In this exercise, you will practice adding a comment, viewing cell history, and adding supporting details.
Exercise
1. This exercise uses the Drill Through – Account Details form that was used in Exercise 5. If you don’t have that form open, open it now. Select an L4 Department for Entity, Current Funds, and C1 – Summary – Plan. Refresh the data.
2. Right-click on the account 550XX – General Supplies – Plan and select Acct Details by POV
3. Expand the period for 2024-25 Operating Budget so that Apr, May and Jun are visible.
4. Right-click the value for June that you updated in the last exercise and select Change History from the quick menu
5. Review the change history and then click the X in the upper-right corner to close the Change History window
6. Right-click the cell for June and select Comments from the quick menu
7. Click the green + button to add a comment
8. Enter your comment and then click the Add button in the lower right
9. Review your comment and click the Close button in the lower right corner
10. Now you’ll add supporting details to the entry for April. Right-click on the value for Apr and select Supporting Detail from the quick menu
11. Replace the Untitled label with “Flyers” and enter an amount that is less than the total
12. Now you need to add a row to explain the remaining dollars. Hover your mouse over the first button next to the View menu item at the top of the window. Notice that it says “Add Child.” In this case, you want to add another row at the same level, so click the second button to add a sibling.
13. Enter “Internal Use” and 20 in the Label and Apr columns.
14. Click the Save button and then click OK to acknowledge that the supporting detail information has been saved.
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