The global report settings dictate the location and format of the general accounting policies in a report.
The global report settings can be set by selecting the Admin Centre from the dropdown menu in the top right-hand corner of any screen. From here select Global Report Settings.
From here you can change the location, title and format of the notes by editing the following fields:
General policy location
Reportance maintains six general accounting policies. They are:
- General information
- Financial reporting framework
- Statement of compliance
- Basis of preparation
- Application of new and revised Australian Accounting Standards
- Critical accounting judgements and key sources of estimation uncertainty
For information on how to create additional policies see the administrative guide: Reporting - Notes.
To change where these policies appear in the notes, select the Location for 'General Accounting Policies' dropdown menu. There are three options to choose from:
- Standalone
- Standalone note
- Policies note
1. Standalone: In this view the general policies will appear before Note 1 without a note heading.
2. Standalone Note: The general policies will become Note 1 and therefore the accounting policies will move to Note 2. An additional field will become available to allow you to customise the title of Note 1.
3. Policies note: In this view the general policies are combined with the accounting policies to all become part of Note 1.
Note format
You are able to customise the format of the note headers. To do this you can use the fields {NoteNumber} and {Title} to determine the position of the number and the title in the header. You may add other information if relevant.
At any stage you can revert back to the original system settings by clicking on the Revert to System Defaults button in the lower right of the screen.
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