Open an account register

The register is the ledger behind one account: every line that posted to it, in date order, with a running balance.

It is the fastest way to answer "why is this account this number".

Open it

1. Open All pages in the left sidebar, then under Accounting click Chart of accounts.
2. Click anywhere on an account row.

You can also use Run report in the row's ... menu. Both land in the same place.

Reading the register

• Reference names the other side of the entry. When an entry touches several accounts it reads Split.
• The small grey tag says where the line came from, such as Bank, Invoice, Bill or Manual.
• Balance is the running balance in the account's normal direction, so an expense account climbs as you spend.
• The tick column mirrors reconciliation: blank means not reconciled, C means cleared in an open reconciliation, R means reconciled against a statement.

The four boxes at the top are Debits, Credits, Net change and Balance for the whole register.

What you can do from here

• Export CSV downloads exactly what you see, including the opening balance row and the totals.
• Reconcile opens a reconciliation for this account. It appears on bank, credit card and loan accounts, the ones that get a statement.
• Edit account renames it, changes the code or parent, or edits the opening balance.

Good to know:

• Totals are calculated once on the server, so the table, the summary boxes and the CSV can never disagree.
• To change a line, open the transaction, invoice or bill that created it. The register shows the result, it is not where you edit.
• On a phone the register stacks into cards, with the running balance on each one.

Updated on: 04/08/2026