Properties - Cash Flow Group Accounts

The Cash Flow Group Accounts business object has several properties that are important for consolidation purposes.

This table show the properties of the Cash Flow Group Accounts business object:


Property	Description
ID	Unique identifier of a cash flow group account. Required property.
Name	Caption that is displayed as a default value if no language-specific translation is provided. Required property.
Parent ID	The parent of a cash flow group account in a parent-child relation.
Order position	Responsible for the sequence of cash flow group accounts within the structure. The order of cash flow group accounts is defined separately for each hierarchy level within the chart of accounts. First is the top account that is followed by lower level accounts. This property is relevant to the base and parent elements.
Weight	Used to control the roll-up into parents. Typically set to 1 for the accounts in the cash flow group chart of accounts.
Method	Describes how a cash flow group account is translated from the functional currency into the group currency. Five methods exist. You must specify at least Method 1. Each method describes a different way to convert currency. Methods enable a cash flow group account to be calculated with different rate types in different configuration sets, versions, and periods. You can select these rate types for each method: F: Closing rate A: Year to date average rate WA: Weighted average rate Methods cater for changes over time to how functional currency is translated into group currency and for requirements to report in several GAAPs, such as US GAAP. US GAAP requires a different conversion than IFRS.
Format String	Indicates a number format that is used for the purposes of number visualization in, for example, Self-Service or custom reports. By default, set to #,##0.00. See "Number formats". Note: The specified format does not affect standard reports of the Infor EPM business applications.
Translation into other languages	If multiple languages are used, then each cash flow group account name can be translated into the respective language.