The WIP Labor Inventory Account report shows you the total value of your Work in Progress (WIP) labor inventory currently held in Blackpurl. Run this report regularly to keep your accounting records aligned with what Blackpurl holds.
What This Report Is For
The WIP Labor Inventory Account report lets you see the current total of your WIP Labor Inventory in Blackpurl. This total is used to verify that Blackpurl and your accounting package are in agreement on what is owed or outstanding in the WIP Labor Inventory General Ledger (GL) account.
How to Run This Report
Navigate to the report using the Blackpurl header menu.
1. In the Blackpurl header, click Reporting.
2. Select Reports.
3. Go to Reconciliation > WIP Labor Inventory account.
The report opens with the relevant filters, columns, and totals already configured. To get the WIP Labor Inventory total, click Totals and review the total displayed at the bottom of the report.
When to Run This Report
Run this report regularly — at a minimum, at the end of each month. This allows you to balance your accounting package's WIP Labor Inventory General Ledger against the total held in Blackpurl before closing out the period.
What to Do With This Report
If your dealership has accounting integration enabled, use this report to compare the WIP Labor Inventory total in Blackpurl against the corresponding WIP Labor Inventory General Ledger in your accounting package.
For step-by-step guidance on completing this comparison, see Reconcile the WIP Labor Inventory General Ledger.
More Information on Reporting
The following articles provide additional help with running and managing reports in Blackpurl.
Reporting Tips - Totals / Changing Columns / Changing Parameters / Exporting Search Results / Save Custom Reports / Scheduling Reports / Favourite Reports (no longer available) — covers how to get totals, change columns and filters, print or export results, save custom reports, and more.
Scheduled Reporting — explains how to schedule a report to generate automatically (for example, once a month at midnight) and have it emailed to a Blackpurl user.
Reporting - Where are the Reports? (no longer available) — a quick reference to where each report is located in Blackpurl.
Share a Custom Report in Blackpurl — explains how to share custom reports with other users.