Consumption Rules (tfcat4504m000)

Use this session to list and maintain consumption rules.

Consumptions rules that are used to generate outgoing budget and actual allocation relations from a retrograde source are defined according to the defined rules. In activity-based costing, allocation relations, for example between process and cost objects, must reflect the conditions at the cost objects. To generate these allocation relations manually is a time-consuming process and therefore consumption rules have been created to make the generation process easier.

Example of a type of relation: Machine hours Machine costs

  1. 000 100.000
  2. 000 175.000
  3. 000 225.000

The following restrictions apply:

  • The sublevel of the source and destination ledger-account must be zero
  • The sublevel of the dimension must be zero
  • The destination reference unit can only be left empty if no reference unit is linked to the destination dimension. The retrograde source reference unit can never be left empty
  • The account type of the source and destination ledger account must be Profit & Loss, the allocation type must be secondary credit or secondary debit. The source and destination leder-account must be valid for the source and/or destination dimension
  • The source reference unit-type must be Quantity Based with Retrograde planning-type
Note: When you define the consumption rules, you must take care that you completely define the consumption rules and that you allow for future changes in the extent of the performance for the various reference units.

Field Information

Allocation Rule Set

allocation rule set

Destination

The dimension type to be debited.

Destination Dimension

The dimension to be debited.

Destination Reference Unit

The reference unit of the debited dimension.

Source

The dimension type to be credited.

Source Dimension

The dimension to be credited.

Allowed values

A dimension with sublevel zero.

Source Reference Unit

The reference unit of the credited dimension.

Allowed values

If no reference units are linked to the source dimension, the source reference unit can be skipped.

Destination Performance Qty

The value until which a certain source performance quantity is applicable.

The quantity that is allocated to another dimension can be a part of:

  • The performance budget per year
  • The performance budget per period
  • The actual performance
Source Performance Qty

The number of source-performance units needed to produce the defined-destination performance quantity.

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