Using Alternate Methods to Set Up Drivers

Activity-Based Management uses drivers as the basis for sustainable models; therefore, you do not need to set up drivers every time you run the Activity-Based Management engine. Drivers pick up costs from operational warehouse - enriched (OWE) tables and assign them between resources, activities, and cost objects.

Special circumstances occasionally require you to hard code driver values—for example, to prototype some quantities. If you need this functionality, you can use the Driver Quantity pages to hard code the values.

Warning! To avoid using hard-coded values for drivers that may have a negative effect on your models, ensure that you thoroughly understand how using them impacts your system.

Pages Used to Set Up Drivers Using Alternate Methods

Page Name	Definition Name	Navigation	Usage
Driver Quantities 1	DRIVER_QTY_TBL1	select Activity Based Management, then select Setup, then select Drivers, then select Driver Quantities, then select Driver Quantities1	Enter quantities for drivers associated with activities in case you do not have system-generated data.
Driver Quantities 2	DRIVER_QTY_TBL2	select Activity Based Management, then select Setup, then select Drivers, then select Driver Quantities, then select Driver Quantities2	Enter driver quantities according to object ID.

Driver Quantities 1 Page

Use the Driver Quantities 1 page (DRIVER_QTY_TBL1) to enter quantities for drivers associated with activities in case you do not have system-generated data.

Navigation

select Activity Based Management, then select Setup, then select Drivers, then select Driver Quantities, then select Driver Quantities1

Capacity Amount

Enter a capacity amount for a driver using capacity rates.

Frozen Rate

Enter the frozen rate if the driver is using a frozen rate.

Actual Driver Quantity

For each object ID, enter the actual driver quantity.

Note: Select the Driver Quantities 2 tab to enter driver quantities by target object ID.

Budgeted Driver Quantity

For each object ID, enter the budgeted driver quantity.

Note: Select the Driver Quantities 2 tab to enter driver quantities by target object ID.

Warning! This method requires a considerable amount of maintenance and can easily result in long-term sustainability problems for your models if used extensively.