ACL

Tutorial 1
COMMANDS:
ANALYZE -> TOTAL
ANALYZE -> PROFILE
ANALYZE -> STATISTICS
SAMPLING -> SAMPLE
ANALYZE -> SEQUENCE
DATA -> SORT
ANALYZE -> DUPLICATES
ANALYZE -> GAPS
AP_TRANS
1. Using the TOTAL command, develop a hash control total and an amount control total for
AP-TRANS. What recommendation ould !ou ma"e to develop a field for hash control
total#
$. Run PROFILE on the file, %nvoice Amount. &an !ou determine if there are an! negative
transactions# '(plain.
). Run STATISTICS on each of the four availa*le fields ith the Std +ev *o( chec"ed.
+escri*e !our audit direction to specific invoices *ased on the results of STAT%ST%&S.
,. Run SAMPLE -Sampling -. Sample/ for the AP0TRANS file, using the data from step
). Sample %nvoice Amount, %nterval of 12,234, 5egin 11,.66 -minimum invoice/ and
&utoff 172,828.$3. Save results as AP0Trans0Sample.
AR
7. Run SEQUENCE on AR, using %nvoice Num*er -Ref0No/. 9a"e sure to use onl!
%nvoice T!pe Transactions -:%N;/< use '(pression 5uilder to filter out other transaction
t!pes. What do !ou notice a*out the invoice num*ers#
2. Re-run SEQUENCE on the same file *ut this time chec" :+uplicates; and :=aps; -filter
%nvoice t!pe transactions onl!/. What information is provided the auditor a*out testing
invoices#
8. SORT AR *! %nvoice Amount in descending order. Use Sort On to specif! descending
order. Specif! T>P' :%N;. Use Output File name AR0SortAmount. What sort of
anomalies is the auditor loo"ing for#