The BUDGET REPORTING MENU provides tools to design and implement reports summarizing the budget information stored within the system in the format of your choice. The modules that form the budget reporting system provide you with the ability to control the format of the headings and the body of the report, the calculation methods used to manipulate the budget information and present it in the body of the report, the selection of the specified accounts from the Budget Planning System that are to be included in the report, and the restructuring or re-sequencing of the levels specified in the GL account code, Account Alias code, and Budget Alias code structures.
Before attempting to create a report at the terminal, we suggest that you begin by taking a printer layout sheet (available from your form supplier) and pencil in the desired layout for the report including column headings and fields to be included in the report and the arithmetic that is necessary to produce the desired results. Once this layout sheet has been produced the time spent at the terminal will be more productive and the probability of a successful report will be improved.
You can design up to 999 reports per 'Category'; you can define as many categories as 3 characters will allow and they must not be duplicated in BAS. 'BPS' is set up as the default category in the Budget Planning System.