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   <Header>
      <Title>Financial Statements</Title>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e1655574">
         <Level1>Financial Statements</Level1>
      </Keyword>
   </Header>
   <AimSection>
      <Paragraph>A financial statement is a user-defined account structure that
		serves as a basis for financial reports.</Paragraph>
   </AimSection>
   <GeneralSection>
      <List>
         <ListIntro>In the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tf/fst" role="module">Financial Statements</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>Link <Link href="/baanerp/tf/glossary/glossary#000471" role="glossary">cash flow reasons</Link> to <Link href="/baanerp/tf/glossary/glossary#000472" role="glossary">cash flow statement</Link> accounts.</ListItem>
         <ListItem>Export financial data to FST reporting tables .</ListItem>
         <ListItem>Print reports directly, or use the <Link href="/baanerp/tf/glossary/glossary#000498" role="glossary">BIRT</Link> report functionality to print to PDF, HTML, and
		  export to Excel or Word.</ListItem>
      </List>
      <List>
         <ListIntro>Financial statements are linked to:</ListIntro>
         <ListItem> 
            <Link href="/baanerp/tf/onlinemanual/tfgld" role="manual">
               <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tf/gld" role="module">General Ledger</GUIRef>
            </Link>
         </ListItem>
         <ListItem> 
            <Link href="/baanerp/tf/onlinemanual/tffbs" role="manual">
               <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tf/fbs" role="module">Financial Budgeting System</GUIRef>
            </Link>
         </ListItem>
      </List>
   </GeneralSection>
   <RelatedTopics>
      <SectionTitle>Related topics</SectionTitle>
      <RelTopic>
         <Link href="/baanerp/tf/onlinemanual/000330" role="manual">Financial statements – overview</Link>
      </RelTopic>
      <RelTopic>
         <Link href="/baanerp/tf/onlinemanual/000331" role="manual">To set up the statement account structure</Link>
      </RelTopic>
   </RelatedTopics>
</ManualTopic>