Automatic Calculated Accounts (ACA)

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Automatic Calculated Accounts (ACA)

Calculated accounts are used for a value generated from another account (source account) when the calculated account cannot be defined as a sum account for the source account(s).

The calculation is done in unit currency amounts, and the value is converted according to the properties of the calculated account. This means that in group currency the value may differ from the value of the source account.

If the Reverse Entry option has been selected in the calculated account definitions, a credit entry is created when the entered amount is a debit entry, and vice versa.

If the source account is a sum level account, the calculation is performed for all its input accounts, and the resulting sums are added together to make up the value entered to the calculated account.

If an Input type column has been added to a template as a definition column, all entries (manual, auto, and calculated) are shown in the template. If an input type column of type "calculated" has been added to a template as a data column (Calculated), the column displays the calculated entries.

Comment of the following format is displayed for automatic calculated entries when drilling down to view the entries: ACA_Rule_ID: Source_Account_ID -> Target_Account_ID. For example, ACA00001: 231000 -> 210200

Entries created for the eliminations of equity investments are also subject to automatic calculations for calculated accounts.

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