Your daily challenges:

• Need to generate accurate financial reports quickly
• Must track all transactions for audit purposes
• Have to reconcile accounts regularly
• Need to maintain complete documentation

How DRKDS Accounting helps:

• Generate Trial Balance to verify books are balanced
• Create General Ledger for detailed transaction review
• Use Daily Reports for quick reconciliation
• Access Audit Logs to track all changes

Reports you'll use most:

• Trial Balance (daily/weekly)
• General Ledger (weekly/monthly)
• Day Book, Cash Book, Bank Book (daily)
• Partner Ledger (as needed)

Your daily challenges:

• Need visibility into company's financial health
• Must report to management and stakeholders
• Have to manage cash flow and collections
• Need to compare performance across periods

How DRKDS Accounting helps:

• Generate Balance Sheet and P&L for financial health assessment
• Use period comparison for trend analysis
• Monitor Aged Receivables for collection management
• Review Audit Logs for team activity monitoring

Reports you'll use most:

• Balance Sheet (monthly/quarterly)
• Profit & Loss (monthly/quarterly)
• Aged Partner Balance (weekly)
• Follow-up Reports (weekly)

Your concerns:

• Is my business profitable?
• How much do customers owe me?
• What's my cash position?
• Are my finances being managed properly?

How DRKDS Accounting helps:

• Profit & Loss shows exactly how much you're earning
• Aged Receivables shows who owes you money and for how long
• Cash Book gives instant visibility into cash position
• Audit Logs ensure accountability for all financial actions

Reports you'll want to see:

• Profit & Loss summary (weekly/monthly)
• Aged Receivables summary (weekly)
• Cash position (daily)

Your requirements:

• Complete transaction history
• Ability to verify any transaction
• Change tracking and user attribution
• Reliable, consistent reporting

How DRKDS Accounting helps:

• General Ledger provides complete transaction detail
• Journal Audit shows all journal entries
• Audit Logs track every change with before/after values
• Reports are consistent and professionally formatted

Reports you'll need:

• Trial Balance (year-end)
• General Ledger (full year)
• Journal Audit (full year)
• Audit Logs (full year)

Your daily tasks:

• Identify overdue customers
• Send payment reminders
• Track collection progress
• Escalate problematic accounts

How DRKDS Accounting helps:

• Aged Receivables instantly shows who's overdue and by how much
• Follow-up system automates reminder emails
• Partner Ledger provides complete customer history
• Manual actions help track escalations

Features you'll use daily:

• Aged Receivable Report
• Follow-up Processing
• Partner Follow-up Status
• Email Templates

For server administrators who prefer command-line installation:

Step 1: Copy module to addons directory

# Navigate to your addons directory
cd /home/odoo/addons

# Copy or clone the module
cp -r /path/to/drkds_accounting ./

# Verify the folder structure
ls -la drkds_accounting/

Step 2: Update Odoo configuration (if needed)

# Edit odoo.conf to include addons path
sudo nano /etc/odoo/odoo.conf

# Ensure addons_path includes your directory:
# addons_path = /home/odoo/odoo/addons,/home/odoo/addons

Step 3: Install via command line

# Stop Odoo service
sudo systemctl stop odoo

# Install the module
/home/odoo/odoo-venv/bin/python3 /home/odoo/odoo/odoo-bin \
    -c /etc/odoo/odoo.conf \
    -d your_database_name \
    -i drkds_accounting \
    --stop-after-init

# Start Odoo service
sudo systemctl start odoo

Step 4: Check installation log

# View recent logs
sudo tail -100 /var/log/odoo/odoo.log | grep -i drkds

# Should see:
# Loading module drkds_accounting
# Module drkds_accounting loaded successfully

Before generating reports, ensure your accounting data is properly set up:

• Chart of Accounts: Verify accounts are correctly categorized (asset, liability, equity, income, expense)
• Journals: Ensure journal types are correct (sales, purchase, cash, bank, general)
• Partners: Customers and vendors have correct information
• Posted Entries: Confirm journal entries are posted (not in draft)

Set up your payment reminder schedule:

1. Go to Accounting → Configuration → Follow-up Levels
2. If no configuration exists, create one for your company
3. Add follow-up lines with different delay days and actions

Suggested initial configuration:

Grant appropriate access to your team members:

1. Go to Settings → Users & Companies → Users
2. Select each user
3. In the Access Rights tab, set Accounting permissions:
   • Show Accounting: Basic read access
   • Accountant: Full operational access
   • Advisor: Administrative access
4. Save changes

Test your installation by generating a Trial Balance:

1. Go to Accounting → Reporting → Financial Reports → Trial Balance
2. Select your company
3. Leave date fields empty (for all time) or set a date range
4. Select "All Posted Entries" for Target Moves
5. Click "Print"
6. A PDF should download with your Trial Balance

📁 Accounting
│
├── 📊 Accounting (Journal Entries)
│   └── 📂 Ledgers
│       ├── 📄 General Ledger (Interactive view)
│       └── 📄 Partner Ledger (Interactive view)
│
├── 👥 Customers
│   ├── 📄 Follow-up Reports
│   └── 📧 Send Follow-ups
│
├── 📈 Reporting
│   │
│   ├── 📂 Financial Reports
│   │   ├── 📄 Trial Balance
│   │   ├── 📄 Balance Sheet
│   │   └── 📄 Profit and Loss
│   │
│   ├── 📂 Partner Reports
│   │   ├── 📄 Partner Ledger
│   │   ├── 📄 Aged Receivable
│   │   └── 📄 Aged Payable
│   │
│   ├── 📂 Audit Reports
│   │   ├── 📄 General Ledger
│   │   ├── 📄 Journal Audit
│   │   └── 📄 Tax Report
│   │
│   └── 📂 Daily Reports
│       ├── 📄 Day Book
│       ├── 📄 Cash Book
│       └── 📄 Bank Book
│
└── ⚙️ Configuration
    │
    ├── 📋 Follow-up Levels
    ├── 📊 Financial Reports (templates)
    │
    └── 📂 Audit Logs
        ├── 📄 All Audit Logs
        ├── 📄 My Activity
        └── 📄 Critical Logs

Account: 110000 - Accounts Receivable

How to Read Each Column:

• Date: Transaction posting date
• Entry: Journal entry reference number - click to see full entry details
• Partner: Customer or vendor involved
• Label: Description of transaction
• Debit: Amount debited (increases asset/expense accounts)
• Credit: Amount credited (increases liability/income accounts)
• Balance: Running balance after each transaction