When setting up your chart of accounts and other records, you should be aware of a powerful feature of Sage 50 called masking. Masking is the ability, when you order certain reports, to limit the information on the report to a single division, department, location, or type code.
To take advantage of department masking in general ledger, you must set up your chart of accounts with division, department, or location codes. To take advantage of type-code masking, you must set up type codes for customers, vendors, employees, jobs, and items.
If you are using Sage 50 Premium Accounting or higher, the above information applies if you are not using Account Segments for your General Ledger Account ID’s. However, you can use Account Segments and Sage 50 will provide drop-down lists for masking purposes. Tell me more about Account Segments.