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RE: GL Balance Sheet Bad Hyperlink - SOLVED
Well a balance sheet is a report at a point in time rather than over a period, so there are 3 possibilities:
1 Just the period that the report is for, so a balance sheet up to December 2018 would just default to showing the transactions for December 2018 - Easiest to code, but perhaps least useful from an accountants point of view.
2 All transactions from the beginning of time. The account balance in a balance sheet account is made up of all transactions ever posted to that account, unlike P&L accounts which are just made up of transactions for that period. So if the balance on the account is 123456.78 then perhaps it is most obvious to show all the transactions that make up that balance - Easy enough to code, but could potentially produce a very big inquiry.
3 Just transactions for the financial period that the report period is in. So if it was a balance sheet up to 31/12/2018 and the financial year started on 1/4/2018 then it would just show the transactions for those 9 months - This is trickier to code and get right, and is a sort of compromise between 1 & 2.
It's not immediately obvious which of the above to choose, probably 3 is the best compromise as suggested by Paul. Remember that whatever is chosen here can be overridden on the inquiry screen.
Tim
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