Protecting Account Input Status

You change the input status of accounts to write-protect accounts.

Note:

To maintain accounting integrity, Strategic Finance does not enable you to turn 6 input accounts off. These accounts are on: Gain on Sale of Assets (1170), Unrealized Tax Benefit of Losses (1620), Excess Marketable Securities (2015), L-T Debt: Excess (2690), Unrealized Benefit of Tax Loss (3242), and Proceeds from Asset Sales (4000).

  To write protect accounts:

  1. From any Strategic Finance view, select Accounts then Account Input Status.

  2. Select the Accounts spreadsheet.

  3. Change input status of accounts:

    • Input enabled

      To enable input, select accounts in the list.

    • Write-protected

      To write-protect, deselect accounts in the list.

  4. Optional: To find accounts, click Find Accounts.

    See Finding Accounts.

  5. Optional: To reorder the accounts list, select an option under Order by and click Refresh:

    • Account Number—Lists accounts by number.

    • Checked Accounts—Lists only input-enabled accounts.

  6. Optional: To change historical averages, see Changing the Historical Averages of Accounts.

  7. Click OK.