What we're building

The lesson opens on the finished artifact rather than on a plan: a working ledger, an open period, and a trial balance with real values in it. In about three hours, that is yours. Then the dependency chain, which is the shape of the whole module: value sets → structure → instance → deployment → hierarchy → calendar → ledger → period. Every single thing later in this course sits on top of it. This is the module where projects go wrong, and the damage does not surface for six months. That is why it is the longest one in the course, and why the design lessons come before any configuration. Have three things open before you start: the environment, the design template download, and a notepad. You will use the notepad more than you expect.

In this module: Module 4 · Chart of Accounts and Ledger Design

1. 1What we're building
2. 2The decision you can't undo
3. 3Anatomy of a chart of accounts
4. 4Segment labels and qualifiers
5. 5Running the design workshop
6. 6Sizing segments: the arithmetic
7. 7Building value sets
8. 8Structure, instance, deployment
9. 9Loading account values
10. 10Account hierarchies and why reporting needs them
11. 11Building and publishing a hierarchy
12. 12Accounting calendars
13. 13Currency and conversion rate types
14. 14Primary, secondary, reporting: the decision tree
15. 15Building the primary ledger
16. 16Ledger options and completing the definition
17. 17Cross-validation and segment value security
18. 18What breaks
19. 19Lab briefing: Meridian Trading