[SQL-Ledger-users] use of sql-ledger

[<ke...@dk...>]

Hi!

I have translated sql-ledger into danish, and I have now tried out
this translated version. Some report on this use:

I did the accounting for my small company for the year of 2000,
and I have almost finished it, but i still miss some ex post
transactions. It was all in all about 100 sources, with about
200 transactions.

I only used the general ledger part of the system, no need for 
receivables nor payables.

I found the correcting facilities quite nice, and I managed
to clean up my bank accounts so the match the banks statements.
The correcting facilities also meant that I could enter a transaction
partly, and kind of mark it as unfinished, and then later fix them,
eg get the right date or the right source. Or even put them on differrent
accounts, when I found out that my accountant normally used other accounts
for these kinds of expenses.

Some errors encountered: On the balance report, the "Retained Earnings"
was not translated, and the date in the heading was in English.
Also the DR/CR was quite English, and the (read figure) is an English
notation for red figures. I would have preferred just a "-"

Some things I am missing is:

1. a report with all accounts and all transactions
2. a report with all transactions, numbered, and then on which
   accounts they were posted.
3. Possibility to use "," as the decimal point.

The two reports is what I normally get from my accountant, eg
I got it for my 1999 statement.
   
Some things that would have made my life easier:

1. when I enter a new transaction, that all items be filled out
   with the latest transaction. Very often I have two transactions with
   the same date, on the same accounts, but with different amounts.
   Or a series of transactions on the same bank account. Or the dates
   only vary a little such as the day of the month. AMybe the only thing not
   to prefill is the amount. Or maybe do, it could also be a series of
   monthly payments.

2. Nah, 1. was the most important. All in all I liked sql-ledger.
   Now lets see what my accountant says. And I will make a talk today
   to about 70 people here in Copenhagen about sql-ledger.

Kind regards
Keld Simonsen