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Financial reports and planning

Review posted reports, budgets, accounting tags, forecasts and saved report schedules.

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70 articles in financial reports and planning

Select a company before opening financial statements

Load one legal company's accounting policy and reports.

Updated 2026-11-11

Check the source of a financial statement

Identify whether the statement uses Institution Books or a connected accounting provider.

Updated 2026-11-11

Choose a report's accounting basis

Use the report control without mistaking it for a change to company book settings.

Updated 2026-11-11

Set a custom financial report date range

Use explicit dates when a calendar preset does not match the review period.

Updated 2026-11-11

Change financial statement columns to months or quarters

Choose a period layout that fits the comparison you need.

Updated 2026-11-11

Compare the last two visible report periods

Use Compare with attention to the selected columns and partial-period coverage.

Updated 2026-11-11

Show or hide zero rows in a financial statement

Adjust table visibility without changing the ledger or report period.

Updated 2026-11-11

Display account codes in a financial statement

Use Codes to distinguish similarly named ledger accounts.

Updated 2026-11-11

Use the compact financial statement view

Reduce table spacing while keeping the same report values and filters.

Updated 2026-11-11

Copy a range of financial statement cells

Use keyboard selection to copy visible report values into a working document.

Updated 2026-11-11

Open posted activity behind a statement amount

Use account drilldown to trace a summary value to its journal lines.

Updated 2026-11-11

Investigate a balance sheet that does not balance

Read the displayed difference and trace the accounts before preparing a correction.

Updated 2026-11-11

Refresh a report when its register total differs

Reload the statement after the underlying posted ledger changes.

Updated 2026-11-11

Distinguish delivered report files from live statements

Check whether you are opening a published file or reading current accounting data.

Updated 2026-11-11

Filter the General Ledger to one account

Focus on a selected ledger account while preserving the report's source context.

Updated 2026-11-11

Choose the period for a posted General Ledger report

Use dates inside the company's recorded book history and through today.

Updated 2026-11-11

Find General Ledger lines by memo text

Use Memo contains for a specific source reference within the selected period.

Updated 2026-11-11

Filter General Ledger activity by customer or vendor

Use current company counterparty filters to review relevant posted lines.

Updated 2026-11-11

Review contra-account filtering in the General Ledger

Check the contra-account control before comparing filtered totals.

Updated 2026-11-11

Read filtered ledger totals and running balances

Understand why a matching subtotal can differ from the account's running balance.

Updated 2026-11-11

Clear General Ledger filters to recover missing activity

Return to the broader period view before treating an entry as absent.

Updated 2026-11-11

Export the complete matching General Ledger

Use the report download for the selected filter scope instead of copying one visible page.

Updated 2026-11-11

Resolve restricted posted-journal details in Reports

Request the specific report detail permission needed for ledger drilldown.

Updated 2026-11-11

Interpret a report with no posted activity

Check scope and posting status before concluding that the period has no transactions.

Updated 2026-11-11

Check book-history coverage before a ledger report

Keep reporting dates consistent with the company's configured accounting history.

Updated 2026-11-11

Download a financial statement as CSV

Export the current statement values in a format suitable for a review spreadsheet.

Updated 2026-11-11

Download a financial statement as an Excel workbook

Keep report structure when moving the current statement into spreadsheet review.

Updated 2026-11-11

Print a financial statement or save it as PDF

Use the report's print view and check the resulting document before sharing.

Updated 2026-11-11

Create a monthly budget plan

Save planned account amounts and compare them with posted Institution activity.

Updated 2026-11-11

Choose a company, project or department budget scope

Make the plan's scope explicit before entering its monthly amounts.

Updated 2026-11-11

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