The length of the account numbers was determined at the time the company was created in BIS. To change the number of digits, use this option to add digits, up to ten. NOTE: Once account numbers have been assigned, the length may not be shortened. However, additional digits can easily be added to expand the
Despite all efforts, many new BIS® users need to make changes to their Charts of Accounts that involve removing Description Accounts, but leaving the Transaction accounts below. However, data validation programming restricts the ability of users to remove those accounts unless they use the “work around” described here. The technique is really fairly simple, if
In some in instances, users may have created a Chart of Accounts with an incorrectly “placed” number. Incorrectly placed refers to a situation in which the account number has a Description Summary Account (called a Parent Account in Versions 1133 and prior) that is “lower” than a “higher” account’s Description Summary Account. These errors can