Create a Multi-Period Statement of Change Report

If you want a multi-period statement of change report that looks like this example, follow the steps listed below.

Note
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Report period  mm/ccyy
Period ending  mm/dd/ccyy
All amounts converted to U.S. Dollars

 

+-------------- Net change --------------+

 

 

Current Quarter

Year-to-Date

Current balance

Revenue

 

 

 

Sales

2,522,248.31

59,861,965.04

62,855,063,29

Discounts Given

(16,803.52)

(687,735.93)

(722,122.73)

Total

2,505,444.79

59,174,229.11

62,132,940.56

 

 

 

 

Expense

 

 

 

Cost of Sales

237,036.44

4,166,617.02

4,374,947.87

Supplies

(2,384.28)

(51,214.00)

(51,214.00)

Labor

(27,441.30)

(620,379.63)

(620,379.63)

Total

207,210.86

3,495,023.39

3,703,354.24

Change in Net Assets

2,298,233.93

55,679,205.72

58,429,586.32

  1. Use the Financial Reports Format Maintenance (GFM) program to create a format like this:

Seq

Print

Accts

Total 1

Per-cent to use

Type

Total to add to

Line desc

Spaces to indent

Lines to space

Under-line

100

T

 

 

 

 

 

Revenue

 

0

 

200

Y

400

 

105

R

10

Sales

3

0

 

300

Y

405-406

 

105

R

10

Discounts Given

3

0

-

400

Y

 

10

 

R

401

Total

7

1

 

500

T

 

 

 

 

 

Expense

 

0

 

600

N

542

 

 

E

20

COGS

 

 

 

700

N

628

 

 

E

20

Freight

 

 

 

800

N

810-855

 

 

E

20

Taxes

 

 

 

900

Y

 

20

105

E

30

Cost of Sales

3

0

 

1000

Y

501

 

 

E

30

Supplies

3

0

 

1100

Y

422

 

 

E

30

Labor

3

0

-

1200

Y

 

30

 

E

401

Total

7

1

=

1300

Y

 

401

 

R

 

Change in Net Assets

 

0

 

Note
The accounts in this example are from a sample database; yours will be different. You probably have additional revenue and expense accounts.

1See Creating a Statement of Change Report, which is a very similar report, that uses a different method to achieve the same result.

  1. Use the Financial Reports Header Maintenance (GHH) program to set these parameters:

Report type

Round option

Include commas?

Credit sign

N

1

Selected

(

  1. Use the Financial Reports Print (GP) program to print the report, using these parameters:

Report type

Exclude zero amounts?

Beginning period
Ending period

Heading for this date range

N

Cleared

First period
Last period

Current Quarter