Getting started
Start with the launch checklist: it shows the order of setting up Bimp, from sign-up to your first documents. Next come company settings, directories, and moving data from another system through import and opening balances.
- Launch checklist: the order of setting up BimpStep-by-step order for launching Bimp: sign-up, company, accounting settings, directories, users, opening balances, and a first test sale.
- Sign-up and sign-in to your Bimp accountHow to register a Bimp account with Google or e-mail, confirm your e-mail, and sign in to the system with a login and password.
- Password recovery in BimpHow to recover your Bimp password: click "Forgot password", follow the link from the e-mail, and set a new password.
- Cannot sign in to Bimp: causes and solutionsWhy you cannot sign in to Bimp: wrong password, deactivated account, session limit, browser or network issues, with causes and solutions.
- Creating and setting up a company in BimpHow to create a company in Bimp, change its name, country, type of activity, and logo, switch between companies, and where to find more parameters.
- Accounting settings: what each parameter meansWhat each parameter and switch in Bimp accounting settings means: VAT, accounting currency, stock control, reservation, batches, and series.
- Organizations in Bimp: how to add a legal entity or sole proprietorHow to add an organization (LLC or sole proprietor) in Bimp: details, VAT payer, bank accounts, stamp, and the "Main" type for filling into documents.
- Bank accounts and cash desks: how to add and set upHow to add bank accounts in Bimp (through an organization or manually) and create cash desks for cash: currency, the "Main" type, accounting account.
- Currencies, rates, and multi-currency accounting in BimpHow to add a currency in Bimp, set internal and commercial rates, auto-update from NBU or interbank, and avoid extra exchange differences in documents.
- Projects and lines of business: how to set up accounting dimensionsHow to create projects (with a hierarchy and a document register) and lines of business in Bimp to see sales, expenses, and profit separately for each dimension.
- Income and expense items and expense groups: setupHow to create income and expense items in Bimp, choose a group and type of activity, and set up a hierarchy to build correct P&L and Cash Flow reports.
- Bimp directories: what they are and which ones existWhat directories are in Bimp, where to find them and what each one is for: counterparties, products, accounts, currencies, organizations, projects, price lists and more.
Data migration
- What you can import into Bimp from Excel and whereWhich data you can load into Bimp from Excel: products, stock, counterparties, price lists, statements, specifications, assets. Where to import and which template to use.
- Opening balances: how to move your accounting to BimpHow to create the Opening balances document in Bimp: tabs for inventory, cash, debts, assets and taxes, a single date and a check against reports.
- Opening balances: inventory, how to load your warehouse into BimpHow to enter opening stock balances in Bimp: the fields of the Inventory tab, batches, serial numbers, cost price, and importing from Excel.
- Opening balances: money on bank accounts and in cash desksHow to enter opening cash balances in Bimp: the Cash tab, choosing an account, cash desk or card, the amount in the account currency, and checking with a report.
- Opening balances: settlements with customers and suppliersHow to enter opening debts and prepayments in Bimp: the tabs for settlements with customers and suppliers, the Advance checkbox, contract and amounts.
- Opening balances: assets and non-current assets (manually and from Excel)How to enter fixed assets in Bimp: the Assets tab, inventory number, status, value and depreciation, and importing assets from Excel by template.
- Opening balances: salary debt (the Staff tab)How to enter debt to employees in Bimp: the Staff tab, accrual type, line of business and project, accrual document and accrual month.
- Opening balances: accountable persons, advances and overspendingHow to enter money issued to employees in Bimp: the Settlements with accountable persons tab, the Overspending checkbox, currency and amounts.
- Opening balances: direct costs and work in progressHow to enter opening direct costs in Bimp: the Direct costs tab, accounting account, item, service, amount and the order to include them in cost price.
- Opening balances: other accounts (the Other expenses tab)How to enter balances in Bimp for accounts without a separate tab: accounting account, movement type (debit or credit), currency, amount and accounting amount.
- Opening balances: taxes, debts and overpayments to the budgetHow to enter opening tax debts and overpayments in Bimp: the Taxes tab, tax type (USC, military levy and others) and the amount in the accounting currency.