The use of Any Financial Company and Any Enterprise Unit

The intercompany trade unit types Any Financial Company and Any Enterprise Unit are used to define generic intercompany trade relationships, for which a few specific rules are applicable.

Any Financial Company

A relationship to Any Financial Company is a relationship to (the entities of) all financial companies except for the financial company that the from-element (entity, enterprise unit or financial company) belongs to.

A relationship from Any Financial Company is a relationship from (the entities of) all financial companies except for the financial company that the to-element (entity, enterprise unit, or financial company) belongs to.

Any Enterprise Unit

A relationship to Any Enterprise Unit is a relationship to (the entities of) all enterprise units, except for the enterprise unit that the from-element (entity or enterprise unit) belongs to.

A relationship from Any Enterprise Unit is a relationship from (the entities of) all enterprise units except for the enterprise unit that the to-element (entity or enterprise unit) belongs to.

Other than the Any Financial Company option, relationships to or from Any Enterprise Unit can include relationships to other enterprise units within the same financial company.

Example

Situation:

  • Organization A has financial companies AFIN1 and AFIN2.
  • Enterprise units AEU11 and AEU12 belong to AFIN1.
  • Enterprise units AEU21 and AEU22 belong to AFIN2.
  • Warehouse AWH20 belongs to enterprise unit AEU21.

From Warehouse AWH20 to Any Enterprise Unit includes all enterprise units from both AFIN1 and AFIN2, whereas from Warehouse AWH20 to Any Financial Company only includes the enterprise units belonging to financial company AFIN1: AEU11 and AEU12.

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