Hey blog readers! I found a great post on The Book Bag that I wanted to share with you. If you've liked The Ledger time savers you must check out the Itty Bitty Timesavers post. It lists some great tips and tricks to save you a few seconds here and there. Remember, a few seconds saved on each task...

Do you enter the same journal entry batches each month for utility bills or have a grant that receives the same percentage of funds on a regular basis? Hate having to create the same batch each month? Then recurring batches are here to save you time and the worries of an incorrectly keyed journal entry...

Have you ever wondered whether you should use a Due-to/Due-from account or a Transfer account? Well, that I cannot tell you. However, what I can tell you is the difference between the two account types so that you can make a decision as to which one to use. Due-to/Due-from accounts are similar to liability...

Do you ever wonder what the transaction Reference column on the General Ledger Report or Post Report means? If you do, then this post is for you! The Reference, also known as journal reference, is created when you post from subsidiary ledgers (AP, AR, FA, CR, SB, and PY) or in detail from The Raiser's...

Have you ever wanted a record, or a group of records just gone? I mean completely gone. This is something you can do in The Financial Edge. We call it purging records. Why would you want to purge records? There are a variety of reasons. You may need to purge records to make corrections, such as needing...

So I have been using and testing F9 for The Financial Edge (F9) for a few months now. There are several things I love about this Excel tool, but the one piece I endorse over the rest is the reporting wizard. The reporting wizard has tremendous flexibility, is easy to use, and you can turn a blank spreadsheet...

What are Additional Account Categories? I'm glad you asked. They are categories that are not included in traditional accounting and are not required to complete the chart of accounts. In The Financial Edge there are four additional account categories available: Transfer, Gifts, Gains and Losses....

"I wish I could edit the appearance of this Income Statement." "My supervisor needs this Balance Sheet to appear in a specific format and I am unable to create it." "I love the flexibility of Excel and wish I could create my Financial Reports using it.” Over the years I have...

Hi Olive, This is really going to depend on why the validation is failing. We can usually see this on the batch validation report at the end of the report. It should give the balancing information and what is wrong. For instance, if it is out of balance by period you would need to put the debit and the...

Have you ever had a situation where you need to edit a whole list of records? There are many ways you can do this, from editing each record individually, to global change , to import . But what if what you are trying to accomplish can't be done with global change or import and the task seems too...