Field Descriptions

Table Information

 

General Ledger Detail Report

What can I do in this screen?

Use this screen to print detail postings to the General Ledger for all account/org combinations. This report is a crucial tool for analysis of General Ledger activity and balances.

The General Ledger Detail Report screen consists of four blocks which can be used as follows:

When should I use this screen?

Run the General Ledger Detail Report any time after posting journals to print all activity posted to a specific account/org for a specific range of periods. Only journals posted to the General Ledger are printed on this report.

You should print this report in full at the end of the fiscal year for use by accounting and management personnel, as well as independent and government auditors.

You can print the entire General Ledger Detail at any other time during the year. However, due to the voluminous nature of the report, it is likely that you will want to print the G/L detail only for accounts you need to review at that time.

Note: You can apply org security to this function. Use this optional feature to grant or remove rights for individual users to view and/or update specific organizations.

In order to do so, you must first set up the necessary org security screens. You can then activate org security through the use of the Users (Administration\Maintain\Users) and Settings (Administration\Configure\System) screens.

 

Note: This report is part of the system audit trail.  You should retain the reports that you print at fiscal year end.

Field Descriptions

Identification

Use the fields in this block to create a new parameter ID or to retrieve a previously saved parameter ID.  A parameter ID represents a set of screen selection parameters.  Once you have saved a parameter ID and its related parameters, you can retrieve them using Query.  

You can use the retrieved parameters to produce reports and run processes more efficiently and with greater consistency.  Many users save a unique set of parameters for each different way they run a report or process.  If you select a previously saved parameter ID or parameter description, the associated saved screen selection parameters will automatically display as selection defaults.  You can change any of the associated selection defaults as necessary.

Parameter ID *

Enter, or use Query to select, a parameter ID of up to 15 alphanumeric characters.  You should choose characters for your parameter ID that help identify the type of selections you made in the screen, such as “PERIOD” or “QUARTERLY.”  

When you save your record, all the selections made in the screen are stored with the parameter ID. Later, you can retrieve the parameter using Query.

You can use the parameter to produce reports and run processes more efficiently because you can select the parameter ID with its previously defined screen selections.  Once the default selections display in the screen, you can override the defaults as necessary.

Description *

Enter, or use Query to select, a parameter description of up to 30 alphanumeric characters.

Selection Ranges

Use the fields in this block to specify the ranges that your report will cover.

Fiscal Year *

Option

This non-editable field displays a value of "One."

Start

Enter, or use Lookup to select, the fiscal year for which you want to print G/L detail.

Active Period *

Option

Enter, or use the drop-down box to select, the range of active periods to be included on this report.  The system-defined options are: "All," "One," "Range," "From Beginning," and "To End."

Period (Start)

The value you enter in this field varies depending on the Active Period Option you select. If you selected "All" periods, this field will be inactive.

Enter the starting period in this field within the selected year to appear on the report.

End Date

This non-editable field displays the end date of the starting period.

Period (End)

The value you enter in this field varies depending on the Active Period Option you select.  If you selected "All" periods, this field will be inactive.

Enter the ending period in this field within the selected year to appear on the report.

End Date

This non-editable field displays the end date of the ending period.

Account *

Option

Enter, or select from the drop-down box, the range option for the accounts you want to include on the report. The system-defined options are:

Start

Enter the starting account for the range of accounts you want to include on this report. You can also use Lookup to select the account for this field.  This field may be disabled, depending on your Option selection.

End

Enter the ending account for the range of accounts you want to include on this report. You can also use Lookup to select the account for this field.  This field may be disabled, depending on your Option selection.

Select

From the drop-down box, select the appropriate option for the grouping of your report. The system-defined options are "Organization," "Ref 1," "Ref 2," or "Alternate Reporting."

Option

Enter, or select the range option for the range of "Organizations," "Ref No 1s," "Ref No 2s," or "Alternate Reporting" structures that you want to include on the G/L Detail Report.

The system-defined options are "All," "One," "Range," "From Beginning," and "To End."

Refer to the documentation for the Accounts row in this block for details on these options.

Start

Enter the starting "Organization," "Ref No 1," "Ref No 2," or "Alternate Reporting" structure ID for the organization(s), etc., you want to include on the report.  You can also use Lookup to select the values for this field.  This field may be disabled, depending on your Option selection.

End

Enter the ending "Organization," "Ref No 1," "Ref No 2," or "Alternate Reporting" structure ID for the organization(s), etc., you want to include on the report.  You can also use Lookup to select the value for this field.  This field may be disabled, depending on your Option selection.

Options

Use the fields in this block to identify the highest account and organization levels you want to print on this report.

Include

Account Level _ & Below *

Identify the highest account level you want to print on this report, based on the levels you established in the G/L Settings screen.  Accounts below the specified level will be summed and will show as a summary total.

Page Break

Select this checkbox to insert a page break after each account, or leave this checkbox unchecked to allow the printing of more than one account per page.

Group Level _ & Below *

Identify the highest "Organization" (or "Ref No 1," "Ref No 2," or "Alternate Reporting" structure) level you want to print on this report.  Balances on the report will roll up to the specified level.

Page Break

Select this checkbox to insert a page break after each group you specified in the Select By field.  Leave this checkbox unchecked if you do not require page breaks after each "Organization," "Ref No 1," "Ref No 2," or "Alternate Reporting" structure.

Show

Note: You can check, or leave unchecked, any combination of these checkboxes. Of course, if you need to print all detail for all accounts, your report may be quite long.

Labor Detail

Select this checkbox to print transaction level detail for labor postings.

Note that Labor Suppression is in effect in this screen. If you selected the Labor checkbox in the table window of the Users screen (Administration\Maintain\Users), you will not be able to see the labor cost detail.

Accounts Payable Detail

Select this checkbox to print transaction level detail for Accounts Payable postings.

Document Detail

Select this checkbox to print document detail. Examples of document detail include: voucher number, check number, invoice number, etc.

Reference Numbers

Select this checkbox to print reference numbers on the report.

Inactive Accounts

Select this checkbox to print inactive accounts on the report.

Unselect this checkbox to prevent inactive accounts from printing on the report.

This checkbox is selected by default.

 Sort By

Use the field in this block to select the method by which to sort the report.

1st Sort  

Use the drop-down box to sort the report either by "Account" or by the selected alternate reporting option ("Organization," "Ref No 1," "Ref No 2," or "Alternate Reporting" structure).

* A red asterisk denotes a required field.

Table Information

This screen reads the following tables: GL_POST_SUM (GL Posting Summary) and GL_DETL (GL Detail).

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