Account window

General tab

Allocations tab (unavailable in ajeraCore unless you have the Departments add-on)

Attachments tab

Notes tab


General tab

Field

Description

Status

Options are:

  • Active: The account is available for use.
  • Inactive: The account cannot be used, but it remains in the database and continues to appear on reports.

Description

The name of the account

ID

A number or identifier for the account

Account type

The category where you want the account to appear on financial reports

Account group

The group associated with this account

You can use an account group on reports to subtotal or summarize information for a group of accounts.

Allow journal entries

If selected, it allows journal entries. To ensure that accounts such as Cash, Receivables, and Payables remain in balance with their ledgers, clear the check box to disallow journal entries.

Normal debit balances

It controls whether the debit or credit column is active when you enter your beginning trial balances, and how amounts print for reporting.

It is automatically selected if you select an account type that normally has a debit balance.  

Project distribution:

DPE

Appears on Expense or Other Income accounts if the DPE/overhead distribution method is based on direct labor costs or hours.

If selected, indicates that you want Ajera to use the amounts in this account to calculate the DPE markup percent for project reports. Does not affect financial reports.

Overhead

Appears on Expense or Other Income accounts if the DPE/overhead distribution method is based on direct labor costs or hours.

If selected, indicates that you want Ajera to use the amounts in this account to calculate the overhead markup percent for project reports. Does not affect financial reports.

Allocations tab

unavailable in ajeraCore unless you have the Departments add-on

Available only for Expense or Other Income accounts and only if you selected to use departments in Company > Preferences. You can use allocations to specify the percent of overhead expenses to distribute to various departments in your firm; the distributions in an allocated account must total 100%.

Field

Description

Department

A department associated with the account

Percent

The percent of overhead expenses to distribute to the department

Attachments tab

Field

Description

Category

The category of the attachment

An attachment category is a group of files with similar characteristics (for example, RFPs). You can set up categories if your security settings give you access to them.

Description

The name of the attachment

Added

The date and time when the attachment was made

Notes tab

Any notes or comments about the account.