Sample Financial Statements

Financial statements are Microsoft Excel spreadsheets that use special functions to extract data from the Sage 300 company database.

Some sample statements are included with General Ledger. English-language statements are located in the ENG subfolder of the General Ledger program folder. If are using another supported language version of Sage 300, you'll find your statements in a language-specific folder. For example, French statements are located in the FRA subfolder and work with French-language Excel.

To use a sample statement, you must manually copy it to the SharedData\company\FinancialReporter folder on your Sage 300 server.

General Ledger includes the following standard financial statements:

The sample statements are designed for Sage 300 sample data, and retrieve data using standard account groups.

To use the statements with your own data, you must either:

  • Assign the same standard account groups to your accounts.
  • Customize the sample statements to match the account groups that you have set up for your company.

To modify a sample statement, first copy the file and then save it with a new file name.

Balance Sheets

General Ledger includes standard balance sheet statements and summaries.

The sample summaries include:

Note: All sample balance sheets include the profit or loss for the period.

Income Statements

General Ledger includes standard income statements and income statement summaries.

The sample summaries include:

Tip: You can use Excel formulas and functions to display amounts as percents or ratios.

Financial Analysis Statements

Analysis statements display financial ratios used by financial managers to evaluate a company's performance.

Financial Forecasts

Use financial forecasting to assess your current operating performance, and project how your business will perform in the future.

Forecast.xls creates a forecasted income statement and balance sheet. The statements include actuals for the current and previous years, and projected amounts for the next three years based on the percentage of sales revenue growth.

Note: The forecasting method assumes that certain expenses, assets, and liabilities maintain a constant relationship to the level of sales. To perform what-if analysis, enter projected percentages for revenue growth and other line items in the Adjustments area of the statement specification.