# Accounting

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**You need an accounting system**

Flow Retail does **NOT** serve as an accounting system. Retailers using Flow Retail will typically require an  accounting system, or an ERP system with accounting features.

Be sure to involve your accountant and to get their input on this.
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## Use any accounting system you'd like

**In practice you can use whichever accounting system you'd like.**

The reason for this is that Flow Retail offers a wide range of **accounting reports** required to manually handle the accounting.

With that said, most retailers would want a more seamless integration between the POS and the accounting, and so we also offer a set of integrations, as you can find in a list below.

## Manual, file export or integrated solution?

Which option should you choose? Below is a short explanation of the various options; Manual and Integrated.

<table><thead><tr><th width="136.69140625">Variant</th><th>Pros</th><th>Cons</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Manual</td><td><ul><li>No additional licensing costs</li><li>Includes all the essential reports (PDF/XLS) needed for manual accounting</li><li>Start using Flow Retail right away — no waiting time for planning or setting up an integration</li></ul></td><td><ul><li>Low cost doesn't always mean better value — manually managing accounting can quickly become expensive, especially as the complexity of the store increases in terms of payment processing and transaction volume</li><li>Manual work typically carries a higher risk of errors</li></ul></td></tr><tr><td>Integrated</td><td><ul><li>Saves time by automating daily reports and journal entries</li><li>Reduces manual errors and improves data accuracy</li><li>Makes sure all data are up-to-date on a daily basis</li></ul></td><td><ul><li>Involves additional license costs</li><li>Setup usually takes more time due to planning and coordination</li></ul></td></tr><tr><td>File export</td><td><ul><li>Saves time by not having to register the data manually into the accounting system</li><li>Reduces errors and improves data accuracy</li></ul></td><td><ul><li>Manual job to download and import the file</li><li>Possibilities of incompatibilities betwene the exported file and the accounting system</li></ul></td></tr></tbody></table>

## What option should we use?

If you have a limited budget, and a fairly easy setup with only one store, then simply using the available accounting-related reports in Flow Retail would be good enough.

You should also go with the manual variant if you need to get started immediately, as setting up an integrated solution typically involves a few weeks of setup and testing together with the accountant.

If you either already use one of the supported accounting systems for integration, then we'd strongly using that, even though it involves up to a few weeks until it is up running.

## Integrated accounting systems

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**Limited functionality**

Please note that accounting systems vary widely, and the features available in integrations can differ significantly. While we aim to support as many relevant functions as possible, we do **not** guarantee full functionality support for all systems.
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<table><thead><tr><th width="187.55682373046875">Accounting system</th><th width="419.8604736328125">Features</th><th>Type<select><option value="qQ5tMa1UXXK6" label="File Export" color="blue"></option><option value="b6jLJvcQhS23" label="API Integration" color="blue"></option></select></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><strong>Visma Tripletex</strong></td><td><ul><li>Daily or Monthly sales, with mapped accounting numbers, etc.</li><li><p>Invoices from Flow Retail to Tripletex</p><ul><li>No automatic payment update back from Tripletex</li></ul></li></ul></td><td><span data-option="b6jLJvcQhS23">API Integration</span></td></tr><tr><td><strong>PowerOffice</strong></td><td><ul><li>Daily or Monthly sales, with mapped accounting numbers, etc.</li><li><p>Invoices from Flow Retail to PowerOffice</p><ul><li>No automatic payment update back from PowerOffice</li></ul></li></ul></td><td><span data-option="b6jLJvcQhS23">API Integration</span></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Visma.net</strong></td><td><ul><li>Basic sales data</li></ul></td><td><span data-option="qQ5tMa1UXXK6">File Export</span></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Visma</strong> <strong>Business*</strong></td><td><ul><li>Basic sales data</li></ul></td><td><span data-option="qQ5tMa1UXXK6">File Export</span></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Microsoft Navision</strong></td><td><ul><li>Basic sales data</li></ul></td><td><span data-option="qQ5tMa1UXXK6">File Export</span></td></tr><tr><td><strong>24SevenOffice</strong></td><td><ul><li>Basic sales data</li></ul></td><td><span data-option="qQ5tMa1UXXK6">File Export</span></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Xledger / Mamut</strong></td><td><ul><li>Basic sales data</li></ul></td><td><span data-option="qQ5tMa1UXXK6">File Export</span></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Uni Micro Cloud</strong></td><td><ul><li>Basic sales data</li></ul></td><td><span data-option="qQ5tMa1UXXK6">File Export</span></td></tr></tbody></table>

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**Visma Business**

\*Visma is deprecating Visma Business, and so we only offer a basic file export towards Visma Business with NO guarantee on issues or missing features. We STRONGLY recommend moving over to alternative solutions like Visma Tripletex.&#x20;
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**Didn't find your accounting system in the list?** Check out our official [roadmap](/docs/roadmap.md) to see if you find it there.

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## What about ERP systems with accounting functionality?

We have clients using a wide variety of ERP systems with accounting capabilities, like [SAP](https://www.sap.com/) and [Microsoft Dynamics Business Central](https://www.microsoft.com/nb-no/dynamics-365/products/business-central) (BC).

### Integration with your ERP system

We do *not* provide direct integration with ERP systems, mainly due to the varied configurations each client may have.

Customizing our solution for every unique ERP setup would consume significant resources, detracting from our core focus: developing and delivering the premier POS platform, alongside the best possible APIs for *anyone* to integrate towards.

We provide comprehensive technical support for anyone wanting to integrate any system with Flow Retail.

Additionally, we offer clear guidelines and recommendations for connecting Flow Retail with any ERP system.

Contact our retail specialists for more details.


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