Financial Dashboard

Overview

The Dashboard for Financial Statements provides an interface from which accruals, errors, and pending transactions can be managed.

Navigation: Main Menu > Accounting > Financial Statements > Menu (button) > Dashboard

Table of Contents

View: Generates the information for the dashboard according to the selected Data Filters.
Output: Outputs PDF documents which can be printed, previewed, or emailed. There must be dates displayed next to the top-row buttons (select a date from the filters and click View (button)). If there are no dates displayed, an error message is returned that the report cannot be generated. The available reports are:
- Financial Statements
- Statement of Financial Position
- Statement of Profit or Loss - 12 Periods
- Statement of Profit or Loss - 2 Periods
- Statement of Profit or Loss - 3 Periods
- Statement of Profit or Loss - 6 Periods
- Statement of Profit or Loss - Fin Year
Menu:
- Reset Data Filters: Resets any changes to the data filters.
- Hide decimal Values: Toggles showing or hiding decimal values.
- Views
  - Dashboard
  - Statement of Profit or Loss
  - Statement of Financial Position
  - Trial Balance
- Layout & Grids
  - Email Excel
  - Export Grid
  - Save
  - Save (All Users)
  - Restore Default (All Users)
Add (next to Financial Statement Notes): Allows users to add notes.

Set: Date and period options.
⬅➡: Adjusts the dates forwards or backwards depending on the option chosen under Set.
Date: Allows users to customise the dates.
Report: A dropdown list with custom-created Accounting Reports.
Show: A function of the custom reports to select the number of months.
%: A dropdown list allowing users to display:
- None
- Change: The % change from the month on the left to the month on the right or from the budget.
- Revenue: The % of revenue.
- Budget: Shows the amounts budgeted for the selected period.
  - This option is only available if the date is set to Fin Year (Months) and a budget is selected.
Show all Accounts: Checkbox. If checked all the accounts are shown, including those with zero balances.
Budget: Dropdown list from which to select a budget.

ℹ️ Accrual accounts hold temporary entries which should be cleared at the end of each month.

- The accounts displayed on this tab are those for which the default Accrual was selected when creating accounts.

- Accrual accounts may also include accounts that are used for stock acquisitions and movements.

Field Chooser (*): Allows users to add or remove columns.
ID: The auto-generated number for the account.
Account: The name of the accrual account.
Balance: The balance of the accrual account.
Menu (...): Click the menu to display an eye. Click the eye to open the ledger account.

ℹ️ This tab displays all the transactions that only have a single-entry (as opposed to a double-entry).

ℹ️ This tab displays all the transactions that could potentially affect the financial statements but are incomplete (Pending Status).

ℹ️ Charts are only displayed after View (button) is clicked.

Statement of Profit or Loss: Displays the Net Profit/Loss, Cost of Sales, and Expenses as bar charts for the selected period and previous year.
Statement of Financial Position: Displays the Assets, Liabilities, and Equity as bar charts for the selected period and previous year.

ℹ️ Footnotes are displayed at the bottom of the Dashboard screen and provide figures for the charts displayed on the right.

Key Metrics: Revenue, Cost of Sales, Expenses, Profit/Loss, Assets, Liabilities, Equity, and Bank Balances for the selected period.