What is an Attribute View?
Use an attribute view to combine multiple lists. With a view you can arrange attribute lists in up to nine hierarchical summary levels with totals at each level. A view consists of summary and detail levels, similar to the depth levels of a chart of accounts. Detail levels use specific account or accounting unit lists. Summary levels are report headings, subtotals and totals.
Using Views
Views are used in General Ledger for reporting and inquiry. The following examples describe the places you can use views:
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Select an accounting unit view on Organization Query (GL99.1) to review actual, budget, and last year amounts and units for the accounting units in the view.
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Select an accounting unit view as a view option when creating a Report Writer report.
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Select an accounting unit view as a parameter in the Financials Data Mart. Using Lawson Business Intelligence to create data marts
Example
ABC Company wants to analyze financial performance for each region, for each store manager within a region, and for the company as a whole. They created a list for each store manager. For example, one list grouped all accounting units located in the central region that are managed by Brenda Johnson. Then they combined all of these lists into a view.
