Warning
Product support for the ended on September 30, 2020.
- Write Up CS
- Payroll CS
- Engagement CS
- Client Bookkeeping Solution
- Financial Analysis CS
Help & How-To Center content for the Creative Solutions Accounting platform may be outdated and is used at your own risk.
In CSA, Account groups enable you to easily collect information for reporting purposes. They allow you to set up financial statements that can be used with every client even though each client may have a different chart of accounts.
Example: The account group Cash for client A includes accounts 100-199 and for client B the Cash account group includes accounts 1000-1099. Both clients would be able to use the same financial statement if Cash is used to define a row in the Financial Statement Editor.
From the CSA main window or the Financial Statement Editor window, choose Setup > Account Groups.
Notes
- The application enables you to assign one or more account groups (as well as individual accounts and/or ranges of accounts) within another account group.
- To prepare a report of the account group assignments for the active client, you can print or preview the Financial Statement Setup Listings report from the File > Print Reports dialog.
Special information
When the Account Groups dialog is active, the following special commands are available from the F3 or right-click context menu.
Fields & buttons
Lists the Account Groups already created for this client.
- To add a new account group, click the Add button. For GL clients, you will only be able to choose an account group name from the list and assign a range of accounts to it. GL clients will not be able to add new account groups unless you have added the Financial Reporter module.
- To edit an existing account group, highlight it and then click the Edit button.
- To delete an existing account group, highlight it and click the Delete button. You will be prompted to confirm the deletion. You will not be able to delete any of the predefined account groups.
Accounts tab
- For a new account group: When adding an account group (Financial Reporter clients only), enter a description for the account group. Account group descriptions may include letters, numbers and the underscore ( _ ) character. The application will not accept spaces or any other punctuation.
- For an existing account group: Displays the description assigned to the account group highlighted in the list. (For an existing account group, the description cannot be edited.)
- For a new account group: When adding an account group, enter the range of accounts that you want to include in the account group. You may enter the account numbers manually or select them from the drop-down list. You may include multiple ranges in the account group, for example 100 to 110 and 120 to 125. To include single accounts in an account group, simply enter that account number in the first Account # field.
- For an existing account group: Displays the accounts assigned to the account group highlighted in the list. To change the range(s) of accounts, click the Edit button.
Related topics
Account group naming standards
GL account groups used for CBS Financial Statements