Cloud Financials
Notes to the Financial Statements Page Headers are not printing
The financial statements have both global print settings (for the entire financial statements) and print settings for each statement area such as Notes to Financial Statements. The page headers for Notes to Financial Statements is linked to custom ...
Sample accounts 2024 - Cloud Financials
This year we continue to provide sample accounts for Australian entities to showcase the disclosures available within our Cloud Financials app. The entities that we have produced sample financial statements for are: ACNC General Purpose (SDS) Large ...
How can I resize/condense my Financial Statements?
On the Cloud Financials platform released November 2023, we have introduced a new feature to enable you to tailor the formatting of your financial statements to reduce the number of pages of the financial statements by adjusting the font size and ...
Updating the Firm Settings Template
This knowledge base will guide you on how you can apply the latest template update on your existing firm settings template. Same year release When Caseware releases an update to the same template, please follow these steps: Go to the Firm Settings | ...
How do I apply carry forward settings between numeric columns in a dynamic table in Cloud Financials?
Carry forward settings can be applied in numeric data columns within dynamic tables in Cloud Financials. This will allow users to adjust the carry forward settings for input dynamic tables so that the input balances carry forward into the next year ...
How to create new mapping numbers in Cloud Financials?
To create new mapping numbers in Cloud Financials, complete the following steps: Note: The new Mapping Number has to be unique to the rest of the mapping numbers in the mapping structure. We recommend using the mapping number sequence of the group ...
Reconciliation checks between Statements and Note tables in Cloud Financials
The following reconciliation checks have been added throughout the financial statements: 1. Statement of cash flows / Note: Cash flow information The line items that constitute this reconciliation check are as follows: Statement of cash flows - ...
How do I modify dimension descriptions?
Dimension descriptions are not able to be modified within the table they are displayed. To modify a dimension description within a table, complete the following steps: 1. Take note of the dimension description and the movement table that it displays ...
How do I hide dynamic table column headings?
To hide the column headings within a dynamic table, complete the following steps: 1. To the right of the table, click the More Actions button, and select Edit Dynamic Table. 2. Click the button, and untick the Show the table header checkbox. 3. Click ...
How can I embed a PDF document into the cloud financials?
To embed a PDF document into the cloud financials, complete the following steps: 1. Click the Add financials area button, and select Embedded PDF. Note: The new embedded PDF area will be added to the bottom of the statement area list in the Document ...
How do I remove the single currency display from table column headings?
To remove the single currency display from all table column headings, complete the following steps: 1. Click the Document Settings button, and select Currency Symbol. 2. Within the ‘Display Currency Symbol’ dialog: Tick the OVERRIDE TABLE ...
How do I apply rounding to the financial statements?
How do I apply rounding to the financial statements? The financial statements are able to be rounded to the following: Ones (default setting) Thousands Millions Billions All mapped account balances throughout the financial statements will ...
How Can I Export All of my Adjustment Journal Entries?
To export all of the adjustment journal entries that have been created within an engagement file: Navigate to the ‘Adjustments’ tab. Ensure both the current year and prior year sliders are turned on. Note: Only those journal entries that are visible ...
How do I Adjust the Print Settings for my Financial Statements?
The financial statements have both global print settings and print settings for each statement area. To adjust the global print settings, complete the following steps: Click the Document Settings button and select Document Print Settings. The ‘Print ...
How do I Add Issues to the Financial Statements?
Issues can be assigned at all levels throughout the financial statements, from a main statement all the way through to a note text section. The flag button represents an issue. To add an issue, complete the following steps: Click the flag button next ...
How do I Carry Forward the Engagement File?
The concept of a roll forward still applies to Cloud Financials, however, it is referred to as the carry forward procedure. This entails carrying forward data and responses from your prior year Cloud Financials engagement into your current year ...
How do I Create a New Custom Note?
To create a custom note in Cloud Financials engagement file, complete the following steps: Via the ‘Document Map’, select Notes to the financial statements. Click the Add new note area button and select Create note. Note: The new custom note will be ...
How do I Add a Custom Text Section to an Existing Note?
Existing notes can be tailored to include additional text sections where required. To add custom text sections to an existing note, complete the following steps: Navigate to the note via the ‘Document Map’. Click the Add Section button in the ...
How do I Copy an Existing Dynamic Table to Another Note?
To copy a dynamic table from one note to another note, follow these steps: Navigate to the note that contains the dynamic table that is to be copied. To the right of the table, click the More Actions button, and select Copy Dynamic Table. Navigate to ...
How do I Create Adjustment Journal Entries?
To create a new adjustment journal entry, complete the following steps: Launch the ‘New Adjustment’ dialog by either: Clicking the + button in the upper right corner, and selecting Adjustment; or Navigating to the ‘Adjustments’ tab, and clicking the ...
How do I Download the Financial Statements in PDF Format?
To download the financial statements in pdf format, complete the following steps: In the financial statements, click the printer button and select either: Download PDF (WMK) - standard PDF Download as PDF/A (WMK) - ensures formatting is preserved ...
How do I Edit a Dynamic Table?
To edit a dynamic table, follow these steps: To the right of the table, click the More Actions button and select Edit Dynamic Table. Rows To insert a new row, click the button and select the row type to insert. Note: If a trial balance row is ...
How do I Edit an Existing Text Section?
To edit a text section, follow these steps: Click the text section to be edited. Additional text can either be: Manually entered Copied and pasted from an external source A toolbar is displayed which can be used to either: Further format the text ...
How do I Edit or Delete a Watermark in the Financial Statements?
By default, the watermark feature is turned on in the Cloud Financials template with the wording ‘Draft’. To configure the watermark settings in an engagement file, complete the following steps: Click the Document Settings button, and select Document ...
How do I Edit or Delete Adjustment Journal Entries?
To edit an adjustment journal entry, complete the following steps: In the adjustments screen, click the pen button next to the journal entry that is required to be edited. The ‘Edit Adjustment’ dialog will display, detailing the journal entry. Edit ...
How do I Edit or Delete Issues in the Financial Statements?
To edit an issue, follow these steps: Click on the flag to view the details of the issue created. Click on the pen button. The issue dialog will display detailing the issue. Edit the issue as required, and click OK. To delete an issue, follow these ...
How to use the Reconciliation Summary area in Cloud Financials?
To help identify any discrepancies in your trial balance, a reconciliation summary area has been added to the Cloud Financials template. Note: The reconciliation summary area is turned off by default. To turn on and view the reconciliation summary ...
How do I Print a Note in Landscape?
To print a note in landscape complete the following steps: Insert a page break above and below the note section that is required to have a landscape layout. For more information on how to insert a page break, see ...
How do I Insert and Delete Page Breaks?
To insert a page break: Navigate to the required location. Click the Add section button, and select Page Break. To delete a page break: To the right of the page break, click the More Actions button, and select Delete. In the 'Are you sure?' dialog, ...
How do I Print Preview my Financial Statements?
To generate a print preview of your financial statements follow these steps: In the financial statements, click the printer button and select Print Preview. Click Yes to continue the print preview process. Note: This dialog will not appear if all ...
How do I Review What Changes Have Been Made to my Financial Statements?
To review changes that have been made to the financial statements in an engagement file, complete the following steps: Click the Review tools button and turn on the Review tools slider. Note: When review tools are enabled, the financial statements ...
How do I Send a PDF Copy of my Financials for Review via RFI?
To send a PDF copy of your financial statements via RFI, follow these steps: Create a query and question set by following the steps in this FAQ: https://support.caseware.com.au/portal/en/kb/articles/sending-and-receiving-documents-using-queries Note: ...
How do I Sort Content Within the Financial Statements?
The Document Map provides the ability to navigate around the financial statements, however, it is also used to sort both statement areas and notes to the financial statements. To sort content within the financial statements, complete the following ...
How do I use the Request for Information (RFI) workpapers?
To create and send a query document, follow the steps provided in the FAQ below. Although this FAQ is specific to the Audit product, the same steps are applicable to Cloud Financials. ...
Optimiser 4: Notes to the Financial Statements Overview
The Notes to the financial statements optimiser provides the following: automation to specific note disclosures where alternate wording is required efficiencies to specific note disclosures by having one central data entry point, pre-populating ...
Optimiser 3: Directors' Report Overview
The Directors’ report optimiser provides automation to specific disclosures within the Directors’ report, where alternate wording is required. To display the Directors’ report optimiser, complete the following: Open the Entity and reporting ...
Optimiser 1: Entity and Reporting Information Overview
The Entity and reporting information optimiser captures the entity settings and provides the reporting settings which are used to configure the financial statements being prepared. To use the Entity and reporting information optimiser, complete the ...
Cloud Financials Process Map
The Cloud Financials process map attached below provides Caseware Cloud Financials users with an efficient and effective step-by-step approach to generating a set of financial statements. To go alongside the process map, we have a series of FAQs to ...
How to create a new director details table
To create a new director detail table complete the following steps: Click the + Add section below an existing director detail table and select Text section. This will insert a new text placeholder to the selected location. Click within any existing ...
What's New in Cloud Financials - Release Notes
April 2024 Welcome to Caseware Cloud Financials April 2024 release, June 2024 content version 2.1547 (June 2023 content version 2.1353). Any changes to the templates will only be applicable for new engagements created after the release date of 18 ...
Next page