quick directions

	Voitto+ CD ROM Quick directions

	These directions help you to fast learn the basic functions in Voitto+.

	Define search criteria Conduct search Select and compare companies on the company list screen Financial statements data Ratios Graphic comparison Printing Internet Open Buttons User instructions: to main page

	Voitto+ contains many different search criteria, almost all of which can be used simultaneously. The search criteria have been divided into three sections; search of one company (1a), free search criteria of a company group (1b), and fixed search criteria of a company group (1c). If you do not use any search criteria, your result will comprise all companies in the CD Rom. On the basis of the number or definition of the search criteria, it is possible to define the result more closely, and the size of the company group will be smaller.

	1a) Here you will find search criteria for searching one company. When searching one company only, use the name search, Trade Register number or Business ID, street address or part of it. Note that also on these screens, you can search several companies by writing the word TAI (or) between the names, Trade Register numbers or Business IDs. After having supplied your search criteria, click with the mouse away from the search screen. Thus, the search will be activated, and the number of companies meeting the search criteria will appear onto the green area on the right-hand side of the line. Read more from the name search. 1b) Here you will find search criteria for searching a company group. The free search criteria of a company group begin from the turnover, and they are key ratios, mainly. You can exactly define the size of your target group by using the search criteria minimum, maximum, starting from and ending to. 1c) By using the fixed search criteria, you can define your target group, for example, on the basis of district, line of business and verbal interpretations. 1d) By using the function Business ID import, you can import your own target groups, competitors or customers to Voitto+. The file to be imported has to be in text format (.txt), and it has to contain the companies' Business IDs one below the other. Voitto+ will bring the companies, from which financial statements are available, onto the Company list screen. You are then able to normally compare and analyse them on the basis of key ratios and the report. It is also advisable to save the group in the own briefcase of the Company list. 2) After having made all your definitions, you will see the size of your company group from here. Click the “show result” button, and the program will perform the search. After this, you will see the companies meeting your search criteria on the Company list screen.

	Define search criteria

If you wish, you can get the financial statements data in Finnish marks instead of Euros. Select currency.

You can also search financial statements data of past years. Select year from the Ratios pull-down menu.

If you select a certain year as search criterion, you can arrange the company list generated on the basis of the search according to the ratios concerning that particular year. It is not possible to conduct the ratio comparison in the company list using the “the latest criterion.

You can define the search criteria yourself, or you can use the prepared search criteria menus. All search criteria can also be used simultaneously.

Write one or several index words to the search criteria field or fields.

Minimum and maximum boxes to the search screen
Clicking the mouse activates minimum/maximum boxes on the search screen, which make the search easier.

If you write the value 5 to the minimum box and leave the maximum box blank, Voitto+ will search the companies with the value 5 or more. If you write the number 10 to the maximum box and leave the minimum box blank, Voitto+ will search the companies with the value 10 or less. By filling the minimum box with the value 5 and the maximum box with the value 10, you will get the companies with the key ratio value between 5 and 10.

Voitto+ contains a number of prepared search criteria menus, with the help of which you can easily define company groups, for example, on the basis of the line of business, company form, city, profitability, or financial standing.

You can find the prepared menus behind the buttons in the lower part of the Search criteria screen. You can use one or several criteria in the menu simultaneously.


	Conduct search

		The search result screen indicates the number of companies meeting the search criteria. Search the companies using the Conduct search button. If you use an identifying criterion, such as Business ID or Trade Register number, you can directly access the financial statements data of the company. When searching a company group, you get the search result to the company list screen. Remove the search criterion using the Delete button.


	Select and compare companies on the company list screen.


	As the result of the search you get the company list screen, listing all companies meeting the search criteria. You can access the company’s financial statements by double-clicking the company’s name. On the financial statements screen you can browse the financial statements data of all companies in the company list by using the arrow keys in the company browsing. You can select companies to mass print financial statements, ratio or address data by clicking the tick on the left-hand side of the company’s name or by clicking the SELECT ALL button. You can examine the search result either in the form of a name list or a table of ratios. The name list shows the company’s name, domicile and the Internet address as a link, if the address is known. The table of ratios gives you the companies arranged according to the turnover, balance sheet total, operating profit percentage, return on investment, quick ratio, and equity ratio, from the biggest to the smallest. You can change the order by double-clicking the heading line of the desired ratio column.


	Financial statements


	On the financial statements screen you can browse the financial statements items of the company or group and examine ratios. In the upper part of the screen you will find assembled the basics of the company or group being examined. Financial statements data of up to five financial years are found in the database. The items of the profit and loss account and balance sheet are presented on the screen in the form of a table, the newest financial year first. It is possible that the financial statements of a company or group have been drawn up using different financial statement formulas in different financial years. By double-clicking the grey area on the screen you can access the financial statements of the previous financial years that have been drawn up using different formulas. Below the financial statements data you will find a verbal evaluation of the company’s profitability, solvency and liquidity, and the financial category representing the financial standing. You can change the verbal presentations to a numerical mode of presentation from the menu in the lower right-hand part of the screen. button takes you to the ratios screen to examine and compare ratios more closely. With the button you can access the graphics screen, for comparing the company’s development to other companies or lines of business in a graphic form. The button gives you the audit data concerning the company or group. The button gives you the possible former business names, auxiliary business names and parallel business names. The button is active if the company is part of a group. By clicking this button you will open a screen of the groups, which the company is part of. The button opens a screen by the parent company, listing all companies in the group along with their position in the group. By clicking the button you can transfer to the financial statements data of the group. The ¨button grants you access to the screen indicating the companies that have been merged with the company, and the conclusion dates for the mergers. The button in the company basics tells you that the company has been dissolved, it is bankrupt, or that it has been merged with another company. By clicking the button, you get a screen indicating the reason and date for the dissolution.

	Ratios

	On the ratios screen you can compare the development of ratios calculated from the financial statements of the company or the group in relation to the past financial years and the line of business. The company’s ratios in different years are shown as a table. You can compare the ratios of the company in relation to the median values and the lower and upper quartile in the line of business. The lower part of the screen tells you the payment default risk and bankruptcy risk in the company’s line of business.


	Graphic comparison


	In order to be able to examine a company’s graphics, you first have to include it in the comparison. The easiest way to do this is by clicking the button Insert on the graphics screen of the desired company. You can add companies or lines of business to or remove them from the comparison by using the Add and Delete buttons. The Add button takes you to the company list screen, from which you can select companies, and the Delete button deletes the company clicked last (which is darkened) from the list on the graphics screen.

After you have selected the companies, conduct the graphic comparison by selecting the ratio graphics and click the button “presentation.

If you wish to examine the graphic distribution of one single company compared with the company’s line of business, select the graphic distribution and then click the button “presentation.


	Printing

	From Voitto+ you can print financial statements, ratios or company lists either on paper or to file. If you transfer to the printing from the company list screen, you can print the financial statements, ratio or address data of all companies you have selected to the list. From the financial statements screens you can only print the data of the company or group under processing. You can print by using the button. From the printing screen you can find out the number of printing rights you have left. The screen also indicates how much printing rights the printing you have selected will use. Voitto+ includes 500 printing rights. If you wish to acquire more printing rights, please, contact Asiakastieto’s sales, phone +358 10 270 7200 or myynti@asiakastieto.fi. Printing rights are sold in batches of 500.


	Internet Open

		From the financial statements, ratio or graphics screens you can directly access Asiakastieto’s open company information service in the Internet. This service provides you with the newest financial statements and ratio data in the form of the Financial Report or basics and payment defaults as the Basic Report. This service does not require registration or identifiers.

	Buttons

		Opens the screen-specific user instructions.
		To user instructions.
		Opens the printing screen.
		Saves the written search criteria or interesting companies in your own briefcase.
		Opens your own briefcase.
		One screen forwards.
		One screen backwards.

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