Level of Detail

Regardless of the amount of levels that you define for the Chart of Accounts by Level program, you can use processing options to determine how many levels of detail the system includes in the output XML file that the Trial Balance report generates.

The report processes all the account levels but only displays the levels selected. The system summarizes the data for the levels that are not displayed and includes the balances into the information for the accounts in the levels shown.

For example, you can define a chart of accounts that includes 6 levels of accounts. If you set the Account Reporting Level processing option to use only two levels, then the output XML file that the Trial Balance program generates includes only the level 1 title accounts and the level 2 accounts. Every level 2 account displayed sums up the totals of the child accounts related to the level 2 account.

Important: The Chart of Accounts by Level program generates table records that the system uses when you run the Trial Balance program. The level of detail that you define for the Chart of Accounts by Level report must be equal or greater than the level of detail that you set for the Trial Balance report.