Print monthly reports from a prior year
Follow these steps to print monthly reports for a client that has been closed forward to a new year.
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This process requires you to remove current year data. It's very important to follow these steps in order to save a copy of the current year data in a copy of the client.
- Open the client.
- SelectFile,Save As, enter a unique name such as COPY[Client ID], and selectSave. This creates and opens a copy of the client.
- SelectFile, thenClose Client.
- SelectHelp, thenRepair.
- Select the copied client.
- SelectDecompress Client.
- SelectDelete most recent year end files, then selectYesto delete the most recent year-end files. (For example, deleting all .L18 files deletes the 2018 year end.)
- If necessary, repeat the previous step until you’ve deleted all files for years following the period to print monthly reports for. (For example, if you want to print monthly reports for 2019, you need to delete year-end files for 2021 and 2020.)
- SelectDonetwice.
- Open the copied client to print monthly reports for.
- If the client isn't currently set for a monthly calculation period, selectFileand thenClient Properties, select theMonthlyoption in the Calc period tab, and selectOK.
- SelectFile, then select period to process.
- Select January, or the first month of the year in a fiscal year end client, from the list and selectMove to Selected Period.
- SelectFile, then selectperiod to process.
- Select the month you need the report for and selectMove to Selected Period.
- SelectFile, thenPrintand print the desired reports.
- When you're finished printing reports, close the client, then selectFile, thenDeleteand delete the copied client.