1. Using FSG’s & ADI
to Create / Review
Financial Statements
Using FSG’s & ADI
to Create / Review
Financial Statements
Andrew G. Diamond
DARC Corporation
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Keys to SuccessKeys to Success
• Become familiar w/your COA structure
– Know account ranges and parent accounts
– Print out COA listing and Rollup ranges
• Draft a hard copy of what you want your F/S to look
like
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What is a Row Set?What is a Row Set?
• Row Sets typically define row format and content.
They often include:
– Accounts
– Line item descriptions
– Row totals
– Row calculations
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What is a Column Set?What is a Column Set?
• Column Sets typically define the format and content
of the columns in an FSG report
• Oracle provides seeded column sets, or you can build
your own
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Column Set AttributesColumn Set Attributes
• The commonly assumed attributes for a column set
are:
– Time period (PTD, QTD, YTD, etc)
– Account type (Actual, Budget or Encumbrance)
• These two elements are defined by an Amount Type
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Column Set: ButtonsColumn Set: Buttons
• Create Heading button: Displays a graphical tool
used to design column set headings that appear on
report output (no content can be defined)
• Define Columns button: Allows you to create column
set content
• Build Column Set button: Displays a graphical tool
that allows both the design of column set headings
that appear on report output (such as width and
formatting) and the creation of some column set
content
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What is a Content Set?What is a Content Set?
• Content Sets are used to override row/column
account assignments and display types to create
multiple variations of existing reports
• You can generate many similar reports in a single run
by using content sets
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P&L – With Content SetP&L – With Content Set
• Using the PE (Page Expand) functionality, one FSG
can generate three separate P&L’s:
– One P&L for Co 01
– One P&L for Co 02
– One P&L for Co 99
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P&L Output – With
Content Set
P&L Output – With
Content Set
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How do you define a FSG
Report?
How do you define a FSG
Report?
• Reports are created by specifying a combination of
report components (ie Row Set, Column Set, etc).
Typically, values specified when defining a report
override values specified at the individual component
level
• The value entered in the Title field will appear at the
top of the report
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Running FSG ReportsRunning FSG Reports
• FSG’s may be run from:
– Run Financial Reports form
– Concurrent Manager
• The name of the request is “Program - Run Financial
Statement Generator”
– ADI’s Request Center
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F/S drilldown – View Data
in Excel
F/S drilldown – View Data
in Excel
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TipsTips
• You may Migrate FSG components from one
instance to another using “Program - FSG Transfer”
Concurrent Request
• Using the “AutoCopy” functionality, you may copy
existing FSG components
• Many Profile Options:
– ADI%
– FSG%
– GLDI%
