Comments on: How to Do Column Placement in FRx

By: Jan Harrigan CPA

Jan Harrigan CPA — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 16:17:35 +0000

The short answer is to use the Account Filter cell in the columns. The best answer depends on your account structure: I would probably simplify and use just the programs in the row, but that’s an advanced design that would likely require a bit of consulting to set up correctly. Use the contact form if you want to go that route. I consult with end users and consultants alike! Cheers…Jan

By: Ranjit Charles

Ranjit Charles — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 15:43:13 +0000

Jan,
I am trying to display revenue and expense columns by program in FRx. so our row description will have our programs and I would like to insert 2 seperate GL columns one for the revenue accounts and the other for the Expense accounts.
Ex=g
Program A Revenue A Expense A Profit A
Program B Revenue B Expense B Profit B
Program C Revenue C Expense C Profit C
How do we get this to come out correctly onthe catalog. The key is to have a revenue account and expense in one line (row).
Thanks!

By: Merle

Merle — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 18:22:21 +0000

I’ve used the formula in FRx but have yet to find a solution in Management Reporter that will return the same results. Seems MS forgot this one.

By: Jan Harrigan CPA

Jan Harrigan CPA — Tue, 05 May 2009 14:03:51 +0000

Excellent point, thanks Jeff! You’re exactly right (of course!): the calculation priority is only necessary in reports where a CAL in the row intersects with a CALC in the column.

FRx has to know which calculation should prevail, and defaults to the CALC in the column (meaning calculation priority is set to ‘calculate rows first’).

Makes sense that if D=C1360 was the only calculation in this example, you wouldn’t have to change the default priority. Thanks for pointing that out…Jan

By: Jeff [MSFT]

Jeff [MSFT] — Tue, 05 May 2009 06:33:27 +0000

Hi Jan,

Good post. I just wanted to clarify one thing …

You only need to change the calculation priority to columns first if there’s an intersection of row and column calculations. In the example above, if you were setting column D=C1360, you would not need to change the calculation priority because there’s only one calculation. However, because you’re setting column E’s value and column E is a CALC column, FRx needs to know which of the conflicting calculations should take priority (i.e., which should happen first). It’s a little strange, but that’s the way it works.

Hope that helps.
Jeff

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