Accounting reassignment
Accounting reassignment allows you to move ledger entries from one accounting account to another. This feature is particularly useful at year-end to correct wrong allocations or reorganize entries before closing.
Access
Accounting > Accounting Assistant > Reassignment rules
How it works
The workflow has three steps:
- Create a rule -- Define the entry selection criteria and the target account
- Preview -- Check the entries that will be modified
- Apply -- Run the reassignment (irreversible)
An applied rule is locked: it can no longer be modified or deleted. It remains viewable for traceability.
Creating a rule
From the rule list, click New reassignment rule.
Required fields
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| Label | Descriptive name of the rule (e.g.: "Fix 2025 rental expenses") |
| Source account | The accounting account whose entries must be moved |
| Target account | The destination accounting account |
Optional filters
| Filter | Description |
|---|---|
| Label pattern | Filter on the entry label. Use % as a wildcard (SQL LIKE syntax). E.g.: %RENT% for all entries containing "RENT" |
| Start / end date | Restrict to a period |
| Journal | Limit to a specific journal |
Rule list
The list page displays all rules with their status:
- Draft -- The rule can be modified, previewed and applied
- Applied -- The rule has been run; the number of modified entries, the date and the user are displayed
Preview
From the card of a draft rule, click Preview. The page displays:
- The rule summary (accounts, filters)
- The total number of matching entries
- The paginated list of entries with, for each: date, document, journal, current account (strikethrough) and new account (bold), label, debit and credit
- The debit/credit totals
Warning: Check the listed entries carefully before applying. Reassignment directly modifies the ledger and is irreversible.
Apply
Click Apply reassignment. A confirmation box displays the number of entries and the accounts concerned. After confirmation, the entries are modified and the rule switches to "Applied" status. If the target account has been deleted from the chart of accounts or disabled since the rule was created, the application is refused and no entry is modified.
Quick reassignment from the ledger
The module adds a bulk action in Dolibarr's ledger lists. Select several entries, choose the Reassign account action, then enter the target account. This method does not create a rule: the reassignment is applied immediately.
