G/L Balance/Budget Window

The G/L Balance/Budget window appears when you click the Balance button and then select G/L Balance/Budget from a Budget window. For each account in the chart of accounts, this window shows a scrollable summary of the debit and credit balances and of the budgeted amounts, for the time period that you select.

You can select different time intervals by clicking on the buttons in the lower left-hand corner of the window: 1 (Day), 7 (Week), 31 (Month), 3 (Quarter), 12 (Year) and three horizontal lines (Accounting Period). The selected period is shown in the Date Filter field. Accounting periods are set up in the Accounting Period table.

You can select one of the following options to determine what type of amount will be shown in the columns: Net Change or Balance at Date.

The Net Change feature displays the net change in the account balances for the period.

The Balance at Date feature displays the G/L account balances as of the last day in the period.

The header includes the following fields:

Date Filter

Here you can enter the date interval for which you want information to be shown in the window.

Global Dimension Filters

In these filter fields you can enter a dimension value that the program will use to filter the information in the window.Click here to learn more about dimensions.

Budget Filter

Here you can enter a budget name filter that the program will use to filter the information in the window.

Closing Entries

Here you can select whether or not the balance shown will include closing entries.

The columns in the window display the following information:

No.

This column shows the number of the G/L account on the line.

Name

This column shows the name of the G/L account on the line.

Income/Balance

This column shows whether the account is an income statement or balance sheet account.

Debit Amount

This column shows the debit amount for the period. The periods shown depend on the time interval you select from the buttons in the lower left-hand corner of the window.

Credit Amount

This column shows the credit amount for the period. The periods shown depend on the time interval you select from the buttons in the lower left-hand corner of the window.

Budgeted Debit Amount

This column shows the debit amount that was budgeted for the period. The periods shown depend on the time interval you select from the buttons in the lower left-hand corner of the window.

Budgeted Credit Amount

This column shows the credit amount that was budgeted for the period. The periods shown depend on the time interval you select from the buttons in the lower left-hand corner of the window.

Balance/Budget (%)

This column shows the balance as a percentage of the budgeted amount.