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 Analytic Account Module
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-The analytic account module adds fundamentals to analyze on accounting on
-multi-axes.
+The analytic account module adds the fundamentals required to analyse
+accounting using multiple different axes.
+
+A chart of analytic accounts can be setup for each axis.
+
+Account
+*******
+
+An analytic account is defined by these fields:
+
+- Name
+- Code
+- Company
+- Type:
+
+    - Root: define an axis
+    - View: sum amounts of children accounts
+    - Normal: store analytic lines
+    - Distribution: distribute linked lines between different accounts
+
+- Parent
+- Balance/Credit/Debit
+- State:
+
+    - Draft
+    - Opened
+    - Closed
+
+- Note
+
+Line
+****
+
+An analytic line defines the amount of money from a move line to be assigned to
+an analytic account. It contains the following fields:
+
+- Debit/Credit
+- Account
+- Move Line
+- Date
+
+When the linked move is posted, an analytic state is calculated for each of the
+move lines. It is only valid if all the analytic axes have been completely
+filled.
+The incomplete lines can be found in the menu entry "Analytic Lines to
+Complete".
+
+Rule
+****
+
+The module contains a rule engine that can automatically create analytic lines
+when the move is posted, but only if they do not already have analytic lines.
+The criteria for the rule engine are:
+
+- Account
+- Party
+- Journal