you wish to lock your opening balance so that it cannot be edited by others in future.

 

 

Additional Note:

For Year-To-Date scenario (Actual Start Date not same with Fiscal Start Date), the Opening Balance will show your Profit & Loss accounts as well. You will need to input your latest accumulated balance of each account into Opening Balance.

 




Print Opening Balance


You can print Opening Balance for reference or any other purpose.

 


1. Click on the “Print Report” button to print Opening Balance.

 

 


2. A small dialog will appear. Select Report Name, define your options and click “OK”.

 

 


3. The report will be generated based on your selection.

 

 


4. You can now print or export to the format that you want.

 

 

 



Lock / Unlock Opening Balance


You can lock or unlock Opening Balance. Usually Opening Balance is locked after confirmed to prevent any editing. However, you can still unlock it if you found any figures is input wrongly and wish to amend.

 

Assuming you had locked your Opening Balance when you save it. You can unlock by the following steps:

 

1. Click on the “≡” icon.

 



2. Select “Lock Opening Balance”.

 

 


3. A small dialog will appear. To unlock, untick the “Lock Opening Balance” checkbox and click “Save”.

 

 


4. After saved, you will realize the lock wording disappears. You can now continue to edit your Opening Balance.

 

 

 



How to import Debtor / Creditor Opening Balance


You can import Debtor / Creditor Opening Balance by Excel.



1. In Opening Balance page, Click on the  icon.





2. Select “Import Debtor Opening Balance” or “Import Creditor Opening Balance”.





3. Click on ‘Download Excel Template’ to download the Excel template provided by system.





4. In the Excel will have 2 sheets, Template and Guide. Refer to the Guide to fill in the template as needed.





Guide


From the guide, you can check which column is required field and view the sample data.





5. Maintain the template and save the file.





6. Now go to Import Debtor Opening Balance page, click on ‘Select File’ and select the file you want to import, then click on Open.







7. You should be able to see the details on Preview Data Section. You may check and then proceed to click ‘Import’.







8. Once imported successfully, you may go to Opening Balance to view the debtor opening amount. You may click on the amount and the system will drill down to show the details.






*Similar steps applied to Creditor Opening Balance