A consideration could also be to show the custom control account as a column since this can span over multiple accounts ? (since 16.5.32)
We can add a custom field like Account Number to Cash Accounts, but can we also add that field to custom sales invoice template using something like: {{ cash_account['<Account Name>'].custom_fields['<Account Number>'] }} or {{ cash_account.custom_fields['<Account Name>.<Account Number>'] }}
Hello, i have a new computer and i want manager on it, but i want an old version where there was one cash and one bank tab. For me it’s not clear now. This was the reson why i wanted manager in the first place. I am terrible in accounting but with this program it was oke but i’m all confused now. I’m from Holland so sorry for the terribly English writing and that’s also the reason why i don’t get some of the changes. Please help me to get Manager in an old form, other wise i have to take a new accounting program. Thank you
Having only one tab for both the Cash & Bank accounts shouldn’t be confusing for you if you use the code field to replace the tab - see below
But to answer your question regarding old version, When you downloaded Manager on your previous computer did you do a “save as” or a “run”. If you did a “save as”, then you could copy that file across to the new computer and double click the file to install. Noting, that you must uninstall any newer editions of Manager first - the above is for a Windows computer, Mac maybe different.
@Meijgen, I strongly recommend against using an old version of Manager. Just a few reasons:
No software support for obsolete versions.
Any data file that has been opened by a newer version should never be used with an older version. All Manager updates are backwards compatible, but sometimes they modify the data structure. So data files that have been opened by newer versions may be corrupted if opened by older versions
All support discussion on this forum is in terms of current version.
All Guides with instructions are for current version as they are written. When updated, they are updated to the current version.
In accounting, all sources and repositories of money for transactions are considered cash accounts. So bank and cash accounts are now included in the same tab, Cash Accounts. They are distinguished during setup or editing by ticking the box to indicate whether they are maintained by a financial institution.
If you really want them to appear separately on your balance sheet, that can be done with custom control accounts. See this release note:
But if you are inexperienced at accounting, as you say you are, that may be more confusing to set up than you can manage.
Thank you for your time and answer @Tut.
I stil want 2 different accounts. I almost never read the forum discussion because acounting is difficult in English and i don’t get it. So for me it’s time to look for an other program.
I have a salon and i really want cash payments and bank payments separate. Maybe it’s not that difficult in Manager but i don’t see it. And it would help if there is a goed explanation in Dutch but there isn’t.
If you define one cash account for your bank account and a second cash account for your petty cash, you will have two different accounts. In fact, if you updated your software from a previous version that showed separate tabs, they were automatically converted.
If you click on the Cash Accounts tab, you will see both accounts. You can do all the things you could do before. You do not have to switch between tabs for things like transfers. If you click on Cash & cash equivalents in the Summary, you also see both accounts.
The advantage now is that both are available in the same place. And both behave exactly the same way, with one exception. If you do not check the box for a petty cash account saying it is maintained by a financial institution, you will not have the options to indicate that deposits and withdrawals are pending. That is because in a petty cash account, they never are pending. They are always immediate.
