Problem in Report Templetes of User defined COA

Question

Hi
I have user defined Chart of Account.That means i have to prepare templetes for each reports such as Balance sheet, P/L statement, trial balance.But im not able to get how to prepare it.There is option of just naming the titles and active accounts.
1.what name to give them.upto how much level we have to make
that templete?upto last level or upto title accounts(second last level)?
2.how these names will link with codes of title accounts or others in Chart of account?
Means how it will fetch the value on what basis?as we cant give G/L code.
Im preparing first time templete of user defined COA.so please give solution in detail.
Thanks

Answer 1

Hi Krishna,
The simplest way to create Financial Report Templates is to give a name to each template and click on the "Generate Chart of Accounts Template" button available in the lower right hand screen. This will create the template in the same order of the Chart of Accounts.
If you want to have your financial report in a format very different form you Chart of Accounts, then you can customise the Financial template. For this you need to link the Active accounts and this is possible only at level 4 (the lowest level) of the template. You need to create chicld accounst upto level 4 and then double click on it or right mouse click and you'll find a link for "Account Category -Details". This is where you need to link up your Active accounts.
One good practice is to leave the Show missing accounts check box ticked - this will show any account which are missed out in your template when you actually generate the report.
Hope the explanation helps.
Regards,
Hamsa