Entering and Viewing Forecast
Financial Data
When you enter
or view Forecast Financial Data, you will see one of two screens,
depending on what year you are forecasting. If you are entering Forecast
Financial Data for the current year or a previous year, you will enter
periodic (monthly or quarterly) figures. Your screen will look like this:

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Below the From Income
Statement heading, you will see Monthly Forecast for... or
Quarterly Forecast for... (depending
on what you entered in your Company Set Up, Period option).
For all years after the
current year, the Forecast Financial Data will be entered in yearly
figures. The Forecast Financial Data screen for all years after the
current year will not display the drop-down list for Period:

To begin entering
Forecast Financial Data:
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You enter a fiscal year.
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Then select the period
(month or quarter), if applicable.
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Then enter the financial
data. You can use either the Tab key or the Enter key to advance from
field to field. You will be prompted if you enter non-numeric data.
Any non-numeric data will be converted to zero when the data is saved.
When you have completed
the data entry for the selected period, you may:
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Select another period for
Forecast data
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Jump to Historical/Present
Data by clicking on
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Go back to the Main
Menu by clicking on 
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Go to the Reports
Menu by clicking on 
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Go to the Company
Set Up by clicking on 
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Display the Help
screens by clicking on 
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The
button is used to save the data entered.
If you have not saved the
data you entered when you close this screen, you will see this
message:
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If the Asset and Liability
figures you entered for the Balance Sheet do not balance, you will be
warned. Easier Vision® will still save the out of balance figures, but
you cannot run reports until you correct the out of balance condition.
Changing Previously Saved
Data:
If you change a previous
year's saved financial data, you will see a warning asking you to confirm
the changes made.
Deleting Data Entry Records:
If need to delete a year's
forecast data, you click on
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You will then select the year whose data you want to delete, then click on
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All the forecasted data for that year will be deleted and will not be able
to be retrieved.
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