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[Mario Arias <the.clone.master@xxxxxxxxx>]

As Jeff said, problem is you are trying to create more than one "account
move" entries on that journal.
You need to define only ONE account move, and inside that account move you
enter ALL the move_line details...

Regards,
-Mario


On Fri, Jan 11, 2013 at 7:10 PM, jeff.wang <jeff@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>
> http://doc.openerp.com/v6.1/book/3/3_9/entries_at_the_start_of_a_year.html#closing-a-financial-year
>
> Normally this journal entry is generated by a wizard descibed in this
> document link. you can run this wizard more than once and the later entry
> will replace the last one.
>
> If you want to create it manually, you should input multi credit lines and
> multi debit lines in the same entry.
>
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>
> ------------------ Original ------------------
> *From: * "Phil Frost"<indigo@xxxxxxxxxxx>;
> *Date: * Sat, Jan 12, 2013 02:53 AM
> *To: * "openerp-community"<openerp-community@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; **
> *Subject: * [Openerp-community] Confused about meaning of "You cannot
> createmore than one move per period on a centralized journal."
>
> So, I am attempting to create journal entries to bring my 2013 opening
> balances into OpenERP. So, I made a journal entry in the "Opening
> Entries Journal", in "Opening Period 2013". No problem there. However,
> when I try to save the second journal entry, I get this error:
>
> ValidateError
>
> Error occurred while validating the field(s) journal_id: You cannot
> create more than one move per period on a centralized journal.
>
> I gather this is because the "Opening Entries Journal" has the option
> "Centralized Counterpart" checked. But I have no idea what this means.
> What's a "counterpart" in this context? What's a "centralized journal"?
> What's a "move"?
>
> Here's how I'd expect opening balances to work, and maybe someone can
> tell me how I might do it differently:
>
> I'd expected I would make journal entries in a journal and period
> designated for opening entries. Each of these entries will debit or
> credit one account, and these will be balanced by an opposite debit or
> credit to a special equity account I have created, "39999 - Opening
> Balance Equity". When I'm done making all my entries, and all the
> numbers match the 2012 closing documents, then the balance of "Opening
> Balance Equity" will be zero. When I'm satisfied everything balances,
> the opening balance equity account has zero balance, and the numbers
> match the 2012 closing statements, I can close the opening period.
>
> Of course, this doesn't work if I can make only one entry in the opening
> journal. I'd want to make multiple entries because presently, we have a
> good idea what the balances will be, but until the 2012 books are
> closed, we may need to make adjustments. Yet, we have 2013 business that
> needs to happen now.
>
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