Previous Periods

The Previous Periods screen is used for an existing business to enter the data of its financial reports in previous years and the influences of its existing financial state on the plan period. The software includes this data in the calculations and in the projected financial reports.

Φ Note: The screen will be enabled only if you specified a number of previous years in the General Data screen.

The format of the historical financial reports may be changed according to the definition you did in the General Data screen in Periods tab for the option "Use HGB format".

The software offers two formats for the historical financial reports: The simple format that includes the main report's items and is more suitable for planning, and the standard HGB format that includes all the items commonly used in the accounting system. If you marked the option "Use HGB format" then the format for the historical financial reports will be the HGB format.

The screen includes three sections:

Previous Balance Sheet: Balance information for the previous years

Opening Balance Influences: Information of changes in existing liabilities and assets that are expected in the plan period.

Previous Profit & Loss: Profit and Loss information for the previous years

When the screen is loaded the Previous Balance is displayed. You can switch between the three sections by clicking their buttons on the toolbar. The sections are explained in more details in the following pages.

Toolbar Buttons

All Previous Period tables include similar toolbar that appears at the top of the window and includes the following buttons:

OK - Close screen (and save all changes if applicable)

Exit - Close screen and discard any changes if applicable.

Print Table - Create a report for the current table, showing it on the print preview screen

Forecast - Copy cell values across next periods - Influences only

Export to MS Excel file - Exports the displayed table to MS Excel

Buttons (next to toolbar)

Balance: Display the Previous Balance table

Influences: Display the Opening Balance Influences table

Profit and Loss: Display the Previous Profit and Loss table