Creating and Configuring Statistical Ledgers

Last updated on 2025-07-08

Overview

Statistical ledgers can be used to create account hierarchies that need not be subject to the rules of double-entry accounting (e.g. derived general ledger and subledger structures, indirect cash flow statement and direct liquidity planning). In the Overview, each statistical ledger is displayed in the folder as a workspace in which it was created.

Creating Statistical Ledgers

To create a statistical ledger:

  1. Right-click the desired folder in the Workspace configuration and select Create | Statistical ledger from the context menu. The dialog Create Statistical Ledger is displayed:

    Creating a statistical ledger
  2. Specify the name of the statistical ledger.
  3. Enter an abbreviation for the statistical ledger.
  4. From the Icon drop-down list, choose the icon to be displayed in front of the statistical ledger name in the user interface.
  5. Click Save.

For postings to accounts with the data type Currency account in a statistical ledger, the rules of double-entry accounting do not need to be observed.

Configuring Statistical Ledgers

To configure a statistical ledger:

  1. Click the name of the statistical ledger in the tree view.
  2. Click on Edit at the top right to open the editing mode.

When configuring a statistical ledger, the following options are available:

Option

Description

Element name

Name of the statistical ledger. If necessary, specify the country-specific language descriptions of the statistical ledger for the display languages available for the Lucanet user interface.

Abbreviation

Abbreviation of the statistical ledger

This workspace can be selected as a target during data import

Activate the check box if the workspace should be available as a target when importing data into reporting entities during data import.

Formatting Options

If necessary, choose another icon from the drop-down list.

Elements Tab

Elements that can be created in the ledger (see Defining Elements of the Ledger)

Restrict the origin of references

Activate the check box if only references to specific workspaces should be possible. In the list that is then displayed, choose the ledger(s) for which references can be created.

Defining Elements of the Ledger

To define the elements of the ledger:

If an object type is removed from the ledger's configuration, no further elements of this type can be created in the ledger. Elements previously created in the ledger with the removed object type are retained and can be edited, copied, moved, or deleted.