Matthew makes some good points. I'm new to both accounting in general
and LedgerSMB in particular; and I would find it very helpful to have
both a general explanation and specific examples of transactions.
Thanks.
Brian
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On 06/07/2012 10:31 AM, Matthew Bourque wrote:
On Sun, Jun 3, 2012 at 10:09 AM, Raja Iskandar Shah
<[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
matthew, would things like these be helpful for you to understand
the chart of accounts ?
Yes, a "basic accounting" chapter would be quite helpful, and your
outline seems like a good one. I also think that a section with
examples, as you suggest, would be very helpful.
I have one idea about this section: I think, since this book is
intended to be for LSMB users in particular, it would be helpful to
integrate a "quickstart" guide throughout these examples. I would
like to see a set of examples of common business transactions, with
three parts to each example: what happens in reality (e.g. Example,
Inc. buys some parts from a supplier); what happens in "accounting
logic" (credit bank account, debit inventory account); and finally a
walkthrough of how a typical LSMB workflow for this transaction would go.
It might be that a brand-new user with a brand-new LSMB installation
wouldn't be able to reproduce all of these examples without some
initial work (setting up bank accounts and vendors, etc.), but I still
think that it would help illuminate the accounting principles to have
concrete examples, and it would start the reader getting familiar with
LSMB. Once a newbie has gone on & set up a company database & started
working, the examples could serve as a useful template for common
transactions they'll have to deal with.
yrs
matt
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