==================================================== What is the difference between catalogs and journals ==================================================== When a new project is created, its :doc:`task tree ` has the following groups: **Catalogs**, **Journals**, **Details** and **Reports**. **Catalogs** and **Journals** belong to the Item Group type and have the same functional purpose. See :doc:`Groups `. We created them to distinguish between two types of data items: * data items that contain information of catalog type such as customers, organizations, tracks, etc. - **Catalogs** * data items that store information about events recorded in some documents, such as invoices, purchase orders, etc. - **Journals**