Example of Using Account Segments
In Bellwether Garden Supply (Sage 50 Premium Accounting and higher), one of the sample companies provided with Sage 50, the income accounts in the General Ledger have been departmentalized. Two account segments have been created: one for the account portion, and a second for the department code, which is a two letter code. This is how it looks on the Account Segments tab in General Ledger Defaults:
When Bellwether wants to produce an Income Statement that shows only amounts for the Aviary department, it will filter the information for income by selecting only the Aviary department. This is how the Options screen for the Income Statement will appear:
When the report prints, only accounts that have AV in the Department segment will appear, as shown below:
