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Definition: What is it?

A financial account is a tool (similar to bank account statement) that is used for monitoring monetary transactions. Normally they will be linked to a party and the various transactions details (eg payments or receipts) will be shown as entries.

The entries for a financial account can be displayed using the 'Financial Account' tab in Accounting or in Party Manager if you enter a party as the owner of the financial account.

Currently in OFBiz financial accounts can have the following types:

• Bank Account (by default this type will post to 213500 CUSTOMER DEPOSIT ACCOUNTS)
• Deposit Account (by default this type will post to 213500 CUSTOMER DEPOSIT ACCOUNTS)
• Gift Certificate (by default this type will post to 213200 GIFT CERTIFICATES UNREDEEMED)
• Investment Account (by default this type will post to 213500 CUSTOMER DEPOSIT ACCOUNTS)
• Replenish Account (no default posting account in demo data setup)
• Service Credit Account (no default posting account in demo data setup)

NOTE:

1. In GL Account Defaults there is a specific tab 'FinAccount Type Gl Account' for specifying which type of Financial accounts are posted to which general ledger account.
2. In GL Account Defaults there is also a tab 'Payment Method Id / GL Account ID' for specifying the account  to post transactions to if 'Financial Account' is selected as the Payment Method instead of (Cash, Cheque, Credit Card, etc). By default the demo setup posts transactions to 111100 GENERAL CHECKING ACCOUNT.

You can also setup each financial account to post to a specific general ledger account for each party. This is done via a specific field during the creation or update of a financial account. This will override the default setting by type.

What is it used for?

These include:

• Managing and Tracking Customer Prepaid Accounts
• Managing and Tracking Customer Credit Limit (NOTE: Need to verify this)
• Managing Electronic Gift Certificates / Gift Vouchers/ Gift Card
• Reload of Electronic Gift Card
• Company Bank Account Transaction Tracking ???????

NOTE: Need to investigate use of financial account to track company bank account so can mirror bank statement on screen with Financial account.

What's on the screen?

TO DO
 

How do I create a financial account?

Example: To create a financial account for a customer.

Select the 'Create Financial Account' button near the top of the screen

1. The  'Create/Update Financial Account' screen is displayed.
2. Keep the default entry of 'Deposit Account' for the Fin Account Type field
3. Keep the default entry of 'Active' for the status field
4. Enter a description (eg ABC Customer Prepaid Account) for the 'Fin Account Name' field
5. Leave the Fin Account Pin field blank (NOTE TO CHECK: I think this is only used in creation of Gift Cards and Certificates..)
6. Leave the Fin Account Code field blank (NOTE TO CHECK: I think this is only used in the creation of Gift Cards and Certificates...)
7. The currency field will be the default currency of Company (eg USD). If this account is to be in another currency (eg EUR) then select it from the drop down list.
8. Leave the Organization Party ID field blank (NOTE TO CHECK: Need to investigate where this is used..)
9. Fill in the Owner Party Id field with the party id of the customer who has the Financial Account (eg DemoCustomer or DemoCustCompany)
10. Fill in the 'Post to Gl Account field' to post the transactions for this financial account to post to a specific GL Account
11. Select the current date from the calendar to fill in the 'From date' field (NOTE: It can be left blank and still appears to work)
12. Leave the 'Thru date' field blank (NOTE TO CHECK: I think this could be used to close or stop the use of an account ..)
13. Leave the default of 'Is Refundable' as 'Y' (NOTE TO CHECK: I think this will allow money to be refunded to this account - eg if you have a return or credit for the customer)
14. Leave the 'Replenish Payment ID' blank (NOTE TO CHECK: Not sure what this is - maybe to automatically replenish account if it gets to a certain limit???)
15. Leave the 'Replenish Level' blank (NOTE TO CHECK: Not sure what this is but probably linked to Replenish Payment ID where you set the limit - eg $100)
16. Press the 'Update' button and message appears saying that the account was successfully created

NOTE: The above process creates the basic financial account detail with a zero available balance but there are further details that can be added via the other financial account sub menus. There are four sub menus which make us the financial account. These are as follows:

• Financial Account (NOTE: This is completed by default when you create a financial account)
• Roles
• Transactions
• Authorizations

How to I update a financial account?

Example: To update a financial account

1. Press the 'Search' button on the Financial Account main screen
2. A list of all existing Financial Accounts will be displayed
3. Select the Financial Id of the account that needs to be updated
4. The 'Create/Update Financial' screen is displayed
5. Update the details of the financial account 
6. Press the 'Update' button 

NOTE: Can also update a financial account using Entity Data Maintenance on the Webtools menu.

How do I delete / remove a financial account?

Example : To delete or remove a financial account

1. Press the 'Search' button on the Financial Account main screen
2. A list of all Financial Accounts will be displayed
3. Press the 'Delete' button next to the Financial Account that you want to delete

NOTE: Can also delete a financial account using Entity Data Maintenance on the Webtools menu. 

NOTE TO CHECK: What happens if to the financial account transactions if you delete the financial account? Will there be an problem of auditability???

How do I create transactions for a financial account?

See Transactions