26

(18 replies, posted in Setup)

Or I suggest we should have a cut-off date (assigned by superadmin) so that no one could enter transactions before that date.

27

(18 replies, posted in Setup)

Thanks joe a lot although it is not exactly what I suggest before.

This modification only allows some special persons to do what I think should only be allowed as the SuperAdmin.

This seems too much for just inputting day-to-day routine bookkeepers during the beginning months of the following year.

This makes me feel insecure if I allow them to have this authority.

I only ask for 24 editing periods but this would mean more than 24 periods.

Could I ask for just 24 editing periods instead?

Thanks a lot in advance!!!

28

(18 replies, posted in Setup)

But my case really happens in the beginning month of the following fiscal year.

It is practical issues rather than safety issue!!!

29

(40 replies, posted in Report Bugs here)

You can manually add an exchange rate and everything will be OK.
Just once and for all!

30

(18 replies, posted in Setup)

The extreme case on one fiscal year input restriction is that
it only allows a month input for safety purpose.

This would bother the superadmin to open this fiscal month every changing of month while others cannot but wait for the superadmin to switch months for input of every other month's activities.

This is totally ridiculous!

31

(2 replies, posted in Reporting)

Solved by seeing another post recommended by itronics

Yes, this have to be timeout. You can fix it about line 39 in utils.js. I will consider changing it in next minor release for all reports.
Janusz

I apply this to

js/utils.js

    tout = tout | 15000;    // default timeout value
    set_mark(tout>60000 ? 'progressbar.gif' : 'ajax-loader.gif');

and it works.

32

(18 replies, posted in Setup)

As an accountant, I highly recommend FA-Development Team to switch to 2-Fiscal years mode
as this is vital and necessary for multii-users, multi-localtion, multi-period entres.

Especailly during the year-end cut-off time.

If we just control it to one year, other users might not aware this and will complain for errors which are unnecessary.
For safety, you can give the superadmin the right to temporarily shut down some period so that no one could change it without the permission of superadmin.

Many contemporary propietary accounting softwares already grant at least 2 years for theirs customers now, like MYOB, peachtree.

33

(4 replies, posted in Reporting)

I encounter similar situations in printing pdf files.
Small-sized pdf file is OK but not big pdf files.

See whether this help:-

Turn off pdf-debug.
i.e. $pdf-debug=0 in config.php

Print the report to pdf.
Ignore Warning triange.
See whether there is any pdf file report in company/0/pdf_files/

If there is, download it to your client folder by ftp to see whether your report is indeed stored on this folder.

You can turn off javascript to have the pdf report shown properly.
But a few functions must be Javascript-enabled!

Could FA-Development Team help?

34

(18 replies, posted in Setup)

If there are two different users in the system, could they respectively enter transactions in two different years at the same time?

Pls advise!

35

(1 replies, posted in Setup)

When I manually enter the exchange rate,

For example.

I enter the current date rate of HKD ex rate as 0.12820513 (exchange rate at 8 decomail places) with respect to USD.

FA then display it as 0.12820613,
there is a difference of 0.00000100 difference.

When I search the phpmyadmin mysql table, the 0.12820513 is entered in rate-buy and rate-sell of the 0_exchange_rates table.

There must be somewhere wrong.

I search the code and find that
this function manipulate the display result in the homepage

function number_format2($number, $decimals=0)
{
    global $thoseps, $decseps;
    $tsep = $thoseps[$_SESSION["wa_current_user"]->prefs->tho_sep()];
    $dsep = $decseps[$_SESSION["wa_current_user"]->prefs->dec_sep()];
    //return number_format($number, $decimals, $dsep,    $tsep);
    $delta = ($number < 0 ? -.000001 : .000001);
    return number_format($number+$delta, $decimals, $dsep,    $tsep);
}

Why use this number_format2 instead of normal number_format?

Why use $delta which is the cause of error?

Pls help!!!

36

(2 replies, posted in Reporting)

When printing long report in pdf,
e.g  Printing GL transactions report for whole year,

there are always errors shown as the red warning triangle whereas the report is really OK but not shown on the homepage. Nevertheless it could be found on the directory of company/0/pdf_files folder.

When I turn off the javascript,
I could see the report under the website link as
reporting/prn_redirect.php

Could this bug be fixed as a few page really needs javascript to operate?

Thanks a lot in advance!!!

It is quite common for accountants to have 2 fiscal years active before we close the first year for auidt.

Could FA allow this instead of switching back and forth for entering transactions for last year and then to this year?

Thanks in advance a lot!

I reproduce the same example in my windows enviroment and
found that
if I use the purchaeses model first to buy non-inventory items S01,
the accounting entry is OK
It debits COS and credit Trade Credtors.

Then I post the sales of non-inventory items S01
The sales part is also OK.
It debits Trade Debtors and credit Sales.

Thanks joe!

My version is the latest v2.2.9
and it is running in Linux

For service type, we can only modify its
Sales and COGS Account in GL.

We cannot modify its Inventory and Inventory Adjustment Account.

Nevertheless, I set up the Sales and COGS Account
but the purchases of services types inventory only results
in debit inventory and credit to credtors.

Pls help!

41

(4 replies, posted in Setup)

I've tried to increase its decimal places to 8.
And I repeat the exercise above.

The same situation as before.
Nothing has changed.

It will automaticlly increase the last digit by one. (how wonderful!)

42

(4 replies, posted in Setup)

Another issue for exchange rate setting:-

When I manually add an exchange rate and I set the rate to be in 6 decimal places,

If I, say enter the HKD rate in respect of the Home currency of USD to
0.128205

FA would automatically adjust it to 0.128206 instead.

If I want to edit it, FA just say
"The exchange rate for the date is already there."

Am I allowed to change it to the exact rate I just inputed?

Thanks to Worrab!!!

I got that test company's admin is superadmin indeed!

Futher than above,

If I use the PO to enter the order of services items,
and then I deliver
and finally come to invoice,

I found the journal behind is debiting the inventory account and
crediting the Trade Creditors account.


Is it right for service item to be in the inventory instead of cost of sales?

What is the eact name of the module implemeting Accrual Accounting?

I just can't find it in the download section.

Pls help.

Thanks joe a lot!!!

We must do all the routine accounting jobs monthly.

Now the fiscal year limit it to just one year.

And after the year end month, say December 2009,
It is now January 2010, and we must still miss something  to make accrual adjustments, like depreciation, tax adjustment, all the late ajustments for bad debt after year end, say up to March 2010 before the audit have finally closed the account.

During this period, we are in 2nd year, and the 1st year has not yet finished.

We have 2 fiscal years active and open for our imput.
The January to March 2010 routine work still have to take up monthly in addition to 2009 year end closing matters.

So we end up in 2 fiscal years.

But now, we only get 1 fiscal year open and active at one time as stipulated by frontaccounting.
So, we must change it back and forth to switch into correct fiscal years.

This is too much in trouble and burdersome.

Furthermore, we might need  to prevent arbitrary wrong posting of  certain periods other than the 1st month. So it becomes vital for FA to have an option for the SuperAdmin to control this key point.

Pls help!!!

47

(4 replies, posted in Setup)

When the Chart of Account is setup, its home currency is USD.

If I change my mind to some other currency later to become, say HKD Hong Kong Dollar,
will this change all the exchange rates of all historical transactions?

Or must I change it myself all the historical rates the ledger is still outstanding?

Would all those transactions already booked as USD automatically converted to HKD?

By the way, I found that some website shut down
allow_url_fopen,
so I cannot retrieve any exchange rate from Yahoo.

The error log says that
admin:gl_db_rates.inc:126:
fopen(http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=HKDGBP=X)
fopen(http://www.ecb.int/stats/eurofxref/eurofxref-daily.xml)
href='function.fopen'>function.fopen</a>]:
failed to open stream: Connection refused

How to overcome this without using fopen?

Thanks for reply in advance!!!

I finally got how to solve it.

It indeed miss a file
/reporting/fonts/uni2cid_ac15.php (in addition to chinese_traditional_cid0.php)

Thanks to itronics!

Is this the same as in sale of non-inentory stcok?

But I just can't find Direct Delivery as in Sales.

Pls advise the most simple way to deal with matters
like accrual of electricity bill or
payment by credit of Fixed Assets.

Beside, how to edit the inventory item I enter it by typo mistake.
I can't find the way to view and edit it.

Thanks in advance!!!

50

(2 replies, posted in Setup)

If the payment terms is:-
Due by end of 2nd following month,

eg.
It is now 15th March, 2010

The due date is
31th May, 2010

Pls clarify the exact procedures.
I cannot set it over 30 days now.

Many thanks in advance!!!