Financial Report Writer

Modified on Fri, 22 May 2015 15:33 by Greg Andrews — Categorized as: General Ledger, Reporting and Report Sets

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   General Description
   Report Header Tab
      Roll Up Groups
      Summarize
      Footer
      Number of Columns
      Account Range
      Account Report Groups
      Include Account Numbers
      Remove Zero Balances
      Drill Down View
      GL Account Short, GL Account Long, Segment Short, Segment Long
   Columns Tab
   Rows Tab
      Additional Report Fields for Customization

General Description¶

Default Menu Location Reports >> General Ledger >> Financial Report Writer

Screen Name GLREPORT

Financial report writer Header tab screenshot

Financial report writer Columns tab screenshot

Function Financial Report Writer has the ability to generate different reports based on GL postings.

Report Header Tab¶

Report Name: Unique name to identify the report.

Heading: The heading to print on the top of the report.

Sequence: By Account Number By Sequence Number - Uses the sequence number assigned on the GL Account Maintenance screen.

Roll Up Groups¶

Double click the underline text to create a roll up group.

Right click the underline text to show your new roll up group and select.

Click here for a screenshot

Summarize¶

Comes from the "GLsegments" rule which populates the segments screen.

This is another type of roll up.

Footer¶

The text to print on the bottom of the report.

Number of Columns¶

Determines how many columns will be on the report.

Current maximum number of columns is 17.

Note: Changing the number of columns will over write the existing report.

Account Range¶

Enter the beginning account range.

Enter the ending account range.

Account Report Groups¶

Double click the underline text to create the account report groups.

Right click the underline text to show your new account groups and select.

Click here for a screenshot

Include Account Numbers¶

Displays the account numbers on the report.

Remove Zero Balances¶

Displays the report removing all zero balance records.

Drill Down View¶

Creates a hyperlink report allowing access to more detail information.

GL Account Short, GL Account Long, Segment Short, Segment Long ¶

Determine where to pull the description from to display on the report.

Click here for a screenshot

Click here for a screenshot

Columns Tab¶

Columns are determine by the number of columns selected on the header page.

Financial report writer Columns tab screenshot

Account Mask: A type of roll up by segment values. This will list all related values into the first gl code.

EndBal/BegBal/YTD/PTD: Selection of Ending Balance, Beginning Balance, Year-to-Date or Period-to-Date

Dynamic or Static or Formula: Selection of Dynamic or Static Dates; Formulas or % of Group.

When Dynamic is selected the options available are: This, Next, Last, Last Year and Period Offset. The next data element selections are: Fiscal Period, Fiscal Quarter and Fiscal Year.

When Static is selected the year/period combination must be entered.

When Formula is selected a column must be selected, then the type of formula and another column. Formulas allow adding, subtracting and dividing of columns.

When % of Group is selected a group defined in the Account Report Groups (from the header tab) must be selected.

The last data element allows a selection of Actual data or any imported budget information.

Rows Tab¶

Sequence:

Line Type:

SubTotal ID:

Acct Range:

Formula:

Description:

+Space:

+Formula:

Remove:

Move Up:

Move Down:

Save:

Rebuild:

ReSequence:

Report Writer - Rows Tab