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title: "Creating and Configuring Statistical Ledgers"
description: "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."
source_url: https://support.lucanet.cloud/en/documentation/consolidation-financial-planning/konfiguration-der-arbeitsbereiche/create-configure-statistical-ledger
language: en
last_updated: 2023-08-16
---
# Creating and Configuring Statistical Ledgers

## 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:

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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

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

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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.
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## Configuring Statistical Ledgers

To configure a statistical ledger:

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

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## Options

The following options are available for statistical ledgers:

### General properties

You can configure the following general properties for statistical ledgers:

| 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

On the **Elements** tab you can define which elements can be created in the ledger:

- To delete elements from the **Elements** list, click next to the element you want to delete.
- To add elements to the **Elements** list, click **\+ Add row** and choose the desired element in the displayed drop-down list. The following elements are available:

 - [Item](https://support.lucanet.cloud/en/documentation/glossary.md#item)
 - [Account](https://support.lucanet.cloud/en/documentation/glossary.md#account)
 - [Reference](https://support.lucanet.cloud/en/documentation/glossary.md#reference)
 - [Total line](https://support.lucanet.cloud/en/documentation/glossary.md#total-line)
 - [Formula](https://support.lucanet.cloud/en/documentation/glossary.md#formula)
 - [Time series](https://support.lucanet.cloud/en/documentation/glossary.md#time-series)
 - [Separator](https://support.lucanet.cloud/en/documentation/glossary.md#separator)
 - [Folder](https://support.lucanet.cloud/en/documentation/glossary.md#folder)
- If references are permitted as elements: Activate the **Restrict the origin of references** check box if you only want to enable references to certain workspaces. Then, click **\+ Add** and select the workspaces for which references can be created.

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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.
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