a. Set Opening Balance

Click on 'Set Opening Balance', the screen below will appear.
Select a PC Center from the drop down list and click 'Set PC Center' so that when user enter the opening balance later, it will be recorded in the selected PC Center.

Then enter the opening balance in the debit or the credit side for the account. Click on 'Add Item' to add the account into the list.
User will need to enter the opening balance line by line referring to the balance sheet.
Note that if the opening date is 01-01-2009, when user enter the opening balance, user will need to refer to the balance sheet dated up to 2008-12-31.

When all accounts are entered and the opening balances is balanced, click '*Save Opening Balance*'.
Please note that the 'Save Opening Balance' button will not appear if the debit and credit total is not equal.

When user click on 'Set Opening Balances', all the transactions dated before the opening date will be listed by the system.
In this case, since the opening date is 01-01-2009, so the transactions dated before 01-01-2009 will appear in the list.
User will be prompted to delete the transactions.
Click '*Yes, remove the transactions below*'.
The system will only remove the journal transactions. The credit memo, GRN and invoice that is created will not be deleted, it will still appear in the respective listing.

The journal transactions are deleted because these transactions will be included in the balance sheet dated 31-12-2008. If these journal transactions are not deleted, then the transactions will be recorded twice in the system.