Books and records
Books and reporting overview
Understand how books group records and how their dashboards support reporting.
Written by Katrin Erb Updated Published Books are office-level reporting groups that bring related bank accounts and, when enabled, Fixed Term Deposits into one operational view.
What a book contains
A book has a name and can contain bank accounts from the current office. If Fixed Term Deposits are available, a deposit can also be associated with a book.
Each bank account can belong to one book at a time. This rule prevents the same account from being counted in two book views. An account does not need to belong to a book.
The Books list is where you create a book or open an existing one.
What the book dashboard shows
Open a book to see its linked records and summary metrics. The available summary includes:
Book Size: the total of the latest available account balance entries, converted to the office reporting currency where required.
Number of Accounts: the current count of bank accounts assigned to the book.
Interest Earned: an Interest Pooling metric shown when Interest Pooling is enabled. If the book has no financial metrics, Flinq shows that no interest-pool data is available.
The book also lists its bank accounts. When Fixed Term Deposits are enabled, a separate list shows associated deposits and their bank, amount, value date, maturity date and status.
How membership affects reporting
Book views are based on the records currently assigned to the book and the source data available to Flinq. Adding or removing an account changes which records contribute to later book views; it does not move, merge or delete the account’s statements and transactions.
Book Size uses the latest balance entries. Interest values depend on available financial metrics and may use confirmed payment data where available or indicative statement data otherwise. Keep the report date, office reporting currency and source-data timing with any exported or reconciled result.
When to use separate books
Use separate books when groups need distinct operational ownership or reporting, such as private-client and corporate portfolios. Do not create overlapping books to represent several labels for one account; use one primary book assignment and preserve any additional classification in the appropriate source or reporting process.
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