how to rollup &/or summary customize report?

[Jacq]

I need to understand how to use the roll-up &/or summary customization features in the reports. (I have some experience w/ PT 7.0) It's never been clear to me how the two features function, similarities & differences, or how to determine which to use for what functionality. And then how to customize the reports (financials especially ... to give reports for different divisions & locations..)

The company for which I'm working has a number of locations & departments as well. I need to set up a number of customized reports using masking as well... though masking I seem to have had not much trouble with. CofA is already set up ... careful to keep things consistent and orderly (though not always consecutive so as to leave room for additions if needed to CofA).

Would love to find decent documentation, someone who can help me with their experience, or take a class on these intermediary levels of customizing reports... or any other suggestions? I'm usually not too dense, but I just don't get it from reading the documentation. The PTree documentation is about the least clear I've seen in many many years. Their support ... well... they say that anything to do with report customization they can't help with.

Any comments with your experience in this aspect of the software? I'd like to set up another company on it too... because there's lots about I like... but if I can't get customized reports, I won't be able to do it...

Thanks in advance for anything you can offer.

[Baytek]

To give you specific information on how to rollup and use summary features of the financial report writer, I need some examples of your chart of accounts.

Let's say you have a Travel Expense account set up as 50500.
Your San Francisco office is designated as 01 and your Dallas office is 02. So, your travel expense account for San Francisco is 50500-01 and for Dallas is 50500-02. You might also have a sales department as 01, administrative as 01 and research as 03. Then, your travel expense account for the sales department in San Francisco is 50500-01-01, for Dallas is 50500-02-01.

You can create a rollup for all the travel expense accounts to total in the 50500 account. You can also produce an income statment for just the San Francisco office accounts, or one for just department 1.

The explanation is too lengthy for this medium.

Email support@baytek.com for more information or call 800-487-3224. We have certified technicans and trainers that can help you.

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