The Setup ribbon tab is used to access the Setup, Tools, Global processes, Themes and Plugins.

The following nine options (9) options are available:

  1. Do year end - This option allows you to close off all the nominal accounts (income and expense accounts) and transfer the balances for the financial year to the Retained income / earnings account. The start date and the reporting dates for the financial year will also be created for the new financial year.
  2. Import - Import accounts, debtors, creditors, documents and stock from specific file formats. 
  3. Export -  Export accounts, debtors, creditors, documents, stock and posted batches to specific file formats.
  4. Tools - Access the following five (5) options:
    1. Blockchain - By default not activated. 
    1. Data integrity check - Run a Data integrity check and print a Data integrity check report.
    2. Customise language - Customise (edit, change and translate) language files. 
    3. Close active forms - Close any open forms (e.g. Documents, Debtors, Creditors, Stock items screens, etc.)
    4. Activate plugins - By default, no plugins is activated when osFinancials is installed. This option allows you to activate / deactivate all plugins, registered plugins or specific plugins. The activated plugins will be available from the Plugins menu (on the Setup ribbon).  
  1. Global processes - The following four (4) options are available:
      1. Clear / Reset - This option allows you to clear all the transactions and balances in a Set of Books. This will clear or reset the Set of Books and delete all the transactions and balances. You may also select to retain all documents and set them to unposted. 
      2. Copy from a Set of Books - This option allows you to copy the data from a selected Set of Books into the active (open) Set of Books. This will replace all the data in the active Set of Books. 
      3. Reverse posted batch / document - This feature allows you to reverse or cancel the transactions in posted documents and batches.
        • Reverse posted batch (Journal) - The transactions entered or imported in batches (journals) which are already updated (posted) to the ledger, may be reversed or cancelled. This option will cancel all the transactions already updated (posted) to the ledger, remove it from the transaction file, and import the transactions to the selected batch (journal). You may then erase or delete the entire batch (journal) as well as the transactions, edit or correct the transactions, balance the batch, print the batch list and post it to the ledger.
        • Reverse posted document - The documents as well as any transactions generated by the documents (invoices and credit notes, purchase documents and supplier returns documents) when the documents were updated (posted) to the ledger, will be reversed or cancelled. The selected reversed document will be available as an unposted document. You may then edit the document in Documents (Default ribbon) and then post (update) it to the ledger. If you do not need to update (post) the document to the ledger, you may delete the document in  Edit → Delete - Documents. (Default ribbon).
  1. Setup
    1. Company info - Enter the company information (name, address telephone, fax numbers e-mail address) and registration numbers for the Company and VAT/GST/Sales Tax, if applicable.
      1. You also need to set the default tax method and output method for reports (to screen, printer, file, e-mail or fax).
      2. Load your logo or picture, which you wish to be displayed on the documents.
      3. Set the default currency format and date format in your Windows Operating System.
    2. Reporting dates - Set the start date of your financial year and the periods in a financial year. You may also close a specific period or year for posting transactions to the ledger.
    3. Documents setup - Settings for sales documents (i.e. invoices, credit notes and quotes) and purchase documents (i.e. purchases, supplier returns and orders). Set the defaults for documents, such as the numbers, batch types, headings and messages and document layout files.  

On the Statements setup tab, you may enter a global message to be printed on Debtor statements (Reports → Debtors → Outstanding (Reports ribbon).

    1. Accounts - Edit, Add or Delete General ledger accounts, Bank accounts and Tax accounts. Budget figures are also entered, edited or deleted for accounts. 

Budget figures may also be processed in the Budgets option on the Reports ribbon. You may also view and analyse budget figures using the Pivot feature.

    1. Groups - Set up to 2 Groups for ledger Accounts, Debtors, Creditors, Stock items and Documents for generating reports.
    2. Stock information - The following settings are available:
      1. Selling prices - Enter (edit) the descriptions for up to 3 selling prices. You may set the default selling price 1 / 2 / 3 which will be used globally when processing documents. 
      2. Cost of sales - Set the parameters for Cost of sales (account, batch type, whether you will be using average or latest cost). 
      3. Documents setup - This also contains various settings when processing documents and / or working with stock.
      4. Unit size - Specify the unit descriptions and sizes to be displayed in stock item screens and on layout files. 
      5. Tax classes - Create add, edit Tax classes (Account classes) to which you may select Input Tax codes, Output Tax codes, Sales, Cost of sales and Stock control accounts. 
    3. Batch types - Create or delete batch types or journals in which you wish to enter transactions. Batch types also need to be linked to sales documents (i.e. invoices and credit notes) and purchase documents (i.e. purchases and supplier returns) on Setup Documents.
    4. Access control - Set the passwords, users and access to certain menus for each of your users.
    5. Salesperson - Add or remove any salespersons, which will be processing sales documents (i.e. invoices, credit notes and quotes) and purchase documents (i.e. purchases, supplier returns and orders) or cashiers operating Point-of-Sale.
    6. Financial categories - Link your Ledger Account groups to Assets, Capital, Expenses, Income or Liabilities.
    7. System parameters - Select the indicators for debit and credit, number of decimals to be displayed on reports and documents as well as the number of decimals to be stored. You may also select to display the default system currency symbol. 
    8. Internet - Configure your Internet, e-mail accounts to send reports, lists and documents via the internet or to configure a network server.
    9. Countries - Add and manage the ISO CODE2 and ISO CODE3 as well as ICL CODES for each country. See Country codes
    10. Currencies - You may add / edit currencies and the exchange rates. When processing documents, you may select the currency. This will automatically calculate the prices for that currency.
    11. Point-of-Sale - Set the Point-of-Sale parameters, configure printers, peripherals, etc.
    12. Workflow Setup

Workflow plugin - Manual - Shop - Once-off license -

The workflow plugin allows you to record the steps or processes of a task.

The different screens osFinancials / TurboCASH can be created such as the stock screen or debtors / creditors and documents. This allows you to record almost every conceivable process (steps) in a task, visualize and gain instant insight wherever you are in the process and what steps have been taken before.

A step can be assigned to a user and an administrator can see all workflow steps not done (outstanding steps) and possibly assign a task to a user. Outstanding transitions that are possible after showing the step.  

Workflow is a knowledge system that can gain your knowledge or just to share it with others. This allows you to formalize your business and capture the steps in an automated system. 

Another advantage is that you retain a better overview of your running processes and you have historical data at hand.

    1. Printer - Select the default settings for printing reports and documents.
  1. Report designer - Edit existing reports and layout files for documents. You may also create and edit your own reports and layout files.
  2. Themes - By default, TurboCASH5.2 is installed in the Material theme. Select the Classic (default theme) or Blue, Glass, Silver, Soft-blue or VS2010 theme to be displayed in the program. You may also add your own favourite background pictures. 

If the Classic, Blue, Glass, Silver, Soft-blue and VS2010 themes are selected, the icons in the Classic theme will be displayed.

  1. Plugins - By default, no plugins are listed on this menu. Only activated plugins will be listed.

Most of these plugins are licensed under commercial licenses. You need to purchase a license on which a registration code and instructions will be mailed to you to unlock the full features of these plugins. Multi-User and Plugins need to be registered in Plugins → Tools → Register Plugins on the Setup ribbon.