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Planning Reports
If report components are correctly defined, they can be combined in different ways to create multiple variations of a report. Report Writer Planning Considerations summarizes some planning considerations.

Report Writer Planning Considerations
 
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What distinct group of items do you need?
All sales accounts.
Create analysis codes for these groups.
Show a total figure for the items in the analysis code or a detailed list.
What combinations of items do you need?
All sales accounts for cost centers 100, 200, and 300.
Specify any combination of account, sub-account, cost center, project, or entity.
Do you need multiple iterations of a report?
One report iteration for each entity.
Set up a controlling hierarchy to sort data into several different iterations.
Do you need calculations?
What names do you want for the report components?
 
Enter formulas within rows and columns.
Enter any name for each report component, including the same name for all components.