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title: "Editing the Properties of the General Ledger"
description: "The general ledger is used to keep and display accounts and items in Lucanet. The account structure of a balance sheet is stored in the general ledger. In the general ledger, the original accounts from the financial accounting source systems are recreated, assigned, and maintained, and manually created accounts and items are managed.\n\nBy default, the general ledger is displayed as a workspace in the overview in the Reporting and analyzing folder.\n\nThe properties of the general ledger can be edited in the Workspace Configuration as described below."
source_url: https://support.lucanet.cloud/en/documentation/consolidation-financial-planning/konfiguration-der-arbeitsbereiche/edit-general-ledger-details
language: en
last_updated: 2023-08-16
---
# Editing the Properties of the General Ledger

## Overview

The **general ledger** is used to keep and display accounts and items in Lucanet. The account structure of a balance sheet is stored in the general ledger. In the general ledger, the original accounts from the financial accounting source systems are recreated, assigned, and maintained, and manually created accounts and items are managed.

By default, the general ledger is displayed as a workspace in the overview in the **Reporting and analyzing** folder.

The properties of the general ledger can be edited in the **Workspace Configuration** as described below.

## Editing the Properties of the General Ledger

To edit the properties of the general ledger:

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In the structure view of the **Workspace Configuration**, click the name of the general ledger.
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Click **Edit** in the upper right corner to open the edit mode.

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Edit mode of the general ledger

## Options

The following options are available for the general ledger:

### General properties

You can configure the following general properties for the general ledger:

| Option | Description |
|---------|---------|
| Element name | Name of the general ledger. If necessary, specify the country-specific language descriptions of the general ledger for the display languages available for the Lucanet user interface. |
| Abbreviation | Abbreviation of the general ledger |
| Abbreviation incl. subledgers | Abbreviation for the general ledger and all subledgers assigned to it. |
| 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)
 - [Folders](https://support.lucanet.cloud/en/documentation/glossary.md#folders)
- 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.

### 'Rounding errors' tab

Configure the following on the **Rounding errors** tab:

- **Account for presentation of the rounding error from proportionate consolidation**
- **Account for presentation of the rounding error from currency translation**