Comparison of ACCPAC Plus and Sage ERP Accpac Specification Codes
The following set of charts lists all of the ACCPAC Plus for DOS Financial Reporter codes that extract data from the General Ledger accounts, and provides the equivalent codes in the Windows version of the Financial Reporter.
You may find these charts useful when checking financial report specifications that have been converted to the Sage ERP Accpac format.
Net change in balance during:
|
DOS |
Windows |
Selected fiscal period |
|
NETP |
Selected quarter to date |
|
NETQ |
Selected half year to date |
S |
NETS |
Selected year to date |
|
NETYTD |
nth fiscal period of current year |
nM |
NETnP |
nth quarter of current year |
|
NETnQ |
nth half of current year |
|
NETnS |
Last (previous) fiscal period |
|
NETLP |
Last quarter |
|
NETLQ |
Last half year |
|
NETLS |
Last year (total year) |
|
NETY.L1 |
Preceding quarter (3 periods) |
|
NETPQ |
Preceding half year (6 periods) |
PS |
NETPS |
Preceding year (12 or 13 periods) |
|
NETPY |
Net change in balance last year:
|
DOS |
Windows |
nth fiscal period |
LYnM |
NETnP.L1 |
nth quarter |
LYnQ |
NETnQ.L1 |
nth half year |
LYnS |
NETnS.L1 |
Previous period last year |
LYLM |
NETLP.L1 |
Previous quarter last year |
LYLQ |
NETLQ.L1 |
Previous half year last year |
LYLS |
NETLS.L1 |
Preceding quarter last year |
LYPQ |
NETPQ.L1 |
Preceding 6 periods last year |
LYPS |
NETPS.L1 |
Net change in balance to date, relative to report date:
|
DOS |
Windows |
nth half year to date |
nSS |
NETnSTD |
nth quarter to date |
nQQ |
NETnQTD |
Same period last year |
LYM |
NETP.L1 |
Same quarter last year |
LYQ |
NETQ.L1 |
Same half year last year |
LYS |
NETS.L1 |
Last year to date |
LYY |
NETYTD.L1 |
nth quarter to date last year |
LYnQQ |
NETnQTD.L1 |
nth half year to date last year |
LYnSS |
NETnSTD.L1 |
Budget net change in balance to date, relative to report date:
|
DOS |
Windows |
Selected fiscal period |
BM |
1NETP |
Selected quarter |
BQ |
1NETQ |
Selected half-year |
BS |
1NETS |
Current year |
BY |
1NETYTD |
nth quarter |
BnQQ |
1NETnQTD |
nth half-year |
BnSS |
1NETnSTD |
Budget net change in balance during complete:
|
DOS |
Windows |
Current year |
B |
1NETY |
Last period |
BLM |
1NETLP |
Last quarter |
BLQ |
1NETLQ |
Last half year |
BLS |
1NETLS |
Preceding quarter |
BPQ |
1NETPQ |
Preceding half year |
BPS |
1NETPS |
nth period |
BnM |
1NETnP |
nth quarter |
BnQ |
1NETnQ |
nth half year |
BnS |
1NETnS |
Account balance as of:
|
DOS |
Windows |
Selected fiscal period |
BAL |
BALP |
Beginning of selected period |
BAL-M |
BALLP |
|
BAL-nM |
BALnPA |
Beginning of selected quarter |
BAL-Q |
BALLQ |
Beginning of selected half year |
BAL-S |
BALLS |
3 periods ago |
BAL-PQ |
BALP-NETPQ |
6 periods ago |
BAL-PS |
BALP-NETPS |
12 or 13 periods ago |
BAL-PY |
BALP-NETPY |
Opening balance previous year |
O |
BALOPEN.L1 |
As with the DOS version of the Financial Reporter, all balances or nets are computed relative to the fiscal period set for the report, except for BALOPEN, NETADJ, BALCLOSE, NETCLOSE, and fields referencing a specific time period.
Fiscal Set Prefix
The codes listed in the chart above provide access to actual data and budget data only. However, Sage ERP Accpac can store more financial data than listed above.
The next table lists the prefixes you can add to specification codes to gain access to the various fiscal sets provided.
Fiscal set designator
Code |
Fiscal Set |
Blank |
Defaults to report setting |
A |
Actual |
P |
Provisional |
|
Quantities |
|
Actual Quantities |
|
Provisional Quantities |
1,2,3,4,5 |
Budget sets 1,2,3,4, and 5 |
For example:
NETP Net amount for the current period (provisional or actual, depending on the report setting).
ANETP Actual net amount for the current period
QNETP Net quantity for the current period (provisional or actual, depending on the report setting)
NETR Net amount for the current period in the reporting currency (provisional or actual, depending on the report setting).
1NETP Budget set 1 amount for the current period
2NETP Budget set 2 amount for the current period
Fiscal Year Suffix
Sage ERP Accpac lets you enter codes for specific years or use codes relative to the current year. Years are identified by the following suffixes.
Fiscal year
Code |
Fiscal Set |
Blank |
Defaults to current year |
1998, 1999, etc. |
Specific year identification |
L1, L2, L3 etc. |
Last year, the year before, etc. |
N1, N2, etc. |
Next year, the year after next, etc. |
For example:
NETP Actual net amount for the current period
NETP.L1 Actual net amount for this period last year
NETP.1996 Actual net amount for this period in 1996
1NETP.N1 Budget set 1 amount for this period next year
For more help on Financial Reporter functions, choose one of these key words:
See also
Differences Between ACCPAC Plus for DOS and Sage ERP Accpac Financial Reporters