Setting Up Financial Reporting Subdimensions

Financial Reporting Subdimensions (FSC) is used to sub-divide the codes for an analysis dimension into meaningful parts. This is only possible if different sections of the analysis codes have different meanings. For example, the 2nd and 3rd characters of a 5 character product code might identify the product type.

Subdimensions can be used by the Financials report writers to refine the codes used to select transactions for reporting. Using the product code example above, you could create a subdimension to identify the product type portion of the code and use this to restrict the transactions selected for a report to those for a particular product type.

A subdimension code uses a mask character, an '*' asterisk, to identify the positions of the code that are to be ignored. It leaves the important characters in the code blank.

You can define several subdimensions for a dimension, for example where different parts of the code are to be used to extract details for different reporting requirements.