Zumzum Financials Getting Started Guide

Zumzum Financials Knowledge Base

Now that you have installed Zumzum Financials you should perform a few simple configuration steps to prepare your environment before you begin posting transactions.

If you have specific requirements or want assistance with setup and configuration then please contact Zumzum on +44 (0) 87 080 33133 or email case@zumzum.co.uk

Add the Zumzum Financials Administrator permission set to your user account

To ensure you have access to all the custom objects, fields, pages and components in Zumzum Financials, you will need to add the Zumzum Financials Administrator permission set to your user profile and other Salesforce Administrators that will manage Zumzum Financials.

From Setup, enter Permission Sets in the Quick Find box, then select Permission Sets.
Select the Zumzum Financials Administrator permission set.
Click on the Manage Assignments button.
Select the relevant users you would like to add to the permission set, then click Assign.
Click Done.

You will also need to grant access to a standard Salesforce Account object field called “Account Number” to your user account and any other users.

From the management settings for the Account object, go to the fields area.
Select Account Number field you want to modify.
Click View Field Accessibility.
Specify the field’s access level for each profile in your org.
Click Save.

Install App Data to Get Started

Before you begin you should navigate to the Getting Started Tab and select the Install Application Data button. This will activate your application and install default data such as Tax Codes. Once you have performed this task, the button shall no longer be visible to you.

Installing the app data will add the following;

Control Accounts
Company Setup
Company (Corporate Company)
Currency (Company Currency)
Organisation Currency
Currency Rates
Bank Accounts
Document Numbers
Tax Rates
Invoice Templates
ISO Countries
Nominal Categories
Sub Categories
Nominal Accounts

Setup Your Company Details

Navigate to the Setup tab
select Company Setup
Click Edit to enter your company details that will be used on transactional documents like sales invoices.

You can change:

Your Company Name
Your Website Address
Your company email address
Your Entity Type
Your Company Registration Number
Your VAT Number
Your VAT Method – choose if you’re using Cash Accounting or Accrual method
Your Fiscal Year start Month
Your Currency Name and Your Currency Symbol – e.g. GBP and £

Load Your Company Logo for Document Templates

For all document templates, except the sales Invoice (see separate section for sales invoice), you are able to load a default company logo. This image will be used on documents such as Purchase Orders, Timesheets, Expense sheets, etc.

Navigate to the Setup (Zumzum) tab
Select Company Setup
Under notes and attachments, click Attach File and follow the upload instructions to add your corporate logo as a png file.

Your file should be a maximum of 250px by 75px in size

Define Your Preferred Email Templates

You are able to determine the default email templates to load when you select the “Send as Email” button on the various transactional documents in the system, such as Sales Invoices or Purchase Orders. There are a number preconfigured with the system and you are able to change the settings to select your own templates.

Navigate to the Setup (Zumzum) tab
Select Company Setup
Click Edit
Select the lookup next to the email template you wish to modify

There are a number of sample email template folders setup in the system and you can create and save your own email templates in each of these folders. The email template for each document (e.g. Sales Invoice) must be saved in the relevant folder so that you are able to select this from the settings page.
Example folders are:

Zumzum Purchase Invoice Templates
Zumzum Purchase Order Templates
Zumzum Sales Invoice Templates
Zumzum Sales Order Templates
Zumzum Delivery Note Templates
Zumzum Expense Sheet Templates
Zumzum Time Sheet Templates

To navigate to the email folders please go to Setup>Personal Setup> Email>My Email Templates and navigate to the respective folder. Here you can review or modify existing templates and create new templates.

Update Your Bank Accounts

Navigate to the Setup tab
Select Bank Accounts
click Edit next to the bank account you wish to modify.

You can change:

Bank Account Name
Type
Sort/Branch Code
Account Number
Account IBAN Code
Status
Nominal Account

Upload Your Logo To The Sales Invoice Template

You can add your company logo to the standard document templates that are generated by Zumzum Financials. In particular you will want to add your company logo to the sales invoice template. You can follow the same procedure to add your logo to the other document templates.

Navigate to the Setup tab
Select Document Templates
Select the Zumzum Sample Sales Invoice Template
Click Attach File Follow the upload instructions to add your corporate logo as a png file. Your file should be a maximum of 250 px by 75 px in size.

Edit/Assign Your Accounts Page Layout

If you are using the Enterprise Edition you can assign the Zumzum Financials Accounts page layout. The custom page contains specific sections and fields to hold your financial data about your customers and suppliers.

Click Your Name | Setup | Customize | Accounts and choose Page Layouts or Record Types. (If you are in the Lightning interface, Click Your Name | Setup | Objects and Fields| Object Manager| Account)
Click Page Layout Assignment.
Click Edit Assignment.
Use the table to specify the Zumzum Financials Account Layout page layout for each profile that requires access to accounting data.
Click Save.

Edit Your Page Layouts (Professional/Enterprise Edition)
If you are using the Salesforce Professional Edition you will need to edit your page layout to add the sections and custom fields to hold your financial data about your customers and suppliers.
To access page layouts for Accounts:

Select Your Name | Setup | Customize (If you are in the Lightning interface, Click Your Name | Setup | Objects and Fields| Object Manager)
Choose Account.
Choose the Page Layout link.

Work with the page layout editor to add the following components:

Customer Activity – drag and drop the VisualForce Page component Customer Activity to the top of your Account page layout.
Add a new Section for Credit Control to place your custom accounting fields and ensure that it is a 2 column section.
Drag and drop the following fields into this section.

Left Column Right Column

Account Number Nominal Account

Billing Contact Co Reg Number

Terms Agreed VAT reg number

Payment Due Days Credit Limit

Settlement Due Days Terms

Settlement Discount Total Debit

Tax Rate Total Credit

ECSL Region Total Balance

Add a new Section for Bank Information to place your custom accounting fields and ensure that it is a 2 column section.
Drag and drop the following fields into this section.

Left Column Right Column

Bank Account Name Bank Name

Bank Account No Bank Sort Code

Bank Address IBAN

Add the Activity Report button and Account Report buttons to the Custom Buttons component on the page layout.
Add the following Related Lists to your page layout.
- Sales Orders
- Sales Invoices
- Purchase Orders
- Purchase Invoices

Edit/Assign Your Opportunity Page Layout.

If you are using the Enterprise Edition you can assign the Zumzum Financials Opportunity page layout. The custom page contains specific sections and fields to hold your financial data about your customers and suppliers.

Click Your Name | Setup | Customize | Opportunities and choose Page Layouts or Record Types.
In the page layout or record type list page, click Page Layout Assignment.
Click Edit Assignment.
Use the table to specify the Zumzum Financials Opportunity Layout page layout for each profile that requires access to accounting data
Click Save.

Edit Your Page Layouts (Professional/Enterprise Edition)

If you are using the Salesforce Professional Edition you will need to edit your page layout to add the sections and custom fields to hold your financial data about your customers and suppliers.

To access page layouts for Accounts:

Select Your Name | Setup | Customize. (If you are in the Lightning interface, Click Your Name | Setup | Objects and Fields| Object Manager)
Choose Opportunity or Opportunities.
Choose the Page Layout link.

Work with the page layout editor to add the following components:

Add the Create Invoice button and Create Order buttons to the Custom Buttons component on the page layout.
Add the following Related Lists to your page layout.
- Sales Orders
- Sales Invoices
- Purchase Orders
- Purchase Invoices

Edit Your Quotes Page Layout

You may edit your page layout to add the sections and custom buttons and related lists for Sales Orders and Sales Invoices.
To access page layouts for Accounts:

Select Your Name | Setup | Customize (If you are in the Lightning interface, Click Your Name | Setup | Objects and Fields| Object Manager)
Choose Opportunities or Opportunity.
Choose the Page Layout link.

Work with the page layout editor to add the following components:

Add the Create Invoice button and Create Order buttons to the Custom Buttons component on the page layout.
Add the following Related Lists to your page layout.
- Sales Orders
- Sales Invoices

Update Your Chart of Accounts and Nominal Codes

There is a standard Chart of Accounts (COA) installed by default in the system, although you may wish modify and update the default nominal codes. The COA is structured as Nominal Category, Nominal Sub Category and Nominal Account. You can add new Nominal Sub Categories and Nominal accounts to suit your business and reflect your previous COA structure.

To access page layouts for Accounts:

Navigate to the Setup tab.
Select either Nominal Sub Category or Nominal Account.
Click New to enter a new record.
Enter the required details and hit Save to create your new record.

Customise Your Control Accounts.

Control accounts are used by Zumzum Financials to make automatic double-entry postings. A number of control accounts are created automatically. The control accounts are as follows:

Accruals
Bad Debts
Credit Charges
Creditors Control
Debtors Control
Default Bank
Default Sales
Deferred Income
Exchange Rate Variance
Expenses
Mispostings
Prepayments
Purchase Discount
Retained Earnings
Setting Up Records
Suspense
VAT Liability
VAT Manual Adjustment
VAT on Purchases
VAT on Sales

Customise Your Document Numbers

You can set the current numbers for your transactional documents for continuity from your existing accounting system. The transactional documents that you can set your numbering convention for are Sales Orders, Sales Invoices or Purchase Orders.

For example, to set your current Purchase Order number do the following:

Navigate to the Setup tab
Select Document Numbers
Click PO
Click Edit
Enter the required details and hit Save to update your new record.

Update Your Customer and Supplier Account Records

To process sales and purchasing transactions against your account records you will need to update the following fields with data:

Type – update your Account records to Type as “Customer” or “Supplier” (please edit your Account Type field to include “Customer” and “Supplier” values in the pick list)

Account Number – each customer will need to have an account number entered

Optionally you should consider adding default Account values for:

Payment Due Days – sets the default payment days on your sales or purchase invoices associated with this Account.

Nominal Account – sets the default nominal account for sales or purchase associated with this Account

Tax Rate – sets the default tax rate for transactions associated with this Account

Enter Your Products to your Price Books

To use the Sales Orders and Sales Invoices capabilities in Zumzum Financials you will need to enter your company offerings in Salesforce as Products and activate your Price Book. You will need to associate products with Opportunities/Quotes in Salesforce or select products directly when creating Sales Orders/Invoices.

There are a number of customised Zumzum Financials fields to a product which are listed below.

Cost price: The cost of the product
Stock Product: Select this option if you wish to track inventory for this product on Sales Orders or Purchase Orders.
Stock Asset:
Serialised: Select this option if you wish to track serial numbers for inventory items you dispatch.
Supplier: Select the default supplier you would wish to appear on a Purchase Order for this product.
Default Purchase Nominal Account: Select the Nominal Account you would wish to use as the default when this product is used for Purchase Orders.
Default Tax Code for Sales: Select the Tax Code you would wish to use as the default when this product is used for Sales Invoices.
Default Tax Code for Purchasing: Select the Tax Code you would wish to use as the default when this product is used for Purchase Orders.
Default Sales Nominal Account: Select the Nominal Account you would wish to use as the default when this product is used for Sales Invoice.
Dimension 1: Enter the default value you would like to appear in the Dimension 1 field on Sales Invoices.
Dimension 2: Enter the default value you would like to appear in the Dimension 2 field on Sales Invoices.
Dimension 3: Enter the default value you would like to appear in the Dimension 3 field on Sales Invoices.
Dimension 4: Enter the default value you would like to appear in the Dimension 4 field on Sales Invoices.
Dimension 5: Enter the default value you would like to appear in the Dimension 5 field on Sales Invoices.
Dimension 6: Enter the default value you would like to appear in the Dimension 6 field on Sales Invoices.

Enter Your Nominal Account Opening Balances

You can enter the opening balances for each nominal account that have balances in your previous accounting system by using journals. Your opening balances may include your bank accounts, however if you have decided you that you wish to reconcile these items in the future then add these items as regular bank receipts and payments.

If you use the VAT Cash Accounting Scheme, also enter the balance of the Sales Tax Control Account and the Purchase Tax Control Account.

If you plan to enter your customer and supplier opening balances as individual transactions, then do not update the Debtors or Creditors nominal accounts. If you enter your customer/supplier opening balances and update enter the Debtors/Creditors opening balances, you may find your balances over inflated.

Enter Your Customer Opening Balances

You can enter your customer balances by posting the outstanding sales invoices to the ledger. If you use the VAT Cash Accounting scheme and a customer has more than one outstanding transactions, you will need to add each of these transactions separately. Entering the transactions separately or by posting the sales invoices to the ledger will be particularly useful if you want to use ageing to work out when to chase the customer payment.

If you plan to use the Standard VAT accounting scheme and you do not wish to use ageing with your transactions, then you can enter the total amount owed to you by a customer as a single Sales Invoice.

Should you find that your Debtors figure does not match the figure in your previous accounting application you can adjust the opening balance with a journal entry.

Enter Your Supplier Opening Balances

You can enter your supplier balances by posting the outstanding purchase invoices to the ledger. If you use the VAT Cash Accounting scheme and a supplier has more than one outstanding transactions, you must add each of these transactions separately. Entering the transactions separately or by posting the purchase invoices to the ledger will be particularly useful if you want to use ageing to work out when to make a supplier payment.

If you plan to use the Standard VAT accounting scheme and you do not wish to use ageing with your transactions, then you can enter the total amount owed to a supplier as a single Purchase Invoice.

Should you find that your Creditors figure does not match the figure in your previous accounting application you can adjust the opening balance with a journal entry.

You Are Ready To Go!

Congratulations on successfully setting up the Zumzum Financials, accounting for Salesforce! So now you can go ahead and begin using your new Zumzum Financials accounting application.

To ensure a seamless and optimised experience, follow these next steps:

Next Steps

1. User Training:

Conduct training sessions for users who will interact with the Zumzum Financials. Provide detailed guidance on how to use key features, enter data, and generate reports.

2. Data Migration:

If migrating from another accounting system, plan and execute the migration of historical data.

3. Explore Features:

Take advantage of the advanced features offered by Zumzum Financials. Explore functionalities such as Sales Invoices, Sales Orders, Financial Reports and Dashboards, General Ledger, Accounts Payable, Purchase Orders, Revenue Recognition and VAT Returns, which can enhance your financial management processes.

4. Customize to Fit Your Needs:

Tailor the Zumzum Financials to match your organization’s unique requirements. Customize fields, page layouts, dashboards and workflows to ensure maximum efficiency.

5. Stay Informed:

Follow Zumzum Financials release notes and updates to stay informed about new features, enhancements, and bug fixes. Keep your system up to date to benefit from the latest improvements.

6. Feedback and Improvement:

Encourage users to provide feedback on their experience with the accounting software. Use this feedback to identify areas for improvement and to guide future updates.

7. Regular Monitoring:

Regularly monitor system performance and generate reports to assess the impact of the accounting software on your financial processes. Address any performance issues promptly.

If you need further assistance or have specific questions, then please contact us by email at case@zumzum.co.uk or call us on +44(0) 87 080 33133.

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