This is the second in a series of posts on simplifying FRx. In almost every existing FRx implementation, I run across opportunities to simplify, meaning reduce, the number of catalogs (aka reports). That often translates to fewer rows, columns, and trees. I really love doing … [Read more...]
Simplify FRx Totals and Calculations
This is the first of a series of posts on how to simplify FRx. It's so easy to make FRx harder than it should be. And it's not only harder to set up but way tougher to maintain. In this post I'll give some real world examples of simplifying FRx totals and calculations. I'm … [Read more...]
Get More Information From FRx Using Transaction Detail Drilldown
Something fishy with an account balance? It's nice to be able to drilldown in FRx instead of going to the GL. Saves a few steps. I'm not going to show you what the finished product looks like because I'm in a demo database and the transactions look pretty tacky. But suffice to … [Read more...]
The Perils of Page Breaks in FRx
Adding a page break in FRx is laughably easy—sort of. For the most part, you should use the Format Code PI in the row format instead of the PB code. Why? Well, PB doesn't actually stand for Page Break. It means "give me a new page for a balance sheet, and skip all those messy … [Read more...]
FRx Shortcut—Use Launcher Instead of Chaining
What to do when you want to run several FRx reports? Run them one at a time? Well, most people turn to Chaining in the Output tab. That's all well and good, but often I like to use Launcher instead. It's fast and there's no setup involved. (Launcher was technically designed … [Read more...]
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