Before adding bank accounts you should be familiar with the general concepts involved. In particular see the section Adding Accounts.
Bank accounts are added to the Account Setup window of the desired report, such as the Trial Balance.
To add a bank account to the Trial Balance report:
Click the report (i.e. NewViews/Report/Trial Balance) in the NV2 Database Explorer.
If the top right window is not the Account Setup window, click the window tab Accounts and choose Setup or click the window list button at the left of the title bar that reads /REPORT/(report name) and choose Accounts Setup.
Activate the line above or below where you want to add the new account.
(This step is not crucial as the account can always be moved later; see Moving Accounts for more information.)
Issue the command Edit>Insert to add the new account above the active line or Edit>Append to add the new account below the active line.
NOTE: The positioning of the new account is only an issue if the report is sorted by line (interactive) order. If the report is sorted by account description or name order, the Edit>Insert and Edit>Append commands can be used interchangeably since the account will automatically be placed in the proper position.
In the Account Type field, press <F3> and select BANK (press <Enter> or double click to select).
In the Name field, enter the bank account name. You can use any combination of letters, numbers, hyphens and underscores, and the name can be as long as you want. Account names are automatically converted to upper case characters.
NOTE: You cannot have more than one bank account with the same account name.
In the Description field, enter the bank account description (usually the name of the bank and/or the bank account number). You can use any combination of letters, numbers, spaces or special characters and the description can be as long as you want.
When you enter BANK in the Account Type field, debit is automatically entered in the Normal Balance field, perpetual is entered in the Normal Rep field, and active is entered in the Active field. The name of the report (e.g. TB for Trial Balance) is automatically entered in the Report field when the new account is first added to the report.
Enter the appropriate total account names in the Totalto Name fields to ensure that the report totaling structure includes the new account. See Report Arithmetic for more information on totaling.
The new bank account will automatically be saved when you move off the line. At this point, postings can be added to the account, and all related accounts and reports will be updated immediately.
You can add the bank account's address information now or later. To add address information, activate the bank account and then use the window list button in the bottom right pane to choose the Address Information window.
The Report field can be used to move the account from one report to another (e.g. if your bank accounts are on the Trial Balance report and you want to move some of them to another report.) For more information see Moving Accounts.
The T field is blank for bank accounts. This field displays the number of accounts that total to any total account on the report, this is generated automatically. For more information, see Report Arithmetic.
If you have additional information you want to store for a bank account you can add it to the Notes window for that account. Use the window tab Notes or the window list button in the bottom right window to access the Notes window.
NOTE: Bank accounts can be added to both the bank account table and reports.