release13.07/applications/accounting/data/helpdata/HELP_ACCOUNTING_EditFinAccountTrans.xml

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    <title>The Edit Financial Account Transactions screen.</title>
    <section>
        <title>How do I add transactions to a financial account?</title>
        <para>An example of how to bring in an opening balance is shown below:</para>
        <para>
            <orderedlist>
                <listitem>
                    <para>Navigate to the the Financial Account Transactions sub menu</para>
                </listitem>
                <listitem>
                    <para>Select 'Adjustment' in the Fin Account Trans Type Id field</para>
                </listitem>
                <listitem>
                    <para>Leave the 'Party Id' field blank</para>
                </listitem>
                <listitem>
                    <para>Fill in the 'Transaction Date' field</para>
                </listitem>
                <listitem>
                    <para>Fill in the 'Entry Date' field (NOTE TO CHECK: Need to check exactly what
                        this is - is it the date the transaction is entered or is it the date the
                        transaction is processed?)</para>
                </listitem>
                <listitem>
                    <para>Fill in the 'Amount' field with the transaction amount (Eg. In our case
                        this is the opening balance such as 353.88 - dont think we need the $
                        sign)</para>
                </listitem>
                <listitem>
                    <para>Leave the 'Payment Id' field blank</para>
                </listitem>
                <listitem>
                    <para>Leave the 'Order Id' field blank</para>
                </listitem>
                <listitem>
                    <para>Leave the 'Order Item Seq Id' field blank</para>
                </listitem>
                <listitem>
                    <para>Leave the 'Reason Enum Id' field blank (NOTE TO CHECK: This could be
                        useful in identifying transactions to a greater level of detail....)</para>
                </listitem>
                <listitem>
                    <para>Fill in the 'Comments' field (Eg: Opening Balance from XYZ
                        Statement)</para>
                </listitem>
                <listitem>
                    <para>Press the 'Add' button and the transaction will be displayed at the bottom
                        of the screen</para>
                </listitem>
            </orderedlist>
        </para>
        <para>NOTE: When you now view the Financial Account detail the 'Actual Balance' and
            'Available Balance' fields will show the entered opening balance (eg 353.88)</para>
    </section>
    <section>
        <title>Other ways to add transactions to a financial account?</title>
        <para>
            <itemizedlist>
                <listitem>
                    <para>By selecting financial account as a payment method for a customer</para>
                </listitem>
                <listitem>
                    <para>By selecting financial account as a refund method for a customer </para>
                </listitem>
            </itemizedlist>
        </para>
    </section>
</section>