Analytical balances
Use this function to inquire data at the detail level via the analytical balance, or at the aggregated level via the Financials analytical pyramids. You have access to the inquiry of dimensions or accounts and to the journal inquiry.
Prerequisites
Refer to documentation Implementation
Screen management
Entry screen
Accumulation levels
The Accumulation levels table determines the number of elements to be crossed and their crossing order.
The analytical balance inquiry authorizes the management of a maximum of nine accumulation levels.
From six pyramids onwards, the accumulation levels are possible up to nine levels, within the limit of the three following cases:
- 7 pyramids: the number of accumulation levels is limited to 7.
- 6 pyramids: the number of accumulation levels is limited to 8 (i.e. 6 pyramids and 2 lines).
- 5 pyramids: the number of accumulation levels is limited to 9 (i.e. 5 pyramids and 4 lines),
Let us consider the following entry:
ANA chart |
PRO type |
CCT type |
Amount |
Account 701000 |
PRODUCT1 |
COST1 |
1.111: |
Account 701000 |
PRODUCT2 |
|
2.222: |
Account 701000 |
|
COST2 |
3.333: |
CCT and PRO types are not mandatory.
When inquiring the analytical balance, the results are the following:
- On ANA chart + PRO and CCT types
Result: 701000 / PRODUCT1 / COST1 1.111
=> This is true when you enter dimensions AND dimension types in the criteria. Otherwise, the three entries are available.
If sections are not entered in the start/end range among the dimension type criteria, the result only includes entries of the entered dimension type. - On ANA chart + PRO type
Result: 701000 / PRODUCT1 1.111
Result: 701000 / PRODUCT2 2.222
=> This is true if the box All types entered is checked. Otherwise, the three entries are available. - On ANA chart + CCT type
Result: 701000 / COST1 1.111
Result: 701000 / COST2 3.333
=> This is true if the box All types entered is checked. Otherwise, the three entries are available.
Example of a standard inquiry:
ANA chart |
Project type |
Analytical account |
|
BP |
The analytical balance will be viewed by BP and by project.
Company
Company (field CPY) |
Enter the company code for the inquiry. You can enter the code for:
If the inquiry concerns a group, several conditions must be met:
|
Ledger type (field LEDTYP) |
Select the ledger type on which the balance will be based. The inquiry will only deal with those ledgers involved in an analytical tracking. |
From site (field FCYDEB) |
It is possible to analyze the accounting data for a site or a group of sites.
If only one site is the subject of an inquiry, the same code must be entered in the Start and End fields. |
To site (field FCYFIN) |
Budget
Budget (field BUD) |
Select the budget assigned when generating the analytical balance. The program submits the codes of those budgets whose chart codes are located on the ledger type, but it does not submit those having the option Operating budget checked.
The inquiry of the balance can only concern one and only one budget. |
Version (field VER) |
Select the version of the budget that will be concerned by the analytical balance. Only one version of a same budget must be checked as 'Default'. The inquiry of the balance can only concern one and only one version. |
Grid Periods
Start date (field DATDEB) |
This date is used to define the inquiry start period. |
End date (field DATFIN) |
This date is used to define the inquiry end period. |
Grid Columns
Amount (field TYPCOL) |
The system can manage a maximum of ten extracted amounts, each being linked to its extraction period. |
Period (field PERCOL) |
This field is used to specify the period (in the 'Periods' block) for which the inquiry of the amount will take place (maximum of three). |
Grid Accumulation levels
Type (field TYP) |
The 'BP' type is not submitted if a budget is requested. |
Dimension type (field AXE) |
This field contains the code of the concerned dimension view. |
Pyramid (field PYRSEC) |
Non-mandatory field used to request an inquiry following an account or dimension pyramid. The submitted list of available pyramids is linked to the selected chart of accounts or dimension type. |
Lev. (field NIVSEC) |
Definition level of a group of accounts or a group of dimensions. |
Start (field SECDEB) |
If no start or end account or dimension is specified, the totaling will concern:
based on the 'Account" or 'Dimension' choice. |
End (field SECFIN) |
Print row start (field RNGSECDEB) |
Printing order of the groups of a same level. |
Print row end (field RNGSECFIN) |
Currencies
Source currency (field DEVORG) |
The extraxcted amounts are stored in the transaction currency and the ledger-keeping currency. Entering the currency of origin is used to filter and only consider the amounts for the transaction currency specified here. |
Print currency (field DEVIMP) |
The print currency makes it possible to display the amounts in this currency. When this currency is the local currency, the amounts are extracted and displayed directly from the balance. Otherwise, amounts are converted to the exchange rate type specified in the CNSCURTYP parameter and at the inquiry date. |
Rate (field COURANA) |
When the currency is not stored in the table and the print currency is different from the currency of origin, the exchange rate is requested. |
field LIBCUR |
This field specifies the conversion sense selected to display the exchange rate. |
Budget rate (field COURBUD) |
The budget is stored in a single currency. In the event of a budget being assigned via the generation of the analyical balance, if the print currency is different from the currency entered at budget level, you need to specify the budget exchange rate. |
field LIBBUD |
This field specifies the conversion sense selected to display the exchange rate. |
Miscellaneous
Site detail (field DETSIT) |
If this box is checked, the program adds a column, in the balance print, that will be loaded with the code of the site to which the various totalling levels belong. |
All dimensions entered (field TAXE) |
Only those recordings for which all the requested dimension types are entered will be retrieved. |
Carryforwards (field ANOUVO) |
It is possible to request the print of the carry-forward entries by checking the Carry-forward box. |
Short description (field INTCOURT) |
If the inquiry screen specified in the following field plans the display of titles, it is possible to choose the display of short titles by checking the Short title box. |
No dimension type entered (field AAXE) |
This field displays the recordings corresponding to the request, even if no dimension type has been entered. |
Closing (field CLOTURE) |
Check the box Close if you wish to print the closing entries. |
Destination
field DESTIN |
Ton print the analytical balance, it is possible to check:
|
Destination (field IMPRIME) |
This field is used to enter the code of the report than can be used for the balance printing. There are various print types: preview (PREVISU) submitting an overview of the balance before printing, the editing in a pdf (PDF) file, the inserting of the report in a message and the printing directly on your printer. |
Screen (field ECRAN) |
This compulsary field is used to enter the screen code that can be used for the inquiry of the balance. |
Presentation
Presentation sign (field SENS) |
This field is used to choose the printing sense. The presentation sense impacts the commitment and pre-commitment columns. |
Divisor (field DIVISE) |
Specify a unit for the divisor. For example, to build a budget in Euro, enter 1. All amounts will be divided by 1 (Amount = €10,000 Amount obtained = 10,000). To build a budget in Kilo Euro, enter 1,000. All amounts will be divided by 1,000 (Amount = €10,000 Amount obtained in Kilo Euro = 10). |
Additional information
Display of analytical quantities
For any account/type(s) combination, the Analytical quantity column displays the total of quantity balances. This total is calculated by considering the +/- sign of each entry line and by applying the Debit-Credit formula.
The quantity on the entry line is considered as having the same sign as the line amount.
Example:
Entry |
Balance |
Entry with a positive credit amount and positive quantity |
The balance of the quantity is displayed with a minus sign in the analytical balance/pyramid inquiry. |
Entry with a negative credit amount and negative quantity |
The balance of the quantity is displayed with no sign, meaning a positive value, in the analytical balance/pyramid inquiry. |
Entry with a positive debit amount and positive quantity |
The balance of the quantity is displayed with no sign, meaning a positive value, in the analytical balance/pyramid inquiry. |
Entry with a negative debit amount and negative quantity |
The balance of the quantity is displayed with a minus sign in the analytical balance/pyramid inquiry. |
Specific Buttons
Recall |
Click this action to enter a Memo code to load the settings associated with the code. |
Delete Memo |
Click this action to delete a Memo code. |
Limitations
Limits related to access codes
The analytical balance can be launched using a budget code when:
- the user cannot retrieve the related access code in the list,
- or the user has the access code but does not have inquiry rights.
However, at the details level, for totals related to accounts with or without a pyramid (and with or without an access code), the accounts are locked: when the user does not have inquiry rights or the proper access code to some accounts, then these accounts are not displayed. Besides, in this context, the total displayed in the details grid only includes the amounts related to accounts authorized for inquiry.
Here, the software does not consider the potential budget and/or pyramid access codes, but focuses on the access code set up for accounts.
In the event of an analytical balance inquiry with a "dimension"-type totaling level, no lock applies to the screen access codes, whether it concerns a budget, a pyramid or a dimension. All the valued dimensions belonging to the specified dimension type are displayed, even if for some dimensions the user does not have the related access codes, or does but without inquiry rights.
Error messages
In addition to the generic error messages, the following messages can appear during the entry :
Chart of accounts incompatible between companiesThe inquiry is requested for a group where the charts of accounts are not identical.
<company code> <period end date>: Incorrect periodThe inquiry targets a group where companies do not have the same period split.
Incompatible currencyThe inquiry applies to a group where ledgers have different currencies.
Too many companiesThe inquiry is requested for a company group that includes more companies than the maximum value defined in the BLAMAXCPY – Dimension balance inquiry max parameter (CPT chapter, ANA group).