Designation Codes and How They Apply to Statement Formats

When you create General Ledger-type account codes (Maintain>Chart of Accounts Codes), you can assign a designation code to it. By doing this, the system automatically updates default statement formats (Reports>Financial Statements>Create Statement Formats) that are affected by that designation code.

The following table outlines which statement type, default statement format name, and ultimately which reports (Reports>Financial Statements>Balance Sheets, Statement of Cash Flows, Statement of Revenues and Expenditures, Statement of Activities, and Statement of Financial Position) are affected by each designation code.

For example, let's say you create account code 001 with a designation code of ADP. When you open the Reports>Financial Statements>Create Statement Formats form, and you select B/S or S/P, the system automatically provides a default format named <Default>, set up to include Accumulated Depreciation (ADP). If you select C/F, <Default Direct> is available. Similarly, when you open the Reports>Financial Statements>Balance Sheet and Statement of Financial Position reports, the <Default> statement format is available, while the <Default Direct> format is available for the Statement of Cash Flows report. If these default statement formats are selected for these reports, they include account code 001.

Note that default formats are provided for your convenience. You can use one as a starting point, make changes to it (Reports>Financial Statements>Create Statement Formats), and then save the format with a new name.

Designation Code

Statement/Report Type

Format Name

ADP

B/S, S/P

<Default>

C/F

<Default - Direct>

APO

B/S, S/P

<Default>

C/F

<Default - Direct>

ARO

B/S, S/P

<Default>

C/F

<Default - Direct>

CCE

B/S, S/P

<Default>

C/F

<Default - Direct>

CGS

B/S, S/P

<Default>

C/F

<Default - Direct>

R/E, SA

<Default - Detail>

CRO

B/S, S/P

<Default>

C/F

<Default - Direct>

CTR

B/S, S/P

<Default>

C/F

<Default - Direct>

R/E, SA

<Default - Detail>

DFR

B/S, S/P

<Default>

C/F

<Default - Direct>

DPR

B/S, S/P

<Default>

C/F

<Default - Direct>

R/E, S/A

<Default - Detail>

DUE

B/S, S/P

<Default>

C/F

<Default - Direct>

R/E, S/A

<Default - Detail>

EQR

B/S, S/P

<Default>

C/F

<Default - Direct>

R/E, S/A

<Default - Detail>

FRG

B/S, S/P

<Default>

C/F

<Default - Direct>

R/E, S/A

<Default - Detail>

GLA

B/S, S/P

<Default>

C/F

<Default - Direct>

R/E, S/A

<Default - Detail>

GLI

B/S, S/P

<Default>

C/F

<Default - Direct>

R/E, S/A

<Default - Detail>

GRR

B/S, S/P

<Default>

C/F

<Default - Direct>

R/E, S/A

<Default - Detail>

INI

B/S, S/P

<Default>

C/F

<Default - Direct>

R/E, S/A

<Default - Detail>

INR

B/S, S/P

<Default>

C/F

<Default - Direct>

R/E, S/A

<Default - Detail>

INV

B/S, S/P

<Default>

C/F

<Default - Direct>

INX

B/S, S/P

<Default>

C/F

<Default - Direct>

R/E, S/A

<Default - Detail>

IRO

B/S, S/P

<Default>

C/F

<Default - Direct>

LBE

B/S, S/P

<Default>

C/F

<Default - Direct>

LTA

B/S, S/P

<Default>

C/F

<Default - Direct>

LTD

B/S, S/P

<Default>

C/F

<Default - Direct>

LTI

B/S, S/P

<Default>

C/F

<Default - Direct>

LTL

B/S, S/P

<Default>

C/F

<Default - Direct>

MNT

B/S, S/P

<Default>

C/F

<Default - Direct>

R/E, S/A

<Default - Detail>

MSC

B/S, S/P

<Default>

C/F

<Default - Direct>

R/E, S/A

<Default - Detail>

MTG

B/S, S/P

<Default>

C/F

<Default - Direct>

R/E, S/A

<Default - Detail>

NAE

B/S, S/P

<Default>

C/F

<Default - Direct>

R/E, S/A

<Default - Detail>

NTP

B/S, S/P

<Default>

C/F

<Default - Direct>

OCA

B/S, S/P

<Default>

C/F

<Default - Direct>

OCC

B/S, S/P

<Default>

C/F

<Default - Direct>

R/E, S/A

<Default - Detail>

OTH

B/S, S/P

<Default>

C/F

<Default - Direct>

R/E, S/A

<Default - Detail>

PGR

B/S, S/P

<Default>

C/F

<Default - Direct>

R/E, S/A

<Default - Detail>

PGS

B/S, S/P

<Default>

C/F

<Default - Direct>

R/E, S/A

<Default - Detail>

POS

B/S, S/P

<Default>

C/F

<Default - Direct>

R/E, S/A

<Default - Detail>

PPE

B/S, S/P

<Default>

C/F

<Default - Direct>

PRF

B/S, S/P

<Default>

C/F

<Default - Direct>

R/E, S/A

<Default - Detail>

PRT

B/S, S/P

<Default>

C/F

<Default - Direct>

R/E, S/A

<Default - Detail>

PUB

B/S, S/P

<Default>

C/F

<Default - Direct>

R/E, S/A

<Default - Detail>

SAL

B/S, S/P

<Default>

C/F

<Default - Direct>

R/E, S/A

<Default - Detail>

SLS

B/S, S/P

<Default>

C/F

<Default - Direct>

R/E, S/A

<Default - Detail>

STI

B/S, S/P

<Default>

C/F

<Default - Direct>

STL

B/S, S/P

<Default>

C/F

<Default - Direct>

SUP

B/S, S/P

<Default>

C/F

<Default - Direct>

R/E, S/A

<Default - Detail>

TEL

B/S, S/P

<Default>

C/F

<Default - Direct>

R/E, S/A

<Default - Detail>

UGL

B/S, S/P

<Default>

C/F

<Default - Direct>

R/E, S/A

<Default - Detail>