Account and Account Type Settings

Some aspects of FinancialForce Accounting are controlled by custom settings. From Setup, click Develop | Custom Settings. You must be signed in with System Administrator permissions to perform these tasks. See the Salesforce Help for information on how to maintain custom settings.

Account Settings
Field Description
Account Balance Report URL Target of the link on the Account Balance section on the Account detail page. First run the Account Balance Report (in FinancialForce Period Close Reports) and then copy the full web address of this report from the address bar to the clipboard.

Paste the web address of the report into this field. See About Account Balances for more information.

You can also use the Account Type Settings (FF) list-type custom setting to establish defaults for specific and non-specific account types.

Key: * – Mandatory field; The control GLAs for specific account types are optional but you should enter at least one for the setting to be meaningful.

Account Type Settings
Field   Description
Name * The type of account that you want to configure default control GLAs for. Use the name "Default" to indicate an account type of "None". Remember that custom setting values are case sensitive.
Default AP Control   Name of the accounts payable (AP) general ledger account you want to use as a default on an account of the corresponding type.
Default AR Control   Name of the accounts receivable (AR) general ledger account you want to use as a default on an account of the corresponding type.
Default Expense Control   Name of the expense control general ledger account you want to use as a default on an account of the corresponding type.

You can override any of the default general ledger accounts on the account and your change will be respected.

Related Concepts

About Credit Terms

About Merging Accounts

About Account Balances

About Intercompany Accounts

Related Tasks

About Customer Accounts

About Vendor Accounts

Setting up Products

Setting up Accounts Payable Information

Setting up Accounts Receivable Information

Merging Accounts

Deleting Accounts and Products in Use

Managing Custom Settings

Accounting Settings

Allocation Settings

As of Aging Report Settings

As of Aging Settings

Background Posting Scheduler Settings

Balance Settings

Cash Matching Settings

Community Settings

Extension Settings

Integration Rule Settings

Payment Settings

Document Line Volume Settings

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