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Spread a statement

From a read document to rows mapped onto the chart of accounts.

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Four stages

  1. The document is read

    A spread is built from a finished document. One still processing cannot be spread.

  2. Rows are extracted

    Each row arrives with its own citation: which page, which table. The citation is part of the row, not an addition to it.

  3. Rows are mapped

    Mapping suggestions are derived from the row label and are deterministic — the same input always gives the same suggestion. Mappings you approved before are suggested again in later spreads.

  4. It becomes review-ready

    While any row is still unmapped, the spread will not be declared ready for review.

You can add your own accounts

If a row fits no standard account, create a custom one. The statements grid shows it alongside the rest.

The standard chart of accounts exists from the moment a workspace is created, and restarts never duplicate it.

A cited document cannot be deleted

While any spread row cites a document, that document will not delete. A citation pointing at a deleted file is not a citation.

The same rule protects evidence in the FDD workbench.

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