The Control Report provides you with a tool to control your payables. You can also use it to ensure your data tables are in balance.

The Control Report prints the total for each AP Code by aging periods and prints a grand total for all AP Codes and is used to reconcile the total AP liability for all AP Codes to the balances in those General Ledger accounts. It is also used to catch discrepancies among the total due in the master table, the open invoice table, and the line detail table.

The report computes the line details of each invoice and compares it to the total due for that invoice in the open invoice table. It also computes the total due for each invoice in the open invoice table (Open Item Total), and compares it to the total due in the vendor master table (Master Total). If there is a discrepancy among the tables, a value other than zero appears in the Net Difference column on the right side of the report. If this occurs you should recalculate vendor balances.

In addition to the invoice totals due for each vendor, the report displays the individual debit and credit aging totals listed by each of the aging periods established by the AP Code.

To print this report, select Reporting > Control Report from the left navigation pane and enter the criteria for the report in the AP Control Report window and select OK.