Note:

• There are two Trial Balance reports, one in the Reports menu and one in Financial Statements. These steps only apply to the one in Financial Statements. The Trial Balance and Working Trial Balance in the Reports menu cannot be modified to show future periods.
• Financial Statements that include future fields do not function properly if the period is rolled back when the statement is generated.
• Do not cross a year end with a future balance sheet design. The retained earnings amount will not be correct.

Financial statements cannot automatically roll forward to a future period

You can edit existing financial statements to use the Future Balance field or any of the six Future Activity fields.

Warning: These Financial Statements will not have the correct Retained Earnings if they cross over the fiscal year end.

Add a new column to your design:

1. From the Financial Statement Designer File menu, select Open and open the design you want to modify.
2. Double-click the column heading where you want to insert the new column.
3. In the Column Options window, click Insert if you want to add a column before the current column, or click Append to add a column after the current column.
4. Verify that the Balance fields option is selected under the Field type section.
5. Select Future Balance or one of the Future Activity fields.
6. Click Add, click Done, and then click OK.

Edit an existing column in your design:

1. From the Financial Statement Designer File menu, select Open and open the design you want to modify.
2. Double-click the column heading for the column you want to modify.
3. Click GL Field.
4. Verify that the Balance fields option is selected under the Field type section.
5. Select Future Balance or one of the Future Activity fields.
6. Click OK twice.

If the design uses an accumulator:

1. From the Financial Statement Designer Tools menu, select Accumulators.
2. Select the accumulator used on the design and click Copy.
3. Enter a new name and click OK.
4. Change the Field for each row to the applicable future field and click Save.
5. Assign the new accumulator to the applicable design cell.