Patent ID: 8671036

Claim:
A method to be executed in a computing device for providing an account configuration user interface in a financial system, the method comprising: receiving a user request for editing an account structure through the account configuration user interface provided by a processor of the computing device; enabling the user to edit the account structure in a graphical, single view user interface by presenting accounts and dimension combinations associated with the accounts in a tree structure through a display device associated with the computing device; enabling the user to focus on one or more particular elements of the account structure in the graphical, single view user interface, wherein the dimension combinations and at least a portion of controls associated with the dimension combinations are repositioned based on an account structure element currently being focused on; enabling the user to edit the account structure by defining dimensions, combining the dimensions with the accounts, and setting rules for when the dimension combinations are applied; validating user edited accounts and dimension combinations against predefined account rules at an account chart edit module executed by the processor; notifying the user about validation results through the account configuration user interface provided by the processor; enabling the user to activate the account structure such that it is available for use by other users of the financial system through the account configuration user interface provided by the processor; providing a relational chart of the user edited accounts including a listing of the user edited accounts associated with a general ledger of the financial system, through the account configuration user interface, wherein the accounts are listed in one or more instances in the relational chart with one or more dimension combinations; and providing at least one of a modification, a creation and a deletion of the dimension combinations using standard functions including a copy, a paste, a delete, and a move to set up and modify the account structure.