Setting Common Attributes for Funding Accounts

Use common attributes to identify funding account information before creating a Standard or Target Capital Structure Funding Method. You may identify certain advanced funding account attributes—if the account is zero-based, or has an unlimited maximum (no maximum amount), or a minimum funding requirement (specify minimum), or a minimum change amount.

  To set the Funding Option common attributes:

  1. Access Funding Options.

    See Accessing Funding Options.

  2. Select Common.

  3. Under Funding Method to use, select one option:

    • Standard

    • Target Capital Structure

  4. Optional: Select Actual Override Defeats Funding to determine how ‘##’ overrides function:

    • Deselected (default)—‘##’ overrides the account maximum.

    • Selected—‘##’ overrides the account balance.

  5. Optional: Under Type , click the cell to change the account type for related debt accounts:

    • Term

    • Revolving Debt.

  6. Optional: Select the check box under Zero Based for an account to be set to zero before the funding sequence begins—the account starts with a zero balance.

  7. Optional: Select the check box under No Maximum for an account to accept or fund with no cap or maximum.

  8. Optional: Select the check box under Specify Minimum if an account to requires a time series of assumptions when the balance of the funding account should not go below.

    For example, certain compensating balances might be required by a lender in cash or securities.

  9. Optional: In Minimum change, enter a minimum amount that the account must change to be part of the funding.

    If the minimum change is not met, the account is not utilized funding surplus or deficit. The value entered should reflect the Default Currency of the file—for example, if the file is in Thousands of Dollars, a 10 would reflect a minimum change of $10,000.

  10. Depending on the Funding Method to Use option, perform an action:

  11. Click OK.