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Getting started

From installer to first finding

A first validation takes one file and about a minute. Nothing needs to be configured before you start, and nothing needs to be connected.

Install

Installers are not yet published

The desktop shell is built and configured in this repository, but no signed installer has been published yet. In the meantime the product runs in a browser with the same code, storing its database in the browser's local storage instead of a file. See Download for current status.

Prepare an export

Export a period of ledger movements from your accounting system as CSV or Excel. VLDTION needs, at minimum, a document date, a document number, an account, and an amount, either a single net column, or separate debit and credit columns.

  • Headers may be in Hebrew or English; both are recognised.
  • One row per ledger line. Summary or subtotal rows are read as data and are best removed before export.
  • VAT, allocation numbers, counterparty identifiers and narratives are optional, but several rules depend on them.

Run a validation

  1. 01

    Import

    Drag the file into the Import screen, or choose it from disk. VLDTION reads it locally and shows what it found: sheets, rows, columns and the first rows of data.

  2. 02

    Map

    Columns are matched against a fixed dictionary of Hebrew and English header names. Check the suggestions and override anything that is wrong.

  3. 03

    Review the import

    Before anything is stored, VLDTION reports how many rows it can normalise and exactly what it could not read, by row and column.

  4. 04

    Validate

    Records are stored, fingerprinted and run through the rule set. Findings appear with severity, amount, counterparty and the rule that produced each one.

  5. 05

    Investigate

    Open a finding to see the records side by side, the attributes compared, the chain of custody and the source cell behind each value.

  6. 06

    Record and export

    Add a note, mark the finding reviewed or suppress it with a stated reason, and export the evidence as a printable report, JSON or CSV.

Keyboard

  • / focuses the search field on the current screen.
  • G then O, F, T, E, R or H moves to Overview, Findings, Transactions, Evidence, Rules or History.
  • I opens the import screen. ? shows the full list.