Allocation posting options

See Posting options.

Use allocation posting options to determine where to derive the amounts that you will allocate. Posting options also determine what accounts the system updates and the number of transaction lines the allocation creates when you define posting options on Allocation (CA10.1) or Allocation Detail (CA10.7).

You can define different combinations of posting options in the Post From and Post To fields of each allocation. Use the posting options to control the level of detail transferred to the General Ledger. These are the posting options:

  • Consolidate (C)

  • Account Detail (A)

  • Level Detail (L)

  • Full Detail (D)

Your choice of posting options determines how the system will post each allocation.

Valid posting options

These are the different combinations of valid posting options:

From To Post From Post To
One AU, one account One AU, one account C C
One AU, one account One AU, multiple accounts C A
One AU, one account Multiple AUs, one account C L
One AU, one account Multiple AUs, multiple accounts C D
One AU, multiple accounts One AU, one account A C
One AU, multiple accounts One AU, multiple accounts A A
One AU, multiple accounts Multiple AUs, one account A C (with an Allocation Code)
One AU, multiple accounts Multiple AUs, multiple accounts A D
Multiple AUs, one account One AU, one account L C
Multiple AUs, one account Multiple AUs, one account L C (with an Allocation Code)
Multiple AUs, one account Multiple AUs, multiple accounts L D
Multiple AUs, multiple accounts One AU, one account D C
Multiple AUs, multiple accounts One AU, multiple accounts D A
Multiple AUs, multiple accounts Multiple AUs, one account D L
Multiple AUs, multiple accounts Multiple AUs, multiple accounts D D

Invalid posting options

These combinations of posting options are not allowed when using a pool:

Note: The Level Detail (L) or Full Detail (D) option can be on the Post From side or the Post To side, but not both.
From To Post From Post To
One AU, multiple accounts Multiple AUs, one account A L
Multiple AUs, one account Multiple AUs, one account L L (without an Allocation Code)
Multiple AUs, one account Multiple AUs, multiple accounts L D (without an Allocation Code)
Multiple AUs, multiple accounts Multiple AUs, one account D L (without an Allocation Code)
Multiple AUs, multiple accounts Multiple AUs, multiple accounts D D (without an Allocation Code)