Khue Trinh: Setting up a link between a financial dimension and the site inventory dimension

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Setting up a link between a financial dimension and the site inventory dimension enables a company to produce profit and loss figures per site. Use the following procedures to configure and manage financial dimension links for your sites.

Set up a financial dimension link to a site

Activate the financial dimension link

Lock the financial dimension link

Unlock the financial dimension link

Deactivate the financial dimension link

Note

The Logistics configuration key must be enabled to carry out these tasks.




Set up a financial dimension link to a site

Establishing a financial dimension link to a site results in the following conditions:

A financial dimension is associated with the site inventory dimension.

A financial dimension value is associated with each site.

• Click Inventory management > Setup > Posting > Dimension link.
• In the Dimensions field, select the financial dimension that you want to link to the site inventory dimension. The Department dimension is selected by default, but you can change it.
• Click the Sites button to open the Sites form. The financial dimension that you selected (in the previous step) now appears as a column header on the Overview tab.
• Select a site. In the Dimensions column, select a financial dimension from the lookup list. The list displays the dimensions that are set up in the Dimensions form, which is located at Basic > Dimensions.

The specified financial dimension value is now associated with the selected site. Repeat this step for each site.

Activate the financial dimension link

Activating the financial dimension link results in the following conditions:

When new transactions are created that carry both inventory dimensions and financial dimensions, the linked financial dimension is assigned the dimension value that is specified for the site.

You can post transactions that carry both inventory dimensions and financial dimensions even though the linked financial dimension value does not match the value that is specified for the site.

On open transactions that carry both inventory dimensions and financial dimensions, you can change the value of the linked financial dimension.

Note

You must assign a financial dimension value to each site before you can perform this task.

• Click Inventory management > Setup > Posting > Dimension link.
• In the Current status: field group, click the Activate link button.
• The program displays a dialog box that asks whether or not to update the value of the financial dimension value on all open transactions so that it matches the value that is specified for the site.
• Click Yes. The program updates all open transactions accordingly.

Note

The transactions are updated even if the resulting set of financial dimensions is not a valid combination that is set up in the Dimension sets. This step is the same as running the Linked dimension update batch job, which you can access at Inventory management > Periodic.

• The program generates the Account dimension validation report, which you can access at Inventory management > Reports > Base data. This report lists the accounts, if any, that are used for inventory-related postings, and that will override the value of the financial dimension that is selected in the Dimension link form.
• The Current status: button states that the financial dimension link is active, and the colour of the button is yellow. The Dimensions field is unavailable.

Lock the financial dimension link

Locking the financial dimension link results in the following conditions:

New inventory transactions that carry both inventory dimensions and financial dimensions are assigned a financial dimension value based on the value that is specified for the site.

You can post transactions that carry both inventory dimensions and financial dimensions only when the linked financial dimension value matches the value that is specified for the site.

You cannot change the value of the linked financial dimension on transactions that carry both inventory dimensions and financial dimensions.

You cannot edit the financial dimension value that is associated with a site.

The prerequisites for locking the financial dimension link are:

A financial dimension link with the site inventory dimension must be established.

The multisite functionality must be activated.

• Click Inventory management > Setup > Posting > Dimension link.
• Click the Lock link button.
• The program generates the Account dimension validation report. This report lists any general ledger accounts that are used for inventory-related postings and that will override the value of the linked financial dimension that is selected in the Dimension link form.
• The program displays a dialog box stating that it will update the linked financial dimension value on all open transactions so that the linked financial dimension value matches the value that is specified for the site.
• Click OK. The program updates all open transactions accordingly.
• The Current status: button states that the financial dimension link is locked, and the colour of the button is green.

Unlock the financial dimension link

Once the financial dimension link is locked, you can unlock it. When it is unlocked, you can perform the following tasks:

Post transactions that carry both inventory dimensions and financial dimensions, even though the linked financial dimension value does not match the value that is specified for the site.

Edit the value of the linked financial dimension on open transactions that carry both financial dimensions and inventory dimensions.

Edit the financial dimension values that are set up in the Sites form.

• Click Inventory management > Setup > Posting > Dimension link.
• Click the Unlock link button.
• The Current status: button states that the financial dimension link is active, and the colour of the button is yellow.

Deactivate the financial dimension link

When the financial dimension link is deactivated, the following conditions apply:

The link between the site inventory dimension and the financial dimension is removed.

The linked financial dimension is not assigned the dimension value that is specified for the site inventory dimension.

You can select a different financial dimension to link to the site inventory dimension.

• Click Inventory management > Setup > Posting > Dimension link.
• Click the Deactivate link button.
• The Current status: button states that the financial dimension link is inactive, and the colour of the button is red.

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