General Ledger, Trial Balance reports, and Cost Reports

With Wrapbook’s Production Accounting Suite (PAS), you can download payroll and accounting reports instantly.

Access accounting reports

  1. From the left-side navigation, click the dropdown menu

  2. Select the project that you want to access accounting reports for

  3. In the left-side navigation, click Accounting to expand the menu

  4. In the left-side navigation Accounting menu, click Accounting reports

Accounting reports options

There are three different types of accounting reports that you can generate for a project:

  • General ledger (GL) reports

  • Trial balance reports

  • Cost reports

Click on each of the tabs in the Account reports guide below to learn more.

Account reports guide

GL reports

You can use the General ledger report page to build, preview, and generate custom reports based on your project’s transactional data in Wrapbook.

Create a GL report

  1. On the Accounting reports page, click the Create report button next to General ledger

  2. On the General ledger report page, use the Quick filters and manual filters to build your report

  3. Select the Report settings

  4. Preview your report

  5. Generate your report

GL quick filters

Instead of manually selecting the filters that you want to apply to the GL report, you can use the Quick filters section to pull and analyze your data using simple, conversational language.

Here’s how it works

  • On the General ledger report page in the Quick filters section, click the +

  • Under What kind of report do you need? type your request

Quick filter tips

The Quick filters section can process most natural language queries that are based on the following filters:

  • Tags

  • Location

  • Production/Episode

  • Account codes

  • Transaction numbers

  • Period/Effective date

  • Transaction type

  • Vendor information

The Quick filters feature works best when you’re specific about the information you're looking for. Be sure to include relevant dates, periods, or account codes in your query.

Here’s some examples of requests you can make:

  • Show me all transactions for vendor Home Depot

  • Display all qualified expenses in Louisiana

  • What transactions occurred in the previous period?

  • Show me all post-production costs

Alternatively, you can click on one of the Suggestions listed in the Quick filters section.

GL manual filters

If you don’t want to use the Quick filters, you can use the Apply filters section of the General ledger report page to manually select filters.

Click to see the full list of manual filters for GL reports

Filter

Description

From period & To period

Define the period range

Transaction type

Options: Accounts Payable (AP), Journal Entry (JE), Payroll (PR), Vendor Payment (VP), Open Purchase Order (Open PO)

Transaction start date & Transaction end date

Select the timeframe for transactions

From Transaction # & To transaction #

Select a range of transactions based on their reference number

From PO # & To PO #

Select a range of purchase orders based on their reference number

Transaction status

Options: Posted (default), Unposted, All statuses

Cancelled

IOptions: nclude (default), Exclude, Only

Posted start date & Posted end date

Select a range of transactions based on the date they were posted

Vendor

Select the vendors that you want to see transactions for. If you don’t see a vendor in the list, you’ll need to go to the Vendors page and add them before you can select them as a filter.

V1099

Select the vendors with US tax form 1099s that you want to see transactions for

From ACCT & To ACCT

Select the account numbers that you want to see transactions for

Account type

Options: Asset, Liability, Expense, Income, and Equity

LO

Select the work locations that you want to see transactions for. If you don’t see a location in the list, you’ll need to go to Project settings, Accounting section and add it to your project’s Tags.

PRD

Select the production numbers that you want to see transactions for. If you don’t see a production number in the list, you’ll need to go to Project settings, Accounting section and add it to your project’s Tags.

SET

Select the set numbers that you want to see transactions for. If you don’t see a set number in the list, you’ll need to go to Project settings, Accounting section and add it to your project’s Tags.

FF1

This is a free field that you can use to add a custom filter

Asset

Choose if you want to see transactions for production assets

Description contains

Select transactions that have specific words in their transaction descriptions

Line amount minimum & Line amount maximum

Select a range of transactions based on their individual dollar amounts

Include distribution changes

Click the checkbox to show distribution changes made, un-click the checkbox to hide them completely

Include starting balance

Click the checkbox to show the starting balance for the period range selected, un-click the checkbox to hide it

GL report settings

Before you generate a GL report, you’ll be required to enter the following information in the Report settings section:

  • Report title

  • Report type (Detail or Summary)

  • Group by (Account code, Account type, Transaction vendor, Line vendor, Transaction type, Transaction #, Ref # Tag (LO), Tag (PRD), Tag (SET), Tag (FF1), Ungrouped)

  • Export format (PDF or CSV)

  • Page size (Letter, Legal, Ledger/RA3 or 2x Ledger/RA2)

Preview your GL report

In the Report preview section of the General ledger report page, you can see how the report will appear based on the filters and settings you’ve applied.

Generate your GL report

  • On the General ledger report page, click the Generate report button

  • After you click the button, your report will begin automatically downloading to your computer. You’ll receive an email once it’s ready.

Trial balance reports

You can use the Trial balance option to see a summary of balances on all accounts, grouped by Assets, Liabilities, and Expenses.

Create a trial balance report

  1. On the Accounting reports page, click the Create report button next to Trial balance

  2. On the Generate a trial balance report page, under Apply filters, select the data to include in your report

  3. Select the Report settings

  4. Preview your report

  5. Generate your report

Trial balance report filters

On the Generate a trial balance report page you can use the following filters:

Period and date filters

  • Period ranges or individual periods

  • Transaction date

  • Posted date

  • Effective date

Tag filters

  • LO

  • PRD

  • SET

  • Free Fields (if using)

  • 1099

  • Transaction Status

Trial balance report settings

Before you generate a trial balance report, you’ll be required to enter the following information in the Report settings section:

  • Report title

  • Report type (Detail or Summary)

  • Export format (PDF or CSV)

  • Page size (Letter, Legal, Ledger/RA3 or 2x Ledger/RA2)


You’ll also have the the options to:

  • Show $0 accounts

  • Summarize expenses (PDF only)


Preview your trial balance report

In the Report preview section of the Generate a trial balance report page, you can see how the report will appear based on the filters and settings you’ve applied.


Generate a trial balance report

  • On the Generate a trial balance report page, click the Generate report button

  • After you click the button, your report will begin automatically downloading to your computer. You’ll receive an email once it’s ready.

Cost reports

You can use the Generate a cost report page to build, preview, and download reports for your committed and actual costs compared to your budget/estimated final costs (EFC) for the current period.

Create a cost report

  1. On the Accounting reports page, click the Create report button next to Cost report

  2. On the Generate a cost report page, under Apply filters, select the data to include in your report

  3. Select the Report settings

  4. Preview your report

  5. Generate your report

Cost report filters

You can apply the following filters to the cost report:

  • Period range

  • Transaction date range

  • Posted date range

  • ACCT numbers

  • LO

  • PRD

  • SET

  • FF1


Cost report settings

Before you generate a cost report, you’ll be required to enter the following information in the Report settings section:

  • Report title

  • Report type (Detail or Summary)

  • Export format (PDF or CSV)

  • Page size (Letter, Legal, Ledger/RA3 or 2x Ledger/RA2)


You’ll also have the the options to:

  • Show $0 accounts

  • Show period variance

  • Edit the report columns

    • Click to edit the columns that you want to show in the report. The options are: Account, Description, Period actuals, Actuals to date, POs, Total to date, ETC, EFC, Budget, Approved overages, Total budget, Variance, Period variance


Preview your cost report

In the Report preview section of the Generate a cost report page, you can see how the report will appear based on the filters and settings you’ve applied.

Generate your cost report

  • On the Generate acost report page, click the Generate report button

  • After you click the button, your report will begin automatically downloading to your computer. You’ll receive an email once it’s ready.