Creating budget allocation lines

Allocation Line

Specify the name and description of the allocation line.

Step

Specify a step number for the allocation line if it is different from the default step.

Step values are used when a subsequent allocation depends on the results of a previous allocation. For example, if this calculation depends on other allocation calculations, then identify whether this allocation should be calculated first. Otherwise, it is calculated after initial allocations are calculated.

From Post Option

This field is used to calculate the Post From budget allocation transactions. Valid values are Retain, Consolidate, Split, Compute and Compute and Bypass Source Balance.

For additional setup for the from and to post options, see Valid combinations of To and From posting options.

To Post Option

This field is used to calculate the Post To budget allocation transactions. Valid values are Retain, Consolidate, Split, Compute and Compute and Bypass Source Balance.

For additional setup for the from and to post options, see Valid combinations of To and From posting options.

Source Percentage

Specify a percentage of the budget to allocate. The default value is 100.

Allocate Units

Select this check box to allocate units.

Allow Negative Weights

Select this check box to allow negative manual weights and to process credit balances as negative when weight percentages are calculated.

Use Custom Group in Source Address

Select this check box to select a custom group for the accounting entity instead of a single accounting entity in the source address. When this field is selected, the Accounting Entity Custom Group field is displayed in the Source Address section. If you select a custom group for the accounting entity, then you cannot select a single accounting entity.

Minimum Transaction Amount for Split

Specify a value to calculate the minimum transaction amount during an allocation run. You can specify a minimum transaction amount if the From Post Option field or the To Post Option is Split. For example, if the minimum transaction amount is 100, then individual transactions that are less than 100 are not generated. Instead, they are allocated to the last generated transaction.

This field must be blank to create transactions for any calculated transaction amount.

Overthrown Amount Option

Select Default From Allocation to inherit the overthrown amount option setting of the allocation. Select Last Transaction or Last Highest Weight to override the value of the allocation.

• If Last Transaction is selected, then the overthrown amount is allocated to the last generated transaction of the allocation.
• If Last Highest Weight is selected, then the overthrown amount is allocated to the override with the last highest weight.

  This setting is applied to the allocation line when a minimum transaction amount for split is specified.

The available dimensions depend on the budget scenario dimensions. If a required or optional dimension is not enabled in the budget scenario, then the dimension is treated as not enabled in the Finance Enterprise Group.

The dimension value selections that are displayed are based on the structures that are assigned in the Structures tab. By default, the budget basis structures are assigned in the Structures tab, but you can specify an alternate structure. You can specify a posting, summary, or node value.

Ledger

Select a ledger of the budget to allocate. The default is the Core ledger.

Process Posting Balances

This check box is applicable only if a dimension is a summary or a node. This value is ignored if a dimension is a posting element.

If the dimension is a summary, then select this check box to process source balances for each posting dimension in the selected summary. If the Use Posting Dimensions in Compute check box is selected, then the posting dimensions can be used in a weight compute statement to retrieve weight data.

If the dimension is a node, then select this check box to process source balances for each of the posting elements. Blank values under the node are included based on the allocation line structures.

Clear this check box to process source balances at the specified summary or top level node element based on the allocation line structures.

A node level element is defined when a node is selected or when the value for the dimension is blank. The Treat blank <Dimension> as empty check box must be cleared.

Note: The Dimension name in the Treat blank <dimension> as empty field is changed based on the user dimensions that are specified in the enterprise group setup.

Treat blank Dimension as empty

This check box only applies to non-required dimensions. Select the check box to only allocate balances for entries where the value for the dimension is blank or empty. Clear the check box to allocate all balances within the assigned structure. This includes balances where the value for the dimension is blank.