How Accounting Fits Together (The Ledger Model)

Everything financial in AstraERP lands, eventually, in the general ledger — double-entry rows against the chart of accounts. You rarely write ledger rows yourself; the modules do:

 Sales/Invoices ──┐
 Bills/Expenses ──┤
 Payroll bills  ──┼──► JOURNAL ENTRIES ──► GENERAL LEDGER ──► Reports
 Bank & cash    ──┤        (auto-posted            │            (P&L, balances,
 POS & registers──┘         or manual)             │             business performance)
                                                   ▼
                                    Bank reconciliation proves the ledger
                                    against the bank's own statement

• Chart of accounts — your account tree (assets, liabilities, income, expenses, equity). Set it up first; every posting needs its account.
• Source documents (invoices, bills, expenses, payments, transfers, deposits) post their own journals — you record the business event, the books follow.
• Manual journals cover what has no source document (accruals, corrections, opening adjustments).
• Opening balances seed the ledger when you migrate onto AstraERP.
• Authorisation gates sensitive postings — a second pair of eyes before the ledger moves.

Start here, then use the section guides: Banking, Sales & Receivables, Purchases & Payables, Reports.