This report differs from the Outstanding Items (current) report in that it allows you to see an adjusted picture of Purchase Ledger amounts outstanding, for example, you can effectively see what the situation was several weeks or months ago, for items that have subsequently been paid, rather than just the current picture. The menu option is actually a program rather than a traditional Report Generator, and only works when the transactions that are to be examined are still present in the transaction and archive files. The Outstanding Items (retrospective) report prints a document showing the selection parameters in the header of the report. The body of the report lists the items outstanding on accounts within the chosen parameters with a total for each account. It displays the account,the currency of the account, the daybook the document was created on, the document date, the due date, whether the document is overdue or not, the type of the document (such as invoice/credit), the document number, reference, total amount of document and amount outstanding.
To access outstanding items (retrospective):
From the Autoline Master menu select the Purchase Ledger option and the Company you require.
The PURCHASE LEDGER menu is displayed.
Select the Reports & enquiries option.
The PL REPORTS AND ENQUIRIES menu is displayed.
Select the Outstanding items (retrospective) option.
The Outstanding items form is displayed.
The Oustanding Items form is displayed when the Outstanding items (retrospective) option is selected from the PL REPORTS AND ENQUIRIES menu.
FIELDS:
Cut off date: This defaults to today's date, and if the default is accepted, it behaves as per the outstanding items (current) report. If an alternative date is selected using the 
button, the report will "drill back" into the transactions to present the picture at that time.
Start and end account: Start and end account numbers on a 'from-to' basis or for all accounts (leave field blank for all). An button facilitates the search.
Area codes: Start and end area codes on a 'from-to' basis or for all area codes (leave field blank for all)
Branch Codes: Start and end branch codes on a 'from-to' basis or for all branch codes (leave field blank for all)
Currency: The default is to display all currencies, but a specific selection can be chosen by using the drop-down menu 
.
Control Accounts: Start and end Purchase Ledger control account codes on a 'from-to' basis or for all control account codes (leave field blank for all). The button aids the search.
BUTTONS:
OK: Prints the report to the currently selected printer.
Exit: Returns you to the PL REPORTS AND ENQUIRIES menu.
Help: Displays help on the current application using the default browser.
Sort by:
These radio buttons allow you to sort on account or by branch. The default is account.
