GL Module

Reporting Tools Overview

The Reporting Tools palette is used to create customized reports. The diagram below lists the features of the each of the reporting tools on the palette. If you want to create a customized report, select the reporting tool with the features that meet your needs.


  Standardized Reports

Sorting/ Grouping

Filtering

Totals

Columns

Reporting Manager

 

Query Manager


  Detail

Multi-Year

Section Type

Print/ Export to Excel

Crosstab

Reporting Manager

 

 

 

 

Query Manager

 


Description of Columns

Standardized Columns

The Reporting Manager comes with four pre-programmed standard GL reports: trial balance, revenue versus expense, revenue analysis, expense versus budget.

You can also use standardized reports to select which columns will be included on a Query Manager report.

Sorting/Grouping

Users can customize the grouping and sorting of the information on the report

Filtering

Users can use filters to select the transactions that are included in the report (for example, GL account number, fiscal year, fiscal period, etc.)

Totals

Users can customize which groupings will be totaled together on the report

Columns

Users can select which columns display on the report

Detail

Users can generate reports that display journal entry level detail

Multi-Year

Users can generate multi-year reports, comparing the transactions in multiple fiscal years

Section Type

Users can generate reports by section type

Print to Excel User can generate the report as a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet

Crosstab

Users can generate crosstab reports (also known as pivot tables or matrix reports)