Running a General Ledger Report (GL290)

Use this program to generate a report based on the parameters defined in Ledger Report Setup (GL50.1).

You must define a report on Ledger Report Setup (GL50.1) before you can run this program. For more information, see the General Ledger User Guide.

Access General Ledger Report (GL290).

Specify the report parameters. Use these guidelines to specify the field values:

Company / Company Group

You must select a company or company group. You cannot select both.

Reports

You can select up to six reports to generate. All the reports must be defined on GL50.1.

Year Code / Year / Period
  • You can select a year code to report on the current, last, or next year. If you select a year code, then the Year field must be blank.

  • If you do not select a year code, then you must specify a year in the Year field.

  • If the year code or year is not the current period, then you must specify the period for the report. If the year code is Next Year, then the period must be 1. If the year code or year is current, then the current period becomes the default value, but can be overridden.

Accounting Unit / Accounts / Subaccounts
  • You can limit the report to an accounting unit or a range of accounts, or both. If you leave the accounting unit field blank, then all accounting units are included in the report. If you leave the accounts fields blank, then all accounts are included.

  • You can limit the report to a range of subaccounts within the range of accounts. If you specify a range of subaccounts, then you must also specify a range of accounts.

Report Currency

Select B (Base) to report in base currency alone; 1 (One) to report in report currency one alone; 2 (Two) to report in report currency two alone; A (All) to generate three reports (base, currency one, and currency 2). The default setting is base currency.