I read on various discussion forums that by creating COA with two digit prefix we can manage more than one company under one licence. I can't figure out how we can run separate P&L and Balance Sheet for all those companies from reporting tool?

I read on various discussion forums that by creating COA with two digit prefix we can manage more than one company under one licence. I can't figure out how we can run separate P&L and Balance Sheet for all those companies from reporting tool?