The general Fibu interface

The general accounting interface is a standard export format of the assigned financial accounting data.

The data is output in the Report Manager in the Fibu Interfacetab. Select General Fibu Interface:

Element / Switch	Function / Description
Use current merchandise category assignment	Normally, the Report Manager uses the merchandise category assignment at the time the postings are made by storing them together with the postings. If you want the current merchandise category assignment to be used, activate this switch.
Negative sign for payment types	This is the default setting for DATEV export.
Process revenue account as offsetting account	The revenue account is therefore managed as an offsetting account.
accounting month	Select the desired month whose booking data you want to export.
Add payment methods	If you also want the payment methods to be inserted in the file, you can also select cash, cashless or both payment methods here.
Columns Separator	To separate the columns, select between Tab, Semicolon, and Comma.
date format	The export uses the date format set here.
decimal separator	Select the decimal separator comma (default in Germany) or dot.
Text in inverted commas	Identifies the text output with "apostrophes". This can avoid errors, for example, if you use semicolons as separators and cannot ensure that no semicolons are used in the texts.
account number check	A message is displayed when the file is created if either the account assignments have been forgotten or the account number and offsetting account are the same.
Create export file	Click on Create export file to store the booking data in the target folder. target folder: (C):\FAOutput (where C: is the drive of the computer from which the Report Manager was started).

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Further documentation: Automatic report export area

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