ACCOUNTTYPE

Overview

The ACCOUNTTYPE function returns the type of a specified general ledger account.

CODE

=ACCOUNTTYPE(
    ConnectionName, 
    Account
)

The ACCOUNTTYPE function uses the following arguments (see our article using arrays or cell ranges as arguments):

Argument

Required/Optional

Description

ConnectionName

Optional

Provide one of the following values:

Connection name as defined in Connection Manager.
Velixo range expression defining a set of connection names.
An array of settings as described in the Multiple connections per formula article. We recommend using the VX.SETTINGS function to construct the array.

OR

Omit the argument to return results for all compatible connections with default aggregation settings.

Account

Required

The general ledger account (or array of multiple accounts) for which the Type is to be displayed.

Referencing a single account

CODE

=ACCOUNTTYPE(
    "Demo",
    "10100"
)

Description: Returns the account type of general ledger account #10100 account.

Result: Asset

Referencing an array of accounts

If a non-existent account is specified, the ACCOUNTTYPE function will display the message Account 'xxxxx' not found...

or, if you have configured Velixo reports to return zero values under certain circumstances...

... your report will display Excel's #N/A error: