General Ledger & Trial Balance

The Detail Behind Every Summary Report

General Ledger

Go to Accounting > Reporting > General Ledger. Lists every journal item, grouped by account, for the selected period — the complete, unabridged audit trail. Use this when a summary report's number needs full line-by-line justification (for an auditor, or your own sanity check).

• Filter by account, journal, or partner.
• Each line shows date, journal, reference/description, debit, credit, and running balance.
• Click through to the originating invoice/bill/journal entry.

Trial Balance

Go to Accounting > Reporting > Trial Balance. One row per account: opening balance, total debit movement, total credit movement, and closing balance for the period.

• The classic checkpoint before closing a period: total debits must equal total credits across every account.
• Often exported to hand to an external accountant/auditor as the starting point for their own workpapers.

When to Use Which

Trial Balance answers "what's the balance of every account" at a glance; General Ledger answers "show me every transaction that built up to that balance" for one or a few accounts. Start with Trial Balance to spot which account looks wrong, then drill into General Ledger for that specific account.