| □ | The Profit & Loss Comparison report (also referred to as an Income Statement) compares Revenue to Expenses for All or a selected set of (one or more) Departments, for a chosen (by default the Current) Year and the immediate preceding (Last) Year, or optionally, for a selected Month within that chosen Year; reporting the net difference between each of those Years (or the Month within those Years) as the Profit (or Loss - if those Expenses are greater than the Revenue) for each of the reported Years/Months. |
| • | On the Main Menu, Select Reports and Choose the General Ledger sub-menu, then Click Profit & Loss Comparison. |
| □ | Profit & Loss Comparison tabs - There are three tabs on the Profit & Loss Comparison dialog. |
| • | Options - Initially only the Options tab is shown (until you make your Options selections and Select Print). |
Profit and Loss Comparison - Options
| • | Report Type - Specify whether this is Yearly or Monthly based Profit & Loss Comparison. |
| ▪ | Yearly - By default, the current Year for this report will be displayed. |
| o | Use the Drop-Down Selection List to Choose a different Year. |
| ▪ | Monthly - Optionally, Click the Monthly button to restrict the Profit & Loss Comparison to a certain Month within the Year selected above. |
| o | By default, the current Month will be displayed. |
| o | Use the Drop-Down Selection List to Choose a different Month. |
| • | Departments - By default, the Financial Information from All Departments will be reported. |
| o | Click the Specific button. |
| o | Using the Drop-Down Selection List provided, Choose the desired Department. |
| o | To Select the order in which the data will be listed within the Drop-Down Selection List field, Choose the field name to Search By (thereby setting the order that the data in the Drop-Down Selection List will be presented): |
| a) | Right-Click within the Drop-Down Selection List field to display the Search by... option. |
| b) | Click on the Right Arrow to display the Order Options list. |
| c) | Choose the preferred option. |
| o | The Name or Number of the Selected Department will be inserted into the Specific field. |
| • | Divisions - By default, the Financial Information from All Divisions will be reported: |
| o | Click the Specific button. |
| o | Using the Drop-Down Selection List provided, Choose the desired Division. |
| o | To Select the order in which the data will be listed within the Drop-Down Selection List field, Choose the field name to Search By (thereby setting the order that the data in the Drop-Down Selection List will be presented): |
| a) | Right-Click within the Drop-Down Selection List field to display the Search by... option. |
| b) | Click on the Right Arrow to display the Order Options list. |
| c) | Choose the preferred option. |
| o | The Name or Number of the Selected Division will be inserted into the Specific field. |
| • | Print - Click the Print button  to Preview and optionally Print (to a File or a Printer) this Profit & Loss Comparison. |
| □ | The Preview tab presents the report which resulted from the Options you've selected. |
| • | Up Arrow/Down Arrow - hi - Moves the report one line up, or one line line down, respectively. |
| • | Page Up/Page Down - Moves the report to the previous or next page, respectively. |
Profit and Loss Comparison - Preview
| • | Arrows - The arrows allow you to move back and forth, from page to page. |
| • | Number - Indicates the page number you are viewing. |
| • | You may also type in a specific page number, Press 8 Enter and that page will be displayed immediately. |
| • | If you enter an invalid page number, it will be ignored. |
| • | Fit To Page - Click the first button after the arrows to size a full page of the report to fit the screen. |
| • | Zoom To 100% - Click the second button after the arrows to display the page at 100% (of the printed view). |
| • | Fit To Page Width - Click the third button after the arrows to size the page of the report to fit the full width of the screen. |
| • | Zoom To Percentage - Click the fourth button after the arrows to re-size the page of the report by percentage. |
| • | When you Click the Zoom To Percentage button, the Percentage selector will be displayed. |
| • | You may then Click the Up or Down ‚ arrows to set the exact amount of Zoom you want. |
| • | Print - Click the Print button to Print (to a File or a Printer)  the displayed Profit & Loss Comparison, and may also be converted to a PDF or various other types of documents, or into an Excel® Spreadsheet file. |
| • | Email - Click the Email button  to send the Report to an Email Address of your choosing. |
| • | Exit the Preview tab by Clicking the Close button x on the right at the top of the Form. |
| □ | Data View - This view provides a tabular (spreadsheet style) presentation of the selected data. |
Profit and Loss Comparison - Data View
| • | Arrows - Click the arrows to move through the record. |
| • | Export - Exporting the data from this Data View tab (note the "fly-over" help available on these buttons): |
| • | Export to CSV - Click the first button after the arrows to export the data to a Comma Separated Values (CSV) file format. |
| • | Export To Excel - Click the second button after the arrows to export the data to an Excel (.xls) file format. |
| • | Export To Html - Click the third button after the arrows to export the data to an HTML formatted file. |
| • | Exit the Data View tab by Clicking the Close button x on the right at the top of the Form. |
