If in accounting activities you need to check balance, you can activate the audit journal feature in the accounting menu. This feature is useful once journal is made by your accounting staff, the journal must be approved by you to be included in the report. As for the steps to activate the feature you can follow the guidelines in the following article:
Go to Accounting Setup then Configuration - Tab Report and Select All on Audit Journal Transaction
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