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This window displays the Trial Balance Comparison report according to your defined selection criteria.

Trial Balance Comparison Window
Name

The names of the drawers, titles, and accounts according to the display level you selected.

The list of business partners appears in the lower part of the report, divided into customers and vendors.

Current Period

Displays the totals for the debit, credit, and balance of each business partner and/or G/L account in LC/SC/FC (according to the selection made in the Trial Balance Comparison – Selection Criteria window) for the requested date range for the Current Period in the current database.

Comparison Period

Displays the totals for debit, credit, and balance of each business partner and/or G/L account (according to the selection made in the Trial Balance Comparison – Selection Criteria window) for the requested date range of the Comparison Period in the current database or in the compared database.

Differences in Amounts

The difference between the compared periods according to the accounting formula:

Differences in Amounts = Current Period - Previous Period

Differences in Percentage

The difference between the current period and the comparison period according to the accounting formula:

Differences in Percentage = Differences in Amounts / Previous Period x 100

Level

The trial balance comparison is always displayed at the last level established in the window. Level 1 displays a summary of all accounts under the titles (Assets, Liabilities, Equity, and so on), and a summary of Customers and Vendors.

If you are interested in more detail than is provided in Level 1, choose the appropriate level in the Trial Balance Comparison window.

The transition to a higher level of detail conforms to the levels you defined in the Chart of Accounts. Display at Level 2 usually breaks down assets into current assets and long-term investments; customers and vendors are divided into groups.

Note Note

You can distinguish between the various display levels by color: drawers in red, titles in blue, and accounts in black. A title is also displayed slightly to the left of the active account or to the left of the subtitle below it.

The subtitle for a title is shown immediately after the displayed title.

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Current Period From To

The dates you entered as the date range for the Current Period in the Trial Balance Comparison – Selection Criteria window.

Comparison Period From To

The dates you entered in the Trial Balance Comparison – Selection Criteria window as the date range for the Comparison Period in the current database or in the compared database.