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Problem: How to accrue Retained Earnings at the end of the year?

Solution: Use Transaction GL as shown.

1. Generate the Statement of Financial Position before manual entry. :
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To create manual general ledger transaction-
Accounting > Navigation settings > From the navigation panel settings, add the transaction general ledger to the Selected Commands.
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Create the entry by opening the transaction (General Ledger) section from Service tools.
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2. Create manually Transaction (General Ledger) from Accounting > Service tools:
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In case if Transaction (General Ledger) is hidden, add it in the Navigation panel settings (Accounting > Navigation settings):
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Add the Transaction (General Ledger) to the Selected Commands:
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3. Enter the details as shown in the screenshot-
DR the profit and loss :
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See also 7.5.6. Transactions (General Ledger)

DR Profit and Loss Account (8010000) and
CR the Retained earnings (3020000).
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Take the Amount , take from the REPORT (p.1) and fill in the date of 31 December 2018.
Transfer Post the document to transfer of Profit to Retained earnings
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4. Once the entry is made, the values will be transferred to Retained earnings Earnings and in the upcoming months, the profit will be accumulated in on the profit Profit and loss GL. Please note, you will have to do Loss GL Account:
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NOTE It's necessary to repeat the same process every year-end to close Profit or Lose to Retained earningsEarnings.
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