Finance

The Finance module covers accounting entries and financial controls.

Before you start

• Confirm ledgers and ledger groups are ready.
• Confirm fiscal year and posting periods are set.
• Confirm users can post or review finance records.
• Confirm company setup for currency, department, and location is complete.

Main routes in the app

Route	Purpose
journal	Create journal entries
opening	Set opening balances
expenses/report	Enter expense reports
budget	Manage budgets
bank-reconcile	Reconcile bank activity

Related pages

• Account Setup
• Journal Entry
• Opening Balance
• Expense Report
• Budget
• Bank Reconcile
• Account Reports

Journal entry

The journal entry DTO includes:

Field	Meaning
journal_no	Journal number
date	Entry date
memo	Journal memo
party_id	Related party if used
currency_id / exchange_rate	Currency handling
class_id / location_id / department_id / project_id / subsidiary_id	Segmentation fields
cheque_no / cheque_date	Cheque details
bill_no / bill_date / due_date	Bill references
is_defer_entry	Deferred entry flag
reversal_date	Reversal date
journal_entry_details	Debit and credit lines

The code also checks that debit and credit totals match before the entry is valid.

Detailed pages

• Journal Entry
• Opening Balance
• Expense Report
• Budget
• Bank Reconcile

Opening balance

The opening balance DTO is simple:

Field	Meaning
LedgerId	Ledger id
LedgerName	Ledger name
FiscalYearId	Fiscal year
BookClosedId	Book close reference
DrAmount	Debit balance
CrAmount	Credit balance

Budget

The budget setup DTO includes:

Field	Meaning
fiscal_year_id	Fiscal year
posting_period_id	Budget period
ledger_id	Ledger
class_id / department_id / location_id / project_id	Segmentation
vendor_id / item_id	Additional budget dimensions
amount	Budget amount

Expense report

The expense report DTO includes:

Field	Meaning
document_no	Document number
date	Expense date
purpose	Purpose text
employee_id	Employee who submitted it
account_name	Expense account
ledger_id	Linked ledger
location_name	Location
project_name	Project
class_id / department_id	Segmentation
advance_to_apply	Advance amount to apply
advance_allocations	Advance allocation details
tax_details	Tax detail lines

Example

If salary expense is recorded manually, the finance team may post a journal entry that debits salary expense and credits the bank or payable account.

Practical note

Finance pages often feed directly into the account reports section. That is why the setup data matters so much.