Account Balance Inquiry - Overview

Use the Account Balance Inquiry to display Period Balance information by account so you can compare up to three different data sources at a time including the current Chart of Accounts, history, and budgets.  For the specified Account Number, there are three comparison columns with each row representing a Period.

For additional information, click More.

Directions:

To see directions for...

• Opening the Account Balance Inquiry, click More.

   

  • Basic Method (from the G/L Module):

  1. Click Daily Work from the Menu Bar.

  2. Click Account Balance Inquiry.
     
     Tip:  Or, use the keyboard shortcut:  [ALT] [a] [q] [a].
      

  • Advanced Method (from another NDS Module):

  1. Click General Ledger from the Menu Bar.

  2. Click Daily Work.

  3. Click Account Balance Inquiry.
     
     Tip:  Or, use the keyboard shortcut:  [ALT] [g] [a] [q] [a].
     
     Note:  To activate the General Ledger menu in another module, the G/L Application Control must be set up for the module during installation.

   

  Account Balance Inquiry Window Examples:

   

  Tip:  To see detailed instructions for each section or field name in the example below, the cursor becomes a hand when you position the cursor over the field or section.  Click once to display the associated topic.

  

   

• Viewing the Account Balances for each Period within an account, click More.

   

  1. Open the Account Balances Inquiry to display the Detail window.

  2. Enter the Account Number that you want to display.
     Tip:  If you do not know the Account Number, click Search.

  3. Click Retrieve or press [ENTER].
     Keyboard shortcut:  [ALT + t]

  4. At the View Preferences prompt, select the Source Options and click OK or press [ENTER].
     Keyboard shortcut:  [ALT + o]

   

• Understanding the field values for the following windows, click the window name in the table below: