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Period indicators

A period indicator is a symbol or code that tells the application the time period to pull amounts from for a specific column, row, cell, or group of cells. A period indicator can specify a single period, year-to-date, cumulative, beginning balance, or total amount for the current or preceding years.
The following is a table of some of the period indicators that are available in the
Report Designer
, then
Enter Trial Balance
 screen.
Current year
CP
Current period
CY
Current year-to-date
CZ
Current year cumulative, doesn’t include beginning balance
CB
Current year beginning balance
CT
Current year total
CP-1 up to CP-52
Current year - XX period ago (up to 52 periods ago)
C1 up to C53
Current year - period XX (up to 53 periods)
Prior years
1PP
1 prior year current period
1PY
1 prior year year-to-date
1PZ
1 prior year cumulative
1PB
1 prior year beginning balance
1PT
1 prior year total
1PP-1 up to 1PP-52
1 prior year - XX period ago (up to 52 prior periods ago)
1P1 up to 1P53
1 prior year - period XX (up to 53 periods)
2PP
2 prior years current period
2PY
2 prior years year-to-date
2PZ
2 prior years cumulative
2PB
2 prior years beginning balance
2PT
2 prior years total
2PP-1 up to 2PP-52
2 prior years - XX periods ago (up to 52 prior periods ago)
2P1 up to 2P53
2 prior years - Period XX (up to 53 periods)
3PP
3 prior years current period
3PY
3 prior years year-to-date
3PZ
3 prior years cumulative
3PB
3 prior years beginning balance
3PT
3 prior years total
3PP-1 up to 3PP-52
3 prior years - XX periods ago (up to 52 prior periods ago)
3P1 up to 3P53
3 prior years - Period XX (up to 53 periods)

This article applies to:

  • Product: Accounting CS, Workpapers CS
  • Subject: Reports