Files that Report Writer use

Report Writer accesses both the General Ledger Amounts file and the General Ledger Consolidation file. The Consolidation file holds the summarized balances for summary accounting units and the company's consolidated monthly balances. The Consolidation file lets Report Writer quickly process consolidated reports because it has access to stored balance information. If the Consolidation file is not accessed, Report Writer uses the Amounts file. In that case, Report Writer must add together all the Amounts file balances to calculate a summarized total. This could add a significant amount of time to generate the report.