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Qualifiers

Some key flexfields use segment qualifiers to hold extra information about individual key segment values. For example, the Accounting Flexfield uses segment qualifiers to determine the account type of an account value or whether detail budgeting and detail posting are allowed for an Accounting Flexfield combination containing a given value.

If you are defining values for any value set that is used by a key flexfield that uses segment qualifiers, you see the Segment Qualifiers pop-up window prompting you for this information. If you share this same value set with additional flexfields, such as a descriptive flexfield, you see the Segment Qualifiers pop-up window regardless of how you identified your value set in this window. Segment qualifiers contain information about a value rather than the segment that uses the value.

This window prohibits you from invalidating any existing data by not allowing you to update this field for existing values unless you first unfreeze all key flexfield structures that use this value's value set.

The Allow Budgeting, Allow Posting, and Account Type fields are segment qualifiers for the Accounting Flexfield.

Allow Budgeting

Indicate whether to allow detailed budgeting to GL accounts with this segment value. When you accept this value, you can perform detailed budgeting to GL accounts with this segment value. When you enter No, you can neither assign GL accounts with this segment value to budget organizations nor define budget formulas for GL accounts with this segment value.

When you are defining a parent segment value, enter No here, since you cannot budget amounts to a segment value which references other segment values where detail budgeting is already allowed.

You cannot change this field for segment values that you already defined unless you first unfreeze your Accounting Flexfield structures that use this value set.

When you change this field for a segment value that you have already defined, you should also make a corresponding change to all GL accounts which include that value. Use the GL Account Combinations window to allow or disallow detail budgeting to your flexfield combinations.

Allow Posting

Enter Yes or No to indicate whether Oracle Applications should allow detailed posting to GL accounts with this segment value. The default value for this field is Yes. When you accept this value, you can post directly to GL accounts with this segment value. When you enter No, you can neither use this segment value in GL accounts on the Enter Journals window, nor define formula journal entries that affect GL accounts with this segment value.

When you are defining a parent segment value, enter No here.

You cannot change this field for segment values that you already defined unless you first unfreeze your Accounting Flexfield structures that use this value set.

When you change this field for a segment value that you have already defined, you should also make a corresponding change to all GL accounts which include that value. Use the GL Account Combinations window to allow or disallow detail posting to your flexfield combinations.

Account Type

You see this qualifier, which requires a value, for the natural account segment only. Enter the type of your proprietary account (Asset, Liability, Owners' Equity, Revenue or Expense) or the type of your budgetary account (Budgetary Dr or Budgetary Cr) your segment value represents. Choose any proprietary balance sheet account type if you are defining a statistical account segment value. If you choose a proprietary income statement account type for a statistical account segment value, your statistical balance will zero-out at the end of the fiscal year.

Your GL account combinations have the same account type as the account segment which they include. You cannot change this field unless you first unfreeze all Accounting Flexfield structures that reference your account segment. Changing the account type only affects new GL accounts created with the reclassified account segment. Changing the account type does not change the account type of existing GL accounts.

To change the account type of existing Accounting Flexfields, refer to the Misclassified Account Types topical essay and/or call Oracle customer support for assistance.

See Also

Correcting Misclassified Account Types (Oracle [Public Sector] General Ledger User's Guide)

Define Accounting Flexfield Combinations

Hierarchy Details Buttons

The Hierarchy Details buttons open the windows you use to define and maintain detailed information about your value hierarchies.

You use the Hierarchy Details zone and the following zones primarily for values you use in segments of the Accounting Flexfield.

Define Child Ranges Choose this button to define child ranges for your parent value. The button is disabled unless your value is already a parent value.
Move Child Ranges Choose this button to move child ranges from one parent value to another parent value. The button is disabled unless your value is already a parent value.
View Hierarchies Choose this button to view the hierarchy structure to which your selected value belongs. You cannot make changes in this window. The button is disabled unless your value belongs to a hierarchy structure (it is either a parent value or a child value of another parent value).

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