Pull any Numeric report alongside every underlying GL transaction line in a single Excel workbook. The financial statement on one tab, every journal entry behind each number on the other — for review, audit prep, or just understanding what drove a balance.
Before You Begin
- Numeric MCP connected.
- Numeric Toolkit installed.
- A saved report, OR enough context to build one (statement type, period, entity).
How It Works
- Ask Claude for the report with detail. Example prompts:
- "Income statement with transactions."
- "MoM P&L with drill-down."
- "Show me what makes up each line."
- "BS with GL detail."
- Claude identifies workspace, period, and entity.
- Claude pulls the report — saved (via
get_report_data) or ad-hoc (via build_report) with any comparison type. - Claude parses every drillable row to extract key objects for transaction queries.
- For each account, Claude calls
query_transaction_lines to pull underlying GL detail. - Claude builds a two-sheet workbook: Report tab (as-returned) + Transaction Lines tab (flat table).
What You Get
Sheet 1 — Report tab (name matches the report type, e.g. "MoM Income Statement"):
- Faithful reproduction of the Numeric report — accounts, group subtotals, computed rows, margins, every column
- Currency format applied
- No restructuring, no added metadata headers, no inserted SUM formulas
Sheet 2 — Transaction Lines (flat table, one row per GL line):
| Column |
Description |
Report Group |
Section: Revenue, COGS, OpEx, etc. |
Account Name |
Full label, e.g. "40100 — Flat Usage" |
Transaction Date |
|
Posting Date |
|
Transaction Type |
Journal / Invoice / Bill / etc. |
Transaction Name |
Document number |
Memo |
|
Net Amount |
Single column, not split DR/CR |
Counterparty |
Vendor, customer, entity |
Department |
If populated |
Organization |
Entity/subsidiary |
Currency |
|
Transaction URL |
Clickable link back to the ERP |
Plus: auto-filter on header row, frozen header, column widths tuned for readability. Filename: {Entity}_{ReportName}_{YYYY-MM}.xlsx
Troubleshooting
| Issue |
What to Check |
Report has no data rows |
Period is empty. The skill tells you before building an empty file. |
50K+ rows |
Still works (Excel handles it) but you'll get a file-size warning. |
12-month MoM takes forever |
Full 12 months of transaction lines for every account. Claude confirms before running — say no if that's too much. |
Missing transaction URL |
Some ERPs don't expose it. Column is left blank in those cases. |
Custom groupings |
Report Group column reflects whatever grouping the saved report uses (pivots, custom groups). |
FAQ
- Can I run this across multiple entities at once? Yes — ask Claude to produce workbooks for each entity, and it'll generate one file per entity. You can also ask it to run reports or entities in parallel.
- Can I customize what's in the Transaction Lines tab? Yes. Ask Claude to update the skill — for example: "Update the report-txn-detail skill to also include the posting user and location on the Transaction Lines tab."
Download & Install
Download the full Numeric Toolkit (15 community skills, including this one):
🔗 numeric-mcp-toolkit.zip
Install via Claude Code CLI:
/plugin marketplace add geoff-lew/numeric-toolkit
/plugin install numeric-mcp-toolkit
Or drop the .skill directory into ~/.claude/skills/ manually. Once installed, just describe what you need — the skill activates automatically.
Need help? Reach out to support@numeric.io.