# Accountant - [Opening Balance](https://docs.simpleaccounts.io/product-guides/accountant/opening-balance.md): Set your initial financial position. Ensure accuracy from the start and transition smoothly from previous accounting periods. - [View opening balance of all the transactions](https://docs.simpleaccounts.io/product-guides/accountant/opening-balance/view-opening-balance-of-all-the-transactions.md) - [Add an opening balance manually](https://docs.simpleaccounts.io/product-guides/accountant/opening-balance/add-an-opening-balance-manually.md) - [Journal](https://docs.simpleaccounts.io/product-guides/accountant/journal.md): Journal is a record of all the financial transactions of your business sorted by date. Also known as book of original entry, journal helps in further transfer or reconciliation of the data. - [View journals](https://docs.simpleaccounts.io/product-guides/accountant/journal/view-journals.md) - [Manually add a journal entry](https://docs.simpleaccounts.io/product-guides/accountant/journal/manually-add-a-journal-entry.md) --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://docs.simpleaccounts.io/product-guides/accountant.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.