Specifying Parent Scenarios for Consolidation and Specifying the Default Contributing Scenarios in Children

  To specify or create consolidation parent receiving scenarios:

1. Open a consolidation structure.

2. Select the parent entity.

3. In Scenario, select <New Parent Scenario>.

4. Under Scenario to Add, select an option to determine the consolidation scenario:

   • To use an existing scenario, select Existing Parent Scenario to Consolidate, and select a scenario.

   • To create a scenario, select Add New Scenario to Parent and enter a name.

5. Under Scenario to Contribute from Children, select a default scenario for child entities to the contribute:

   • To use the same scenario from the children as the consolidation scenario in the parent, select Use Parent Scenario (default). These rules apply:

     • Contributing scenarios are assigned to entities in a top-down manner.

     • For child entities that are intermediate parents:

       • If Existing Parent Scenario to Consolidate applies and the intermediate parent entity contains the corresponding scenario, that scenario consolidates.

       • If Existing Parent Scenario to Consolidate applies and the intermediate parent entity does not contain the corresponding scenario, the Base scenario consolidates.

       • If Add New Scenario to Parent applies and the intermediate parent entity does not contain the corresponding scenario, it creates that scenario within the entity for consolidation.

     • For child entities with no children:

       • If they contain the corresponding scenario, that scenario consolidates.

       • If they do not contain the corresponding scenario, it defaults to Base for consolidation.

   • Select Use Current Contributing Scenarios to retain the current contributing scenarios for each child while in a parent scenario.

6. Click OK.