How to reduce the size of your Report Designer workbook allowing for a faster run time

The Report Designer is a powerful tool designed to meet your financial reporting needs.  Based on your company data, the resulting workbook can be large in size and depending on your requirements, a lot of the information it contains may not be necessary. Take the example of a report writer we worked with recently.  Using […]

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How to format your financials when distributing your reports using the Excel TEXT Function

You’re probably aware that when distributing reports via email, you can reference cells from the layouts you’re sending in your email body.  This is useful, for example, if you want to provide a summary of your report for your recipients. This is useful, for example, if you need to provide a summary of your report […]

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Learn how to use your Sales report to create a sales commission calculator

One of the features that customers often look for in an accounting or sales software package is the ability to calculate commission. Generally, sales reps earn a percentage income for any sales they produce in a given period, this income is referred to as commission. Not many accounting software packages built for small businesses calculate […]

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Adding a Parameters sheet to the Report Designer

If you’re familiar with Sage Intelligence, you will know that the Report Manager allows you to include certain parameters on sheet two of a report. These parameters provide useful information which you can add to your layouts, for example Run Date and Report Name. By default, the Financial Report Designer doesn’t include a parameters sheet. […]

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The difference between budgeting and forecasting – and how can I use them to create a rolling income statement?

This Sage Intelligence tip will show you how you can create a rolling income statement, which will combine actuals, budgets and forecasts into a single layout, such as the one below: So let’s start off with a few definitions: Budgeting: In essence, a budget is a quantified expectation for what a business wants to achieve. […]

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