AccountType

Gets the account type for the current Account member or for a specified account. This function can be used in these types of rules:

Calculation
Translation
Consolidation
Allocation

Syntax

HS.Account.AccountType("Account")
HS.Account.AccountType("")

where, Account is the name of a valid Account member.

You can use a blank string (" ") to apply this function to the current member only if you are using the function in the Sub Consolidate subroutine. Otherwise, specify an account when using this function.

Return Value

The account type for the specified account.

Note:

Account types use all capital letters.

Valid account types are:

ASSET
LIABILITY
REVENUE
EXPENSE
DYNAMIC
FLOW
BALANCE
BALANCERECURRING
CURRENCYRATE
GROUPLABEL

Example

In this example, if the account type for the Sales account is REVENUE, then statements between the If...Then and End If statements are executed.

If HS.Account.AccountType("Sales") = "REVENUE" Then
...
End If