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How to generate a mapping report

To assist users in generating an itemised mapping report for all accounts.

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Overview: A mapping report outlines which Active Ledger accounts are matched to which source accounts.

An account has a unique account number and name combination that Active Ledger tracks. It comprises one or more client accounting system accounts.

A source account however, is the general ledger account pulled from the clients accounting file.

Please refer to the Glossary for definitions of key terms used in this article.


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Generating a mapping report

Navigate to the Reports screen and click on the Mapping Report tab.


The following dropdown fields/filters are required to be filled out to generate the report:

FIELD

DETAIL

VALIDATION

Start Date

Automatically populated as the start date of the dataset.

Required (must be inside date range of the dataset)

End Date

Automatically populated as the end date of the dataset.

Required (must be inside date range of the dataset)

Show Labels for

By selecting the dropdown, this will display any page layouts created within the Admin Centre, provided they have been assigned to accounts in the Accounts screen.

Note: These can only be created by a firm's administrator user. For more information on how to create report page layouts, see the support article: How to customise report page layouts.

Optional

Show Tree View (checkbox)

By selecting this checkbox, it will display accounts in a heading format, splitting out revenue, expenses, assets, liabilities and equity, as well as further breaking down individual accounts under their respective headings.

Optional

Once the above sections are filled out accordingly, select Run Report.


This generates a list of all the Active Ledger accounts and their respective source accounts.


Searching

To search through the generated report start typing in the search field as demonstrated below. This is a live search field so pressing enter is not required.


For more information on filtering and formatting generated reports see the support article: How to use the filtering and formatting features within reports.


Right-click menu

To access the right-click menu, use your mouse to right-click anywhere on the generated report to bring up the following menu options.

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