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Accounts

Purpose and when to use this record

BriskMaintain storesthe chart of accounts asused partto ofclassify transactions, organize warehouse subaccounts, and produce financial statements.

At a glance

  • Identify it by: Account Name, and Account Number.

  • Check its business context: Category, Parent Account, and Warehouse.

  • Why care: Dates, accounts, amounts, posting state, and period locks can change financial reports. Verify them against the accountingsource module.document Thisbefore generatedfinalizing referencethe record.

  • Why care: Availability and publication flags affect future use without erasing history. Prefer disabling an obsolete setup record when existing transactions still refer to it.

Before you begin

You need the Brisk permission for the action you are taking on accounts. If a Create, Edit, or Delete control is awaitingabsent, workflowdo review.not work around it with another user’s account; ask an administrator to review your role.

Have valid Category records ready first. Those selections determine where this account belongs and which later screens can find it.

Create aan recordaccount

Brisk Accounts create screen displayed with fictional documentation-demo data.
The Accounts create screen in the Brisk documentation demo.

TheCreate evidencean packetaccount identifiesafter searching for the viewperson, organization, item, location, or resource under alternate names and sourceidentifiers. locationMerge or correct an existing master record instead of creating a duplicate.

  1. Select the business context first: Category, Parent Account, and Warehouse.

  2. Enter the required identifying and operational values: Account Name, and Category.

  3. Review Header Account, Active, and Additional Filter deliberately; these choices control availability or workflow rather than merely describing the record.

  4. Save the account, then confirm Account Name, and Account Number on its detail page before continuing.

After saving: Verify this account in 1099 Account Configurations, Account Daily Rollups, Account Rollup Rebuild Jobs, and Accounts, plus the remaining screen fields before staff build new activity on it; correct ownership, classification, and active state now rather than after transactions accumulate.

Delete an account

Delete this account only if it is an unused duplicate or setup mistake. Once other records refer to it, preserve that history and make the value inactive when the screen provides that option.

If the record is merely obsolete, use Active to remove it from future use while preserving existing references.

Before confirming, check for thisrelated action.1099 ConfirmAccount user-facingConfigurations, stepsAccount beforeDaily approvingRollups, Account Rollup Rebuild Jobs, Accounts, and Bank Accounts, plus the remaining screen fields. Brisk may refuse deletion when another record depends on this page.one; resolve the duplicate or use the supported correction workflow instead of breaking the trail.

On the confirmation page, verify Account Name, and Account Number. After confirmation, return to the Accounts list and make sure only the intended account was removed.

ViewReview recordaccount details

Brisk Accounts detail screen displayed with fictional documentation-demo data.
The Accounts detail screen in the Brisk documentation demo.

The evidence packet identifiesUse the viewdetail page as the shared record of what this account currently means. Verify Balance, Active, and sourceAdditional locationFilter before relying on it for a decision.

Follow Category, Parent Account, and Warehouse to determine whether the issue is on this action.account Confirmor user-facingon stepsone of those linked records.

Next check: Verify this account in 1099 Account Configurations, Account Daily Rollups, Account Rollup Rebuild Jobs, and Accounts, plus the remaining screen fields before approvingstaff build new activity on it; correct ownership, classification, and active state now rather than after transactions accumulate.

Edit an existing account

Edit this account to keep the same real-world party, item, location, or resource accurate. Do not repurpose it for a different entity after activity is attached.

  1. Open the detail page. Compare Category, Parent Account, and Warehouse with the supporting document or approved request.

  2. Recheck Balance, Parent Account, Warehouse, Header Account, Active, and Additional Filter. These values are most likely to change account balances, financial periods, and statement results.

  3. Save the change, return to the list, and confirm that the account now appears under the expected Active, and Additional Filter.

After the change: Verify this account in 1099 Account Configurations, Account Daily Rollups, Account Rollup Rebuild Jobs, and Accounts, plus the remaining screen fields before staff build new activity on it; correct ownership, classification, and active state now rather than after transactions accumulate.

Find and review recordsaccounts

Brisk Accounts list screen displayed with fictional documentation-demo data.
The Accounts list screen in the Brisk documentation demo.

The evidence packet identifiesUse the viewAccounts list to find the correct record before opening or changing it. Compare Account Name, and sourceAccount locationNumber. Records with similar names or numbers can still belong to different Category, Parent Account, and Warehouse.

Open the account whose Account Name, and Account Number match the task. If it is missing, clear the list filters and recheck Active, and Additional Filter rather than creating a replacement immediately.

Fields and business rules

Brisk stores 9 user-relevant fields for this action.account, Confirmincluding user-facing3 stepslinked-record beforeselections approvingand 1 controlled-choice field. Create and edit screens may hide calculated or workflow-managed values from this page.full reference.

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Account NameYesHuman-readable name for this action.account.
Category Yes The category associated with this page.

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Balance NoThe evidencebalance packetvalue identifies the view and source locationrecorded for this action.account.
Account NumberNoShort code used to identify this account.
Parent AccountNoParent GL account that this warehouse sub account rolls into.
WarehouseNoWarehouse represented by this GL sub account.
Header AccountNoIf an account is defined as a Header Account, it will report the total balances of all accounts assigned to it.
ActiveNoUncheck this field to mark an account as inactive. Inactive accounts will not be presented for selection in various menus in the Brisk system.
Additional FilterNoFor reporting purposes, add a tag to this account to help it flow into the correct section on financial reports. Available values: Fixed Asset, Current Asset, Other Asset, Liabilities and Equity, Employee Expense, Ordinary Expense, Cost of Goods Sold, Other Expense, Ordinary Income, Other Income.

What happens next

Verify this account in 1099 Account Configurations, Account Daily Rollups, Account Rollup Rebuild Jobs, and Accounts, plus the remaining screen fields before approvingstaff thisbuild new activity on it; correct ownership, classification, and active state now rather than after transactions accumulate.

Common mistakes and troubleshooting

  • The record will not save: Recheck Account Name, and Category and any message beside the field. A required related record may also be inactive or unavailable to your role.

  • The record saved but is not available where expected: Recheck Active, and Additional Filter, then clear the filters on the destination list. A saved record can still be inactive, unpublished, locked, unapproved, or in the wrong workflow state.

  • The values look right but the result is wrong: Open Category, Parent Account, and Warehouse from the detail page. Correct the specific relationship that is wrong instead of forcing a total or status to compensate for it.