How to work with financial statement templates and items

How to create a financial statement template

Dimensions > Account > > FST & KPI

  1. Click : an empty row will appear in the table.
  2. In the Attributes tab, assign a code to the new template and define all the relative characteristics.
  3. Select the options Account, Control type and Custom Dimension in order to define the relationships based on which to create the financial statement template.
  4. Click Save: the header of the new financial statement template will appear in the table and can be related to the FST items.

How to create an FST item

Dimensions > Account > > FST & KPI > > FST items

  1. Click : an empty row will appear in the table.
  2. In the Attributes tab, assign a code to the new item and define all the relative characteristics.
  3. Click Save: the header of the new FST item will appear in the table and can be related to accounts and hierarchies.

How to copy a financial statement template

Dimensions > Account > > FST & KPI

  1. Create a financial statement template and select it, then click > Copy from.
  2. In the source FST, select the template from which to copy the structure.
  3. Select Copy accounts mapping also to also copy the accounts mapping and the FST items, then click OK.

How to relate an account to an FST item

Dimensions > Account > > FST & KPI > > FST items > Relationships

  1. Click : an empty row will appear in the table.
  2. In the Attributes tab, in Account, select the account to be added from the Account elements table root.
  3. Select the FST item to which the account is to be related.
  4. Click Save.
  5. To view all of the accounts included within a related node, click Deployment: all the consequent relationships will be calculated.
  6. To view all the related accounts, click on Definition results.

How to relate a node or a hierarchy to an FST item

Dimensions > Account > > FST & KPI > > FST items > Relationships

  1. Click : an empty row will appear in the table.
  2. In the Attributes tab, in Account, select the node or the hierarchy to add.
  3. Select the FST item to which the node or hierarchy is to be related.
  4. Click Save.
  5. To view all of the accounts included within a related node, click Deployment: all the consequent relationships will be calculated.
  6. To view all the related accounts, click Definition results.

How to exclude individual items from a financial statement template

Dimensions > Account > > FST & KPI > > FST items > Relationships

Normally, all the accounts that belong to the nodes inserted in an FST item will be included in the relative financial statement template. To exclude some specific items, proceed as follows:

  1. In the table, select the account not to be included.
  2. In the Attributes tab, select the Exclude action, then click Save: the account is no longer related to the FST item.

How to check the accounts present in the FST items

Dimensions > Account > > FST & KPI > > FST items > Relationships

To check which accounts have been inserted in an FST item after a formula has been applied, it is useful to follow the procedure below.

Select the desired relationship, then click Definition result: the Definition results page will open, showing all the accounts that have actually been inserted in the FST item.

How to change the header of a financial statement template

Dimensions > Account > > FST & KPI

  1. Select the financial statement template to be changed.
  2. Change the values in the Attributes tab, then click Save.

How to view the FST items related to a financial statement template

Dimensions > Account > > FST & KPI

Select the desired financial statement template, then select > FST items: the FST items page will open.