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		<Title xmlns:ssa="http://www.ssaglobal.com" xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">Financial Statements (FST)</Title>
		<Keyword><Level1>Financial Statements (FST)</Level1>
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		<Keyword><Level1>FST (Financial Statements)</Level1>
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	<AimSection><Paragraph>A financial statement is a user-defined account structure that serves as a basis for financial reports.</Paragraph>
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	<GeneralSection><List><ListIntro>In the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tf/fst" role="module" Update="No">Financial Statements (FST)</GUIRef> module, you can:</ListIntro>
			<ListItem>Define financial statements, and link a structure of child statement accounts and parent statement accounts to the financial statement.</ListItem>
			<ListItem>Link <Link href="/baanerp/tf/glossary/glossary#LedgerAccoun.tf" role="glossary">ledger accounts</Link> and/or <Link href="/baanerp/tf/glossary/glossary#Dimension.tf" role="glossary">dimensions</Link> to the statement accounts.</ListItem>
			<ListItem>Export financial data to FST reporting tables. You can now use an external report writer, for exampole, the SSA Enterprise Reporting for ERP LN, to define and produce the reports.</ListItem>
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		<List><ListIntro>The <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tf/fst" role="module">Financial Statements</GUIRef> module has links with the following modules:</ListIntro>
			<ListItem><Link href="/baanerp/tf/onlinemanual/tfgld" role="module">General Ledger (GLD)</Link>
			</ListItem>
			<ListItem><Link href="/baanerp/tf/onlinemanual/tffbs" role="module">Financial Budget System (FBS)</Link>
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	<RelatedTopics><SectionTitle>Related topics</SectionTitle>
		<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/tf/onlinemanual/000330" role="manual">Financial statements</Link>
		</RelTopic>
		<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/tf/onlinemanual/000331" role="manual">To set up the statement account structure</Link>
		</RelTopic>
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