# Accounting reports Accounting reports provide comprehensive visibility into your asset financials and transitions over time. These reports help streamline your [close process](/run-financial-operations/accounting/monthly-close-process.md) and provide insights into business performance. ## Asset rollforwards **Asset rollforward reports** show the flow of assets over a specific date range, providing visualizations that track how asset quantities change from start to end balances. These reports help you understand asset movements, additions, and dispositions across different accounting categories. {% hint style="info" %} **Did you know?** A rollforward is sometimes called a **waterfall** because the formula of `start + additions - subtractions = end` lends itself to clear display with a waterfall chart. {% endhint %} ### Inventory rollforward report The [inventory rollforward report](https://assets.hardfin.com/reports/asset-rollforward/inventory) shows the flow of inventory over a date range, tracking start and end balances with all movements in between. This report provides a comprehensive view of inventory changes including new deployments, sales, and scrap activities.

Inventory rollforward report visuals

**Key rollforward components** * **Start** - Inventory at the beginning of the period * **Additions** - New assets added to inventory during the period * **Deployed** - Inventory assets deployed during the period * **Sales** - Assets sold out of inventory during the period * **Scrap** - Assets scrapped out of inventory during the period * **End** - Inventory assets remaining at the end of the period **Visual elements** * **Summary data** - Key metrics including total additions, dispositions, and net change * **Waterfall chart** - Visual representation of asset flow with color-coded movements * **Detailed breakdown** - Asset-level detail supporting the rollforward calculations **How to use** 1. Navigate to **Reports** → **Inventory rollforward report** 2. Select your analysis date range to define the transition period 3. Choose between unit quantity ("units") or dollar value ("dollars") analysis 4. Use summaries to get quick insights into overall inventory changes 5. Review the waterfall chart to understand inventory flow patterns 6. Export data for financial reporting and inventory planning ### Fixed-asset rollforward report The [fixed asset rollforward report](https://assets.hardfin.com/reports/asset-rollforward/fixed-assets) shows the flow of fixed assets over a date range, tracking start and end balances with all movements in between. This report provides a comprehensive view of fixed asset changes including new deployments, depreciation, sales, and scrap activities.

Fixed-asset rollforward report visuals

**Key rollforward components** * **Start** - Fixed assets at the beginning of the period * **Additions** - New assets deployed to fixed status during the period * **Depreciation** - Accumulated depreciation over the period * **Sales** - Assets sold during the period (shown in yellow) * **Scrap** - Assets scrapped during the period (shown in red) * **End** - Fixed assets remaining at the end of the period **Visual elements** * **Summary data** - Key metrics including total additions, dispositions, and net change * **Waterfall chart** - Visual representation of asset flow with color-coded movements * **Detailed breakdown** - Asset-level detail supporting the rollforward calculations **How to use** 1. Navigate to **Reports** → **Fixed-asset rollforward report** 2. Select your analysis date range to define the transition period 3. Choose between unit quantity ("units") or dollar value ("dollars") analysis 4. Use summaries to get quick insights into overall inventory changes 5. Review the waterfall chart to understand inventory flow patterns 6. Export data for financial reporting and depreciation calculations ## Bridge reports **Asset bridge reports** show a time series of rollforward reports for a particular period duration, over a specific date range. For example, they may stack **monthly** rollforwards over the course of a **year**. These reports provide a "bridge" visualization to show how asset quantities change from start to end within every period, and how those period changes compound over time. A bridge helps users understand asset movements, additions, and dispositions—across different accounting categories in every particular period—and how those changes stack up over the date range. {% hint style="info" %} **Did you know?** A bridge is actually a **series of stacked waterfalls**, where each waterfall is aggregated into a single bar (for each period) and shown on a time series (over the time range). {% endhint %} #### Inventory bridge report The [inventory bridge report](https://assets.hardfin.com/reports/asset-bridge/inventory) provides a comprehensive view of inventory changes over time using visual time-series stacked bar charts. This report helps users understand inventory flows between different states, and identify trends in asset movement patterns across weekly, monthly, quarterly, and yearly intervals.

Inventory bridge visuals (using monthly periods for an annual time period)

**Key bridge components** * **Time-series visualization**: Stacked bar charts showing inventory changes over time * **Movement tracking**: See how assets move between inventory states (added, deployed, etc.) * **Different time period options**: View data by week, month, quarter, or year for different analysis windows * **Date range analysis**: Identify patterns in inventory flow and seasonal variations over time * **Export capability**: Download bridge data for external analysis and reporting **How to use** 1. Navigate to **Reports** → **Inventory bridge report** 2. Select your desired time period (weekly, monthly, quarterly, yearly) 3. Choose your analysis date range (e.g., Jan 1 to Dec 31) 4. Choose between unit quantity ("units") or dollar value ("dollars") analysis 5. Review the stacked bar chart to understand inventory movement patterns 6. Export data for further inventory planning and analysis ## Exception reports **Asset exception reports** show any transactions with missing or inconsistent details for accounting purposes. Exception reporting can be reviewed and resolved at any time, but is required as part of the [monthly close process](/run-financial-operations/accounting/monthly-close-process.md). There are two types of exception report: date and detail. #### **Date inconsistencies** The date inconsistencies report shows 5 types of date-related asset exceptions: * In-service date before inventory date * Asset sale date before inventory date * Asset scrap date before inventory date * Asset movements before inventory date * Asset assignment before inventory date

Example date inconsistencies from asset exception reporting

#### **Detail inconsistencies** The detail inconsistencies report shows 4 types of detail-related asset exceptions: * Missing cost basis for inventory purchases * Missing useful life for fixed assets * Missing inventory cost details for assets with capitalized deployment costs * Salvage value greater than 50% of deployed cost basis

Example detail inconsistencies from asset exception reporting

### Resolving exceptions For each exception in the report, you can take action to resolve the issue: **Inline resolution:** Some exceptions can be resolved directly from the exception report without leaving the page. Click the "Resolve" button next to the exception to open a resolution modal where you can: * Update missing accounting details * Correct inconsistent dates * Add required information Hardfin provides real-time validation as you make corrections to ensure the data is complete and consistent. **Navigate to source:** For complex exceptions that require more context, the "Resolve" button will navigate you to the appropriate page (asset details, shipment details, etc.) where you can make the necessary corrections. {% hint style="info" %} **Resolution guidance:** The exception report indicates which exceptions can be resolved inline and which require navigation to other pages. Follow the prompts to efficiently resolve all exceptions. {% endhint %} --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://guide.hardfin.com/monitor-the-details/reporting/accounting-reports.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.