Contents of the Cash Flow Statement Settings Form
Use the Cash Flow Statement settings form to define the section headings and map the accounts associated with each section for each company's Cash Flow Statement. The Cash Flow Statement reports inflows and outflows of cash during an accounting period.
Contents
If you use multiple companies, the Cash Flow Statement Settings form displays with two collapsible sections labeled Global Settings and the name of the active company. If you use a single company, these section labels do not display.
Use the first section to define the section headings for the company's Cash Flow Statement reports.
Global Settings section
Field | Description |
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Total Label | Enter the text for the label that displays on the Total line for the report. |
Section Order | Enter a number to specify the order of appearance on the report for the corresponding section heading. |
Section Heading | Enter the text of the label to appear on the report for this section heading. Your entry here populates the Section field on the Cash Flow Statement Setup grid of this form. |
Subtotal | Select this option to have the Cash Flow Statement report display a subtotal for this section. |
Subtotal Label | Enter the text of the label to appear on the report for the subtotal defined on this grid row. |
+ New Section | Click this option to add a new section to the report. |
Company-specific Section
Use this grid to define the line items that make up a report section.
Field | Description |
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Test Setup | Click this link to test the Cash Flow Statement setup for the active company. When you click the link,
Vantagepoint displays a message that identifies any accounts missing from the setup and asks you to check them.
The Cash Flow Statement's total cash flow ties to the corresponding balance sheet's current period cash balance only if each general ledger account is associated with a line item in Cash Flow Statement Setup. The account can be a System Account, in a range defined on the Account grid, or an individual row in the Account grid. |
Label | Enter the text for each line item. |
Section | Select a section heading from the drop-down list. |
Sort Sequence | Enter a number to specify the line item's order of appearance under its section on the report. |
System Account | Use this field to specify the accounts that go into the line item. The available options are:
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+ New Label | Click this option to add a new line item. |
Accounts Grid
If you specified None in the System Account field, use this grid to indicate the accounts to associate with the line item.
Field | Description |
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Start Account | Select the starting account from the range of accounts to associate with a line item on the report. |
End Account | Select the ending account number from the range of accounts to associate with line item on the report. |
+ New Account | Click this option to add accounts for additional line items. |