# Using Reports

Find reports, set filters, read totals, open source entries, reconcile results, and produce output.

# Find and Open the Correct Muhasib Report

### Find and Open the Correct Muhasib Report

### Overview

This guide will help you select the report or inquiry that answers your operational question without changing source data.

The selected read-only view is ready for scoped filtering and interpretation.

### Who can do this

You need access to The report's own view permission and authorized company/data shown.

### Before you start

State the question, subject, company, date/as-of basis, required detail, and whether you need current state, history, movement, balance, or forecast.

<div id="bkmrk-%F0%9F%9A%A8-importantmake-sure" style="border-left: 4px solid #dc2626; background: #fef2f2; padding: 12px 16px; margin: 15px 0; border-radius: 4px;">Before saving, check that the correct company is open and that you have permission to complete this task.</div>### Where to find it

Back Office → relevant workspace module → Reports/Inquiries.

### Find and Open the Correct Muhasib Report

#### Step 1: Use Inquiry for source-document search and status/detail where available

#### Step 2: Use Ledger for opening, movement, and running/closing balance

#### Step 3: Use Summary for grouped totals and Report for the named analysis

#### Step 4: Use History for old/new master or transaction changes

#### Step 5: Use Dashboard/Forecast for analytical or forward-looking views

#### Step 6: Confirm the screen title before applying filters

### Check your work

Confirm its grain, date semantics, entities, totals, and source drill-down match the original question.

<div id="bkmrk-%F0%9F%92%A1-tipcheck-the-saved" style="border-left: 4px solid #2563eb; background: #eff6ff; padding: 12px 16px; margin: 15px 0; border-radius: 4px;">Take a moment to check your work before closing the window. This small check can save time later.</div>### If something goes wrong

- A similarly named report may use a different grain or cutoff.
- Missing menu items can indicate permission, subscription, setting, or inactive-feature restrictions.

### Related guides

- [Set Report Date, Company, Location, Terminal, and Entity Filters](https://docs.muhasiberp.com/link/481)
- [Read Report Totals, Signs, Running Balances, and Age Buckets](https://docs.muhasiberp.com/link/482)
- [Drill from a Report into a Source Transaction](https://docs.muhasiberp.com/link/483)

### What to do next

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# Set Report Date, Company, Location, Terminal, and Entity Filters

### How to Set Report Date, Company, Location, Terminal, and Entity Filters in Muhasib ERP

### Overview

This guide will help you produce a precisely scoped report whose filters can be reproduced by another reviewer.

Muhasib returns records matching its report-specific filter logic.

### Who can do this

You need access to Report view access and authorization for every selected company/location/entity.

### Before you start

Define company, from/to or as-of date, timezone/cutoff, locations, terminals, users, parties, items, statuses, accounts, and inclusion rules.

<div id="bkmrk-%F0%9F%9A%A8-importantmake-sure" style="border-left: 4px solid #dc2626; background: #fef2f2; padding: 12px 16px; margin: 15px 0; border-radius: 4px;">Before saving, check that the correct company is open and that you have permission to complete this task.</div>### Where to find it

Open the intended report and its filter area.

### Set Report Date, Company, Location, Terminal, and Entity Filters

#### Step 1: Select the intended company first

#### Step 2: Set exact from/to dates or as-of date and note whether time is included

#### Step 3: Select location, terminal, user, and entity filters

#### Step 4: Set status, zero-balance, detail, grouping, or other options

#### Step 5: Select Filter/Generate once

#### Step 6: Record filters and generation timestamp with any exported output

### Check your work

Test boundary records and confirm the title/filter summary identifies the selected scope.

<div id="bkmrk-%F0%9F%92%A1-tipcheck-the-saved" style="border-left: 4px solid #2563eb; background: #eff6ff; padding: 12px 16px; margin: 15px 0; border-radius: 4px;">Take a moment to check your work before closing the window. This small check can save time later.</div>### If something goes wrong

- Clear hidden/stale filters when known records are absent.
- Do not combine results from different date semantics without adjustment.

### Related guides

- [Find and Open the Correct Muhasib Report](https://docs.muhasiberp.com/link/480)
- [Reconcile Two Muhasib Reports Safely](https://docs.muhasiberp.com/link/485)
- [Print, Export, or Email a Report](https://docs.muhasiberp.com/link/484)

### What to do next

<div id="bkmrk-%E2%9C%85-next-actioncontinu" style="border-left: 4px solid #16a34a; background: #f0fdf4; padding: 12px 16px; margin: 15px 0; border-radius: 4px;">[**Find and Open the Correct Muhasib Report**](https://docs.muhasiberp.com/link/480).</div>

# Read Report Totals, Signs, Running Balances, and Age Buckets

### Read Report Totals, Signs, Running Balances, and Age Buckets

### Overview

This guide will help you interpret report values correctly before making an operational or accounting decision.

You can explain reported values and distinguish real exceptions from presentation conventions.

### Who can do this

You need access to View access to the report and its underlying business scope.

### Before you start

Know report grain, account/transaction type, date scope, unit/currency, set up decimal places, and expected normal balance.

<div id="bkmrk-%F0%9F%9A%A8-importantmake-sure" style="border-left: 4px solid #dc2626; background: #fef2f2; padding: 12px 16px; margin: 15px 0; border-radius: 4px;">Before saving, check that the correct company is open and that you have permission to complete this task.</div>### Where to find it

Open and filter the selected report.

### Read Report Totals, Signs, Running Balances, and Age Buckets

#### Step 1: Identify whether each row is a transaction, item, document, party,

Identify whether each row is a transaction, item, document, party, account, group, or period.

#### Step 2: Confirm unit and currency

#### Step 3: Determine how returns, refunds, credits, reversals, and negative quantities are

Determine how returns, refunds, credits, reversals, and negative quantities are signed.

#### Step 4: Recalculate one running balance from opening plus movements

#### Step 5: Verify subtotal and grand-total grouping

#### Step 6: For ageing, inspect due-date basis and bucket boundaries

### Check your work

Representative row, subtotal, running balance, and ageing bucket reproduce from source data.

<div id="bkmrk-%F0%9F%92%A1-tipcheck-the-saved" style="border-left: 4px solid #2563eb; background: #eff6ff; padding: 12px 16px; margin: 15px 0; border-radius: 4px;">Take a moment to check your work before closing the window. This small check can save time later.</div>### If something goes wrong

- Do not assume parentheses, credit, or negative signs mean the same thing across reports.
- Investigate rounding at line, document, and grouped levels.

### Related guides

- [Drill from a Report into a Source Transaction](https://docs.muhasiberp.com/link/483)
- [Reconcile Two Muhasib Reports Safely](https://docs.muhasiberp.com/link/485)
- [Set Report Date, Company, Location, Terminal, and Entity Filters](https://docs.muhasiberp.com/link/481)

### What to do next

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# Drill from a Report into a Source Transaction

### Drill from a Report into a Source Transaction

### Overview

This guide will help you trace a report row to the exact source document and its linked stock, payment, or accounting records.

The analytical value is connected to an auditable source transaction.

### Who can do this

You need access to Report access plus view permission for the source transaction and linked records.

### Before you start

Record row values, document/transaction/reference number, date, party/item/account, amount/quantity, and report filters.

<div id="bkmrk-%F0%9F%9A%A8-importantmake-sure" style="border-left: 4px solid #dc2626; background: #fef2f2; padding: 12px 16px; margin: 15px 0; border-radius: 4px;">Before saving, check that the correct company is open and that you have permission to complete this task.</div>### Where to find it

Select/double-click the row or use View Record; otherwise open the source module inquiry separately.

### Drill from a Report into a Source Transaction

#### Step 1: Capture the report row and filters

#### Step 2: Use the supported drill-down action

#### Step 3: Confirm the opened document number and entity match

#### Step 4: Review current status and linked returns, payments, stock, or journals

#### Step 5: If no drill-down exists, search the source inquiry by stable identifier

#### Step 6: Return to the report and document the explanation

### Check your work

Source values and status explain the report row at the same scope/cutoff.

<div id="bkmrk-%F0%9F%92%A1-tipcheck-the-saved" style="border-left: 4px solid #2563eb; background: #eff6ff; padding: 12px 16px; margin: 15px 0; border-radius: 4px;">Take a moment to check your work before closing the window. This small check can save time later.</div>### If something goes wrong

- Source view may be blocked by separate permission.
- Centralized or summarized postings may not expose one-to-one document rows.

### Related guides

- [Find and Open the Correct Muhasib Report](https://docs.muhasiberp.com/link/480)
- [Trace a Source Transaction into the General Ledger](https://docs.muhasiberp.com/link/237)
- [Reconcile Two Muhasib Reports Safely](https://docs.muhasiberp.com/link/485)

### What to do next

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# Reconcile Two Muhasib Reports Safely

### How to Reconcile Two Muhasib Reports Safely in Muhasib ERP

### Overview

This guide will help you explain why two reports agree or differ without forcing either result.

The difference is explained, corrected, or retained as a documented timing/control item.

### Who can do this

You need access to Access to both reports and their source transactions.

### Before you start

Define expected relationship and align company, dates/cutoff, locations, terminals, statuses, units, currency, signs, and detail/grain.

<div id="bkmrk-%F0%9F%9A%A8-importantmake-sure" style="border-left: 4px solid #dc2626; background: #fef2f2; padding: 12px 16px; margin: 15px 0; border-radius: 4px;">Before saving, check that the correct company is open and that you have permission to complete this task.</div>### Where to find it

Open both reports in their respective modules.

### Reconcile Two Muhasib Reports Safely

#### Step 1: Record the purpose and expected control equation

#### Step 2: Align all visible and hidden filters

#### Step 3: Compare populations/counts before totals

#### Step 4: Separate timing, scope, sign, unit, rounding, status, and classification differences

#### Step 5: Drill to source records for the residual difference

#### Step 6: Correct source data only through its authorized workflow

### Check your work

After valid adjustments, both reports satisfy the defined control equation for the same population.

<div id="bkmrk-%F0%9F%92%A1-tipcheck-the-saved" style="border-left: 4px solid #2563eb; background: #eff6ff; padding: 12px 16px; margin: 15px 0; border-radius: 4px;">Take a moment to check your work before closing the window. This small check can save time later.</div>### If something goes wrong

- Similar report titles do not guarantee identical grain.
- Never add an unexplained journal or stock adjustment solely to force agreement.

### Related guides

- [Set Report Date, Company, Location, Terminal, and Entity Filters](https://docs.muhasiberp.com/link/481)
- [Read Report Totals, Signs, Running Balances, and Age Buckets](https://docs.muhasiberp.com/link/482)
- [Drill from a Report into a Source Transaction](https://docs.muhasiberp.com/link/483)

### What to do next

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