Option to hide the “Balance” column on the Bank Reconciliation screen for selected roles/users

Option to hide the “Balance” column on the Bank Reconciliation screen for selected roles/users

I would like to request the ability to hide the “Balance” column on the Bank Reconciliation page for certain users or roles.

Current Situation At the moment, any user who has access to the Bank Reconciliation screen can see the running Balance column. There is no option to hide this column based on user roles or permissions.

What we need A setting (preferably under Roles & Rights) that allows administrators to control whether the Balance column is visible or hidden for specific finance roles. For example:

  • Senior finance staff / bookkeeper → Can see the Balance
  • Junior finance / admin staff → Cannot see the Balance

Why this would be beneficial

  • Many schools have multiple staff members who assist with bank recons, but not all of them need (or should) see the actual account balance for internal control and security reasons.
  • It reduces the risk of sensitive financial information being visible to more junior staff.
  • It gives schools better control over who sees what on financial screens.
  • This type of column-level visibility control would be useful to many other D6 schools that have larger finance teams.

This is a relatively small but very practical enhancement that would significantly improve financial oversight and internal controls for schools.