January 2026   ​|   ​Finance & Accounting

In accounting, transaction types are used to classify financial transactions and their changes in accounts. They are essential for creating statements such as asset statements, provision statements, equity statements, and loan statements, which are of great importance for financial reporting and cash flow analysis.

Transaction types and affected accounts

Transaction types define how a specific account changes. They are often used for balance sheet accounts, especially for:

Asset accounting (asset schedule)

• Additions (purchase of assets)

• Disposals (sale or scrapping)

• Depreciation (scheduled or unscheduled)

• Transfers (within asset classes)

Provisions (provisions schedule)

• Additions (new provisions)

• Reversals (use or reversal)

• Changes (e.g., adjustments to new estimates)

Equity (statement of changes in equity)

• Contributions and withdrawals (capital contributions or repayments)

• Changes in profit/loss (net income/loss for the year)

• Distributions (dividend payments)

Loans (loan overview)

• New loans (new credit)

• Repayments (repayments)

• Interest rate changes (interest payments or debt restructuring)
  
  

There are two ways to work with transaction types in Odoo:

Use of analytical accounts

In the standard system, you could simply use analytical accounts for this. To do this, you would need to create four analytical charts for the four areas (assets, provisions, equity, loans) and then set them up so that they are only used for certain accounts.

​Disadvantages of this method​

• In accounting entries (entry lines), it is not possible to group by analytical accounts.

• Grouping is possible in the “Analytic Items,” but the table is not ideal for this accounting purpose.

• Arbitrary percentage distributions can lead to undesirable results. 

• This method is too cumbersome for accountants.
  
  

Using the syscoon app “Movement Types”

The better solution is to use the syscoon app “Movement Types.” Here you can:

• Create movement type categories.

• Assign movement types to categories.

• Direkt im Kontenplan jedem relevanten Konto eine Bewegungsarten-Kategorie zuweisen.
  
  

Advantages of this method​

• In the posting records, the “Transaction type” field becomes mandatory for the accounts concerned.

• You can filter and group the booking lines by category and transaction type.

• Period mirrors can be created easily without initial values.

• For a complete mirror, simply switch to Odoo Sheets and use the syscoon sheet formulas to create exact mirrors as desired.
  
  

Connection with cash flow

The syscoon app “Movement Types” is a prerequisite for the syscoon app “Indirect Cash Flow.” This app extends Odoo with a correct calculation of indirect cash flow by integrating movement types into the cash flow analysis in a meaningful way. In addition, the movement types are fully integrated into the syscoon Asset app.

Conclusion

Movement types are essential for detailed financial reporting and transparency in accounting. The syscoon app “Movement Types” offers a practical solution for managing movement types in Odoo and greatly facilitates the creation of mirrors and cash flow analysis. Companies benefit from structured and traceable accounting that enables sound financial planning. 


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