Aakash-Business-Tool/C2/Set-Preferences/English

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Hello and welcome to this spoken tutorial on Setting Preferences in ABT.
Show Slide 2 In this tutorial, you will be able to:
  • Edit/Delete organisation details
  • Add/Edit/Delete project
  • Rollover
  • Export/Import organisation
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System Requirements /*Slide 3 */

In this tutorial, I am using
  • ABT 1.0
  • Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean)
  • Rooted tablet
/*Slide 4 */ For more information visit

https://github.com/androportal/ABT

http://aakashlabs.org/docs/abt/index.html

Prerequisites

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For this tutorial, you must be familiar with:
  • The principles of book keeping.
  • How to run and start ABT
  • How to create a new organization

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Start ABT Select ABT application on Android 4.2.
Point to ABT's Welcome screen We will see ABT's welcome screen.
Point to Select Existing Organization button Tap on Select existing organization button.

We have already created an organization called ST.

Point to Login button Let's login as guest
Point to Master Menu We are now on the master menu of ABT .
Point to Preferences Tap on Preferences option.

In Preferences, we can see

  • Edit/Delete organisation and
  • Add/Edit/Delete project options


First, let's edit/delete organisation.

Point to the new screen The organization details page becomes editable.
Point to City Select Maharashtra for State and Mumbai for City.
Point to Save button Save the changes.
Point to Reset button If we want to reset all the fields, tap on Reset button.
Point to Delete button Tap on Delete button to delete the organization.

We can delete organization for a particular financial period.

Tap on OK Tap on OK for confirmation.
When we delete an organization, we are directed back to the welcome screen of ABT.
Point to Add/Edit/Delete project Now let us learn what is Add/Edit/Delete project.
Point to Login

Select organization Free Accounting Foundation.

Login as admin Login as admin
Point to Preferences Tap on Preferences

Now, let us select Add/Edit/Delete project

Point to Enter projectname Here we can add project names.

Let's us add ABT and tap on Add Project button.

Point to project name Here I have already added one project called Spoken-Tutorial
Point to Spoken Tutorial Now, when we tap on the Project name, we get 2 options:
  • Edit project name &
  • Delete project
Point to Edit project name Let us try to Edit project name.

Let us change to ST

Point to success message Project name successfully changed to ST
Point to Delete project Likewise, we can delete projects.

But note, if project has transactions, it can not be deleted.

Now, let us learn what is rollover.

Point to Login For that go to the welcome screen of ABT.

Let us create an organization called ST of type Profit Making.

For the financial period 1st April 2012 to 31st March 2013

Login as guest Login as guest
Point to organization details page Skip organization details page
Point to Rollover Now, let us see what is Rollover
Point to Rollover Now, let us tap on Rollover.

It asks whether we want to rollover to next financial year.

Tap on Yes

Point to Rollover We are directed back to the welcome screen.

With the message that rollover has been done successfully.

Go to Master menu > Rollover.

Point to rollover

Rollover can be done according to following conditions:
  • It will check for financial period.
  • If it has not completed financial period, rollover wont happen.
  • Rollover will be done only once in a financial period.
  • If you tap on it again, it prompt Rollover has been done already!!
Point to financial periods Here in financial year we will see 2 financial year periods:
  • The period for which we created the organization and
  • The period after rollover


The closing balance of all the,

  • Ledger accounts
  • Groups/Subgroups &
  • User details

are forwarded to new financial period

Now, let us learn what is Import & Export organization.
select Free Accounting Foundation organization. Let us select Free Accounting Foundation organization.
Point to Login Login as admin
Go to Master menu > Export organization.

Point to Export organization

Tap on Export organization option

It will ask whether we want to export organization.

Tap on Yes.

It will say organization Free Accounting Foundation has been exported to /mnt/sdcard/export/".

We can check the path for the file.

It is a path located in the tablet.

Now, let us learn how to import organization.
Point to main page of ABT For that go back to the welcome screen of ABT

For import organization, ABT must be installed in the tablet.

We can import organization in any tablet.

It can be done by transferring export folder to internal SD card.

Point to Import organization Import organization option is available on main page drawer of ABT.

Tap on Import organization.

It will show all available exported organizations and financial years to be imported.

Point to Import organization Select Free Accounting Foundation

Tap on Import

Point to success message It will say, Organization Free Accounting Foundation for the financial year has been imported successfully.
Summary So, in this tutorial we have learnt
  • how to Edit/Delete organisation details
  • how to Add/Edit/Delete project
  • how to Rollover
  • how to Export/Import organisation
Assignment As an assignment, add project Aakash.
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That's it for this tutorial. This is Trupti Kini from IIT Bombay. Thank you very much for watching.

Contributors and Content Editors

Nancyvarkey, Trupti