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    <p><b>Table Name:</b> <code>tabAccount</code></p>


Heads (or groups) against which Accounting Entries are made and balances are maintained.

<h3>Fields</h3>

<table class="table table-bordered">
    <thead>
        <tr>
            <th style="width: 5%">Sr</th>
            <th style="width: 25%">Fieldname</th>
            <th style="width: 20%">Type</th>
            <th style="width: 25%">Label</th>
            <th style="width: 25%">Options</th>
        </tr>
    </thead>
    <tbody>
        
        <tr class="info">
            <td>1</td>
            <td ><code>properties</code></td>
            <td >
                Section Break</td>
            <td >
                
                
            </td>
            <td></td>
        </tr>
        
        <tr >
            <td>2</td>
            <td ><code>column_break0</code></td>
            <td class="info">
                Column Break</td>
            <td >
                
                
            </td>
            <td></td>
        </tr>
        
        <tr >
            <td>3</td>
            <td class="danger" title="Mandatory"><code>account_name</code></td>
            <td >
                Data</td>
            <td >
                Account Name
                
            </td>
            <td></td>
        </tr>
        
        <tr >
            <td>4</td>
            <td ><code>is_group</code></td>
            <td >
                Check</td>
            <td >
                Is Group
                
            </td>
            <td></td>
        </tr>
        
        <tr >
            <td>5</td>
            <td class="danger" title="Mandatory"><code>company</code></td>
            <td >
                Link</td>
            <td >
                Company
                
            </td>
            <td>
                
                


<a href="https://frappe.github.io/erpnext/current/models/setup/company">Company</a>


                
            </td>
        </tr>
        
        <tr >
            <td>6</td>
            <td ><code>root_type</code></td>
            <td >
                Select</td>
            <td >
                Root Type
                
            </td>
            <td>
                <pre>
Asset
Liability
Income
Expense
Equity</pre>
            </td>
        </tr>
        
        <tr >
            <td>7</td>
            <td ><code>report_type</code></td>
            <td >
                Select</td>
            <td >
                Report Type
                
            </td>
            <td>
                <pre>
Balance Sheet
Profit and Loss</pre>
            </td>
        </tr>
        
        <tr >
            <td>8</td>
            <td ><code>account_currency</code></td>
            <td >
                Link</td>
            <td >
                Currency
                
            </td>
            <td>
                
                


<a href="https://frappe.github.io/erpnext/current/models/geo/currency">Currency</a>


                
            </td>
        </tr>
        
        <tr >
            <td>9</td>
            <td ><code>column_break1</code></td>
            <td class="info">
                Column Break</td>
            <td >
                
                
            </td>
            <td></td>
        </tr>
        
        <tr >
            <td>10</td>
            <td class="danger" title="Mandatory"><code>parent_account</code></td>
            <td >
                Link</td>
            <td >
                Parent Account
                
            </td>
            <td>
                
                


<a href="https://frappe.github.io/erpnext/current/models/accounts/account">Account</a>


                
            </td>
        </tr>
        
        <tr >
            <td>11</td>
            <td ><code>account_type</code></td>
            <td >
                Select</td>
            <td >
                Account Type
                <p class="text-muted small">
                    Setting Account Type helps in selecting this Account in transactions.</p>
            </td>
            <td>
                <pre>
Bank
Cash
Depreciation
Tax
Chargeable
Warehouse
Receivable
Payable
Equity
Fixed Asset
Cost of Goods Sold
Expense Account
Round Off
Income Account
Stock Received But Not Billed
Expenses Included In Valuation
Stock Adjustment
Stock
Temporary</pre>
            </td>
        </tr>
        
        <tr >
            <td>12</td>
            <td ><code>tax_rate</code></td>
            <td >
                Float</td>
            <td >
                Rate
                <p class="text-muted small">
                    Rate at which this tax is applied</p>
            </td>
            <td></td>
        </tr>
        
        <tr >
            <td>13</td>
            <td ><code>freeze_account</code></td>
            <td >
                Select</td>
            <td >
                Frozen
                <p class="text-muted small">
                    If the account is frozen, entries are allowed to restricted users.</p>
            </td>
            <td>
                <pre>No
Yes</pre>
            </td>
        </tr>
        
        <tr >
            <td>14</td>
            <td ><code>warehouse</code></td>
            <td >
                Link</td>
            <td >
                Warehouse
                
            </td>
            <td>
                
                


<a href="https://frappe.github.io/erpnext/current/models/stock/warehouse">Warehouse</a>


                
            </td>
        </tr>
        
        <tr >
            <td>15</td>
            <td ><code>balance_must_be</code></td>
            <td >
                Select</td>
            <td >
                Balance must be
                
            </td>
            <td>
                <pre>
Debit
Credit</pre>
            </td>
        </tr>
        
        <tr >
            <td>16</td>
            <td ><code>lft</code></td>
            <td >
                Int</td>
            <td class="text-muted" title="Hidden">
                Lft
                
            </td>
            <td></td>
        </tr>
        
        <tr >
            <td>17</td>
            <td ><code>rgt</code></td>
            <td >
                Int</td>
            <td class="text-muted" title="Hidden">
                Rgt
                
            </td>
            <td></td>
        </tr>
        
        <tr >
            <td>18</td>
            <td ><code>old_parent</code></td>
            <td >
                Data</td>
            <td class="text-muted" title="Hidden">
                Old Parent
                
            </td>
            <td></td>
        </tr>
        
    </tbody>
</table>


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    <h3>Controller</h3>
    <h4>erpnext.accounts.doctype.account.account</h4>

    



	
        
	<h3 style="font-weight: normal;">Class <b>Account</b></h3>
    
    <p style="padding-left: 30px;"><i>Inherits from frappe.model.document.Document</i></h4>
    
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        <a name="after_rename" href="#after_rename" class="text-muted small">
            <i class="icon-link small" style="color: #ccc;"></i></a>
		<b>after_rename</b>
        <i class="text-muted">(self, old, new, merge=False)</i>
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        <a name="autoname" href="#autoname" class="text-muted small">
            <i class="icon-link small" style="color: #ccc;"></i></a>
		<b>autoname</b>
        <i class="text-muted">(self)</i>
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        <a name="before_rename" href="#before_rename" class="text-muted small">
            <i class="icon-link small" style="color: #ccc;"></i></a>
		<b>before_rename</b>
        <i class="text-muted">(self, old, new, merge=False)</i>
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        <a name="check_gle_exists" href="#check_gle_exists" class="text-muted small">
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		<b>check_gle_exists</b>
        <i class="text-muted">(self)</i>
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        <a name="check_if_child_exists" href="#check_if_child_exists" class="text-muted small">
            <i class="icon-link small" style="color: #ccc;"></i></a>
		<b>check_if_child_exists</b>
        <i class="text-muted">(self)</i>
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        <a name="convert_group_to_ledger" href="#convert_group_to_ledger" class="text-muted small">
            <i class="icon-link small" style="color: #ccc;"></i></a>
		<b>convert_group_to_ledger</b>
        <i class="text-muted">(self)</i>
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        <a name="convert_ledger_to_group" href="#convert_ledger_to_group" class="text-muted small">
            <i class="icon-link small" style="color: #ccc;"></i></a>
		<b>convert_ledger_to_group</b>
        <i class="text-muted">(self)</i>
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        <a name="on_trash" href="#on_trash" class="text-muted small">
            <i class="icon-link small" style="color: #ccc;"></i></a>
		<b>on_trash</b>
        <i class="text-muted">(self)</i>
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        <a name="on_update" href="#on_update" class="text-muted small">
            <i class="icon-link small" style="color: #ccc;"></i></a>
		<b>on_update</b>
        <i class="text-muted">(self)</i>
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        <a name="onload" href="#onload" class="text-muted small">
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		<b>onload</b>
        <i class="text-muted">(self)</i>
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        <a name="set_root_and_report_type" href="#set_root_and_report_type" class="text-muted small">
            <i class="icon-link small" style="color: #ccc;"></i></a>
		<b>set_root_and_report_type</b>
        <i class="text-muted">(self)</i>
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        <a name="update_nsm_model" href="#update_nsm_model" class="text-muted small">
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		<b>update_nsm_model</b>
        <i class="text-muted">(self)</i>
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	<div class="docs-attr-desc"><p>update lft, rgt indices for nested set model</p>
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        <a name="validate" href="#validate" class="text-muted small">
            <i class="icon-link small" style="color: #ccc;"></i></a>
		<b>validate</b>
        <i class="text-muted">(self)</i>
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        <a name="validate_account_currency" href="#validate_account_currency" class="text-muted small">
            <i class="icon-link small" style="color: #ccc;"></i></a>
		<b>validate_account_currency</b>
        <i class="text-muted">(self)</i>
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        <a name="validate_balance_must_be_debit_or_credit" href="#validate_balance_must_be_debit_or_credit" class="text-muted small">
            <i class="icon-link small" style="color: #ccc;"></i></a>
		<b>validate_balance_must_be_debit_or_credit</b>
        <i class="text-muted">(self)</i>
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        <a name="validate_frozen_accounts_modifier" href="#validate_frozen_accounts_modifier" class="text-muted small">
            <i class="icon-link small" style="color: #ccc;"></i></a>
		<b>validate_frozen_accounts_modifier</b>
        <i class="text-muted">(self)</i>
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        <a name="validate_mandatory" href="#validate_mandatory" class="text-muted small">
            <i class="icon-link small" style="color: #ccc;"></i></a>
		<b>validate_mandatory</b>
        <i class="text-muted">(self)</i>
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        <a name="validate_parent" href="#validate_parent" class="text-muted small">
            <i class="icon-link small" style="color: #ccc;"></i></a>
		<b>validate_parent</b>
        <i class="text-muted">(self)</i>
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	<div class="docs-attr-desc"><p>Fetch Parent Details and validate parent account</p>
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        <a name="validate_root_details" href="#validate_root_details" class="text-muted small">
            <i class="icon-link small" style="color: #ccc;"></i></a>
		<b>validate_root_details</b>
        <i class="text-muted">(self)</i>
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        <a name="validate_trash" href="#validate_trash" class="text-muted small">
            <i class="icon-link small" style="color: #ccc;"></i></a>
		<b>validate_trash</b>
        <i class="text-muted">(self)</i>
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	<div class="docs-attr-desc"><p>checks gl entries and if child exists</p>
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        <a name="validate_warehouse" href="#validate_warehouse" class="text-muted small">
            <i class="icon-link small" style="color: #ccc;"></i></a>
		<b>validate_warehouse</b>
        <i class="text-muted">(self, warehouse)</i>
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        <a name="validate_warehouse_account" href="#validate_warehouse_account" class="text-muted small">
            <i class="icon-link small" style="color: #ccc;"></i></a>
		<b>validate_warehouse_account</b>
        <i class="text-muted">(self)</i>
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	<h3 style="font-weight: normal;">Class <b>RootNotEditable</b></h3>
    
    <p style="padding-left: 30px;"><i>Inherits from frappe.exceptions.ValidationError</i></h4>
    
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        <a name="erpnext.accounts.doctype.account.account.get_account_currency" href="#erpnext.accounts.doctype.account.account.get_account_currency" class="text-muted small">
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		erpnext.accounts.doctype.account.account.<b>get_account_currency</b>
        <i class="text-muted">(account)</i>
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	<div class="docs-attr-desc"><p>Helper function to get account currency</p>
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        <a name="erpnext.accounts.doctype.account.account.get_parent_account" href="#erpnext.accounts.doctype.account.account.get_parent_account" class="text-muted small">
            <i class="icon-link small" style="color: #ccc;"></i></a>
		erpnext.accounts.doctype.account.account.<b>get_parent_account</b>
        <i class="text-muted">(doctype, txt, searchfield, start, page_len, filters)</i>
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        <h4>Linked In:</h4>
        <ul>
        
			
            <li>


<a href="https://frappe.github.io/erpnext/current/models/accounts/account">Account</a>

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            <li>


<a href="https://frappe.github.io/erpnext/current/models/accounts/bank_reconciliation">Bank Reconciliation</a>

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            <li>


<a href="https://frappe.github.io/erpnext/current/models/accounts/budget_detail">Budget Detail</a>

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            <li>


<a href="https://frappe.github.io/erpnext/current/models/setup/company">Company</a>

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            <li>


<a href="https://frappe.github.io/erpnext/current/models/stock/delivery_note_item">Delivery Note Item</a>

</li>
			
        
			
            <li>


<a href="https://frappe.github.io/erpnext/current/models/hr/expense_claim_detail">Expense Claim Detail</a>

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            <li>


<a href="https://frappe.github.io/erpnext/current/models/hr/expense_claim_type">Expense Claim Type</a>

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            <li>


<a href="https://frappe.github.io/erpnext/current/models/accounts/gl_entry">GL Entry</a>

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<a href="https://frappe.github.io/erpnext/current/models/stock/item">Item</a>

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            <li>


<a href="https://frappe.github.io/erpnext/current/models/setup/item_group">Item Group</a>

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            <li>


<a href="https://frappe.github.io/erpnext/current/models/stock/item_tax">Item Tax</a>

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<a href="https://frappe.github.io/erpnext/current/models/accounts/journal_entry_account">Journal Entry Account</a>

</li>
			
        
			
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<a href="https://frappe.github.io/erpnext/current/models/accounts/mode_of_payment_account">Mode of Payment Account</a>

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<a href="https://frappe.github.io/erpnext/current/models/accounts/party_account">Party Account</a>

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<a href="https://frappe.github.io/erpnext/current/models/accounts/payment_reconciliation">Payment Reconciliation</a>

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            <li>


<a href="https://frappe.github.io/erpnext/current/models/accounts/payment_tool">Payment Tool</a>

</li>
			
        
			
            <li>


<a href="https://frappe.github.io/erpnext/current/models/accounts/period_closing_voucher">Period Closing Voucher</a>

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<a href="https://frappe.github.io/erpnext/current/models/accounts/pos_profile">POS Profile</a>

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            <li>


<a href="https://frappe.github.io/erpnext/current/models/accounts/purchase_invoice">Purchase Invoice</a>

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            <li>


<a href="https://frappe.github.io/erpnext/current/models/accounts/purchase_invoice_item">Purchase Invoice Item</a>

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<a href="https://frappe.github.io/erpnext/current/models/accounts/purchase_taxes_and_charges">Purchase Taxes and Charges</a>

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            <li>


<a href="https://frappe.github.io/erpnext/current/models/accounts/sales_invoice">Sales Invoice</a>

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            <li>


<a href="https://frappe.github.io/erpnext/current/models/accounts/sales_invoice_item">Sales Invoice Item</a>

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<a href="https://frappe.github.io/erpnext/current/models/accounts/sales_taxes_and_charges">Sales Taxes and Charges</a>

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<a href="https://frappe.github.io/erpnext/current/models/accounts/shipping_rule">Shipping Rule</a>

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<a href="https://frappe.github.io/erpnext/current/models/stock/stock_entry">Stock Entry</a>

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            <li>


<a href="https://frappe.github.io/erpnext/current/models/stock/stock_entry_detail">Stock Entry Detail</a>

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<a href="https://frappe.github.io/erpnext/current/models/stock/stock_reconciliation">Stock Reconciliation</a>

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            <li>


<a href="https://frappe.github.io/erpnext/current/models/stock/warehouse">Warehouse</a>

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