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Management Reporter
By Zara Beckstein/Matt Saad
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Basic Navigation• Similar to GP 2013 R2 windows, there is a
Navigation Pane in the lower left. This will take you into the different areas of the system to work in.• Depending on your security, you may be
limited in which areas you can access.
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Report Definitions• Report building and
generating is done in this window.• Building blocks for
reports are Row, Column and Tree • Detail level allows you
to select what kind of data will be available once the report is generated
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Output and Distribution• You can define the
output name, report library folder, and options on how the output will be formatted
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Headers & Footers• Many options in
how to format these sections• Insert AutoText are
predefined parameters that can be inserted in any section• Images allows for
the use of logos
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Settings• Control how and
when rows are displayed• Set reporting
numbers formats• Set page margins,
paper size and orientation
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Row Definitions
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Row Definitions• The main structure of the report that will print• Row code used for formulas and tracking of the lines• Description is the label for the row and prints on the report• Format code controls formulas, title location, page breaks, underscores, print lines, sorting, and
remarks• Related rows works with the format coding• Format override controls how the amounts can be displayed on a single row differently from the
rest of the report• Normal Balance will reverse the sign on an account balance• Print control is an override of when to print or to suppress detail• Column restriction allows you to dictate where in the columns a row will display • Row modifier sets the period, beginning balance, YTD balance different from column layout.
Careful on this! Conflicting codes can cause errors.• Link to Financial dimensions is where you build the account numbers to match the row descriptions• Link to external Excel worksheet for outside of GP financial information
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Row Definitions
• Right click on a row to get options
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Row Definitions• Manage Dimension Value
Sets• Multiple items can be placed
into a Value set • Easily maintain complicated
accounts structures for a row in one place, other then updating multiple reports
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Financial Dimension windows• When you run out of room
entering accounts in, use the down arrow to get a new row• This also works in the row
definition window, or use the right click to insert
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System function – built in validation• Will error when trying to
save any row, column or tree and show red circle with white ! In the building block grid• Takes you to the error to
correct
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System tip!
• You can freeze the rows with the Freeze Vertical to lock the description for reviewing the Financials Dimensions when they get large
• You can do this in the tree or columns too
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Column Definitions
• Use to structure how the amounts will be displayed in the columns
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Column Definitions• Headers can be
easily formatted • There are
prebuilt formats to use• Fonts, styles,
size, background colors are easily done from the menu
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Column Definitions• Column type defines what the column
will show, such as description, Financial Dimensions, Budget, worksheet or calculation• Book Code/Attribute Category this will
vary by the column type selected
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Column Definitions• Fiscal year allows you to define which
years are used• Period can be setup to use the period
selected to generate, a formula of that or a hardcoded period• Periods covered is the period, YTD or BB
of those
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Column Definitions• Formula is used to calculate columns to figure
percentages or total columns together from worksheets• Column width to set a fixed width• Extra spaces before column
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Column Definitions• Format/Currency override
sets the structure for that column . Row format will trump this.• Print control will suppress,
not print, change signs and wrap text if desired. There are also conditions that can be placed such as, not to print if after the period selected
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Column Definitions• Column restrictions
controls the kind of amounts brought in, for example only debit items
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Column Definitions• Reporting Unit can be used to
have the accounts shown in that column for a specific unit in the tree, or branch . Can be for comparison of unit to unit auditing• Dimension filtering can further
define an account number to show, say Van line versus own authority in a column comparison, not row
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Column Definitions• Attribute filter is for very
detailed reporting of the transactions being reported on in the financial dimension
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Column Definitions• Start Date and End Date can
be used to do daily reporting for a weekly review of certain accounts• You can select 1 ,2, 3, 4, etc to
be the 1st day of the reporting period selected
• Justification for alignment specific to a column
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Reporting Tree• Sets up the
companies that will be reported on with the row and column dimensions• Can be broken out
by the account segments, such as branch
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Reporting Tree• The Unit Name, Unit Description, Tree definition and Tree
definitions name can be used in the headers of the reports• Dimensions allow for the main control of the reports
generated, such as by company• Row definition can be set so that a row can only use the
tree assigned to it• Worksheet link, path, name are tied to if using an Excel
worksheet outside of the GL• Page options allows for a unit to not print
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Reporting Tree• Unit Security can see assigned to
users or groups to control who can have access to view the report once generated• This is limited to those setup in
Security and is tied to a windows authenticated user
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Reporting Tree• Additional text can be for
things such as “New branch” • Can be up to 255
characters• There are a total of 10 text
boxes per unit• Can be included in the
header/footer of the report
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Reporting Tree• Mark the use row definition
from reporting tree to control the format of the report
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System How to’s• You can make new folders in all
areas but security• Right click and new folder
• If on an item with a name, you can rename, delete, move, open and see what it is associated to
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System How to’s
• Clicking in the new button allows for creation of new items in the list
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Tools• Protect – for putting
password on a report or building block. Makes them read only for other users.• Report queue status is the
window that opens when you generate a report• Report wizard can be used
to automate creating a new report
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Tools• Import default reports – if you did not
load in the default reports• Source System Information – gives an
update of data provider coneection• Registration – where the keys are stored
for your company
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Tools• Missing account analysis
is used to find accounts not in a report that is in the GL
• One issue with the report is that it does not use 10-10-61001000-00 to check. It checks by segment only. if company segment has 10, 20 , 30 etc or branch, etc.
• Makes report challenging to use for this reason.
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Tools• Checked out items allows
you to see who has a report checked out• Gives the options to undo
the checkout and open the report for others to modify, if needed• Great for when someone
goes on vacation or is out sick!
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Tools• Refresh cached financial
data can help when the reports are bringing strange numbers back between testing of reports• Connection is to verify the
current connection path to the server
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Tools• Report Library permissions• Set the security for the
folders under the Library• Control if they can view,
edit, create or delete
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Tools• Options!• Mark Use Management
Reporter Report Viewer as default viewer to stop the webviewer • Select your default Library
and file locations
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Company• Company>
Companies to see what companies have been setup for reporting• Good for verifying
multiple database company structures• Also to allow for
switching of companies
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Company• Company> Building
Block Groups• Make a new group for
separate reports• Import reports from
others• Export reports for
backups or to share
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Report Schedules• Automate when reports
will be ran• Can be individual
reports or a report group
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Report Groups• Create a
group to put reports in for automated report scheduling
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Security • Create, modify & delete users• Uses Windows
Authenticated users• Define the role they will
have• Can make them part of
a group• Control access to which
companies they can use
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Report Library• This is managed in the
report viewer• After being created,
they can be used in the Report Designer• You can control
permission here too
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Report Viewer• Right click on a report for options of
what you can do• One of them is show versions
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Report Viewer• Show versions is a history
running of the report
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Charts & Comments
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Report Viewer• Drill down to GP
• Export to Excel
• Insert external files into Library folders
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System help• Report Designer opens, but when you run a report, it
never displays• Restart the services for Management Reporter
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Modifying the long date• Right-click on the time/date
on your desktop.• Select “Change date and
time settings…”• Click on “Change date and
time …”• Then select “Change
calendar settings” Now the “Long date” in Management
• Reporter will return only the month, date, and year and not the day of the week.
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Questions???