For mapping source records to target records, wildcard conversion rules provide two advantages: increased flexibility and reduced table maintenance.
All source records are stamped with the conversion rule that was used to provide the record with its target values. This process creates a static map for each location, category, and period combination and thus ensures a static audit trail.
Multiple general ledger accounts can be grouped into one calculated account, and the calculated account can be mapped to one target account.
The processes for creating wildcard account mapping and for creating standard account mapping are the same. However, for wildcard account mapping, a wildcard rule name and rule definition must be created, and a target account must be assigned to the rule.
For both wildcard and calculated-account mapping, three types (Between, In, and Like) are available: