In multiple group creation, the sub-groups will automatically inherit the characteristics of their parent groups.
Go to Gateway of Tally > Accounts Info. > Groups > Create (under Multiple Groups)
Select the parent group under which you want the new groups to be created from the List of Groups. The group selected is displayed in the Under Group field.
Name of Group
Enter the name of the Group.
Under
If you select any group other than All Items in the Under Group field, then this column is filled in automatically with the selected Group name and the cursor skips this column. This speeds up data entry.
If you select All Items in the Under Group field, the cursor does not skip this field and allows you to enter the parent group of each of them.
Note: To change individual group behaviour created using multiple groups, use 'single group/alter' option.
Buttons in Multiple mode Group creation
F3: Company
This button helps you to open a different company. In the creation mode, you can create groups in the other company. In alter mode, you can copy the information by accepting the screen (enter or Ctrl+A). The old company's information remains. This feature is not available in Display mode.
Groups, Ledgers, Cost Categories, Cost Centres, Voucher Types, Currency, Budgets:
This button enables you to switch to the appropriate area without quitting from the current screen.
F4: Change Parent
To change parent of the selected group, select the group from Names of Groups list.
For example, you are currently altering groups classified under Loans Liability and wish them all to be re-classified under 'Bank OCC A/c'. Instead of altering individual name, you can achieve this using F4:Chg Parent.
F4: Parent
This allows you to quit from the current screen and modify a different group (relevant in Alteration/Display mode only). For example, you are currently altering groups classified under Loans Liability and now wish to ABANDON the current activity and alter groups under Bank OCC instead
F6: Skip Names/Edit Names
It is used for faster data entry when you need to alter only the Group and the Parent Group, but not the names. When you skip names, you might change the Group or the Parent Group to one, which belongs to another Group. Since this violates categorization rules, Tally displays an error message after you accept the screen.
F7: Skip Parent/Edit Parent
This button is used for faster data entry when there is no need to alter the parent of sub-groups.
F10: Edit Sort/Skip Sort
You can use this button to toggle for altering the Sort Position
F11: Features
This enables you to change any company features.