4. Row Sets
determines the rows that appear down the left side of the report. Row Sets can
control the calculations and accounts on a given row as well as the titles that
appear.
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8. Row Tips
• Number your Lines 10, 20, 30
– Leave Room for growth
• Skip and Page Break – be consistent on Before and
After
– Easier to create consistent looking reports
• Row Names in Calculates are easier to see what the
calculation is doing
– WARNING: sometimes this leads to inaccurate results
when adding Rows that have Calculations in them
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9. Row Tips
• Use Display Zero to add proofing rows or columns to your
report
– They display only when there is a problem – Assets does not equal
Liabilities plus Owners Equity, or a zero balance account is not zero
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10. Column Sets
determines the columns that appear across the top of a report. Column Sets can
control the calculations and accounts in a given column as well as the titles across the top.
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12. What goes on a Column set vs Row set?
Column Set Row Set
• Company or Dept • Row Titles
assignments for column • Account Assignments
breakout • Row Calculations
• Column Calculations • Format Options
• Format Options • Level of Detail
• Level of Detail
• Control Values
• Offsets
14. Column Tips
• Make the Number formats at least one over the
largest current number
– Allows room for growth and formulas
• When creating columns, assign them all a width of
10
– Use the Build Columns, you can adjust the widths in a
graphical interface that gives a better visual image
• Clicking on Build Column Set will override any
previous column formats you had saved
– Not bad or good – just something to be aware of
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15. Content Sets
further determines the account ranges that appear on a report and will over-ride any
accounts that are defined in Row and Column sets. These are most often used to restrict a
FSG to specific companies or departments, or to have specific departments summarize on
different pages of the report.
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16. Content Set Tips
• These are buggy! Sometimes they do not give
you the results you expect – if
it works, leave it alone
• If a copied set gives different
results, check the manual or
a white paper, and only change
the one that is wrong
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17. Row Order
will determine how a detailed listing of accounts will appear on your report.
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18. Row Order Tips
• The Width on the row order sometimes needs
to be 1 wider then the actual segment to
display
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19. Maintenance
• Auto Copy
– Will not copy over the
same name in the target
database
• Database Links
– This requires the apps password – if you setup a new user
name and password, ensure it has the proper Write access
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20. FSG’s running slow
• Remove any disabled companies from Content Sets
• Ensure all segments of the Accounting Key Flexfield
are setup to be Indexed
• Run Program> Optimizer
– Gather Statistics
– Re-indexes the Segments, or Indexes them if it was just
turned on
• Work with your DBA if this is the first time using this report or
turning on Indexing
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21. Row always overrides Column
• Amount Type
• Offset
• Control Value
• Format
• Factor
• Display Zero
• Level of Detail
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22. Column always overrides Row
• Calculation – when check box is checked
• Activity (DR, CR or Net)
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23. No Override Rules
• Accounts – uses intersecting from Row and Column
• Summary – must be same as Row and Column
• Currency – must assign same currency for
intersecting columns and row, or will display 0
• Change Sign (and on Variance)– Defaults to No, Yes
anywhere will override
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