Working with Source Accounting Entity Groups

An accounting entity group is a logical grouping of common accounting entities (for example, the same Chart of Accounts, the same Calendar, or the same currency). Use accounting entity groups to extract data from multiple accounting entities in a single data rule execution. They facilitate sharing the same data because multiple accounting entities can belong to more than one accounting entity groups.

To work with accounting entity groups, note the following:

• Accounting entity groups can be used only with data rules.

• When a data rule in a location includes an accounting entity, then the rule is constrained by the accounting entity in the definition. In this case, the data rule in the location cannot use an accounting entity group.

• When a data rule in a location has no accounting entity, then an accounting entity or an accounting entity group must be specified in the definition. The data rule execution extracts data from a single accounting entity or from all the accounting entities in an accounting entity group.

• Data load to write-back rules accept only an accounting entity (and not an accounting entity group) in their definition.

• Metadata rules accept only an accounting entity (and not an accounting entity group) in their definition.

• Oracle Hyperion Financial Data Quality Management, Enterprise Edition does not enforce that entities belong to the same Chart of Accounts.

You view and maintain accounting entity groups using the Entity Groups tab in the Source Accounting Entities feature. The Entity Groups tab consists of two regions: Entity Groups, to which you can add a new group, and the Entity Groups Entities, from which you can add accounting entities.

To add a source accounting entity group:

1. On the Setup tab, under Register, select Source Accounting Entity.
2. In Source Accounting Entities, select the Entity Groups tab.
3. Select the source system type.
4. In the Entity Groups grid, click Add.

   Blank Name and description rows are added at the top of the grid.

5. In Name, enter the name of the accounting entity group.
6. In Description, enter a description of the accounting entity group.
7. In the Entity Group Entities grid, select the accounting entities to add.

   The source accounting entities are displayed in the Entity Group Entities grid. You can click the column header to sort any column. The Entity Group Entities grid displays the following columns:

   For an E-Business Suite source system:

   • Select—A check mark indicates that the accounting entity (ledger) is available.

   • Accounting Entity—Name of the ledger

   • Chart of Accounts—Chart of accounts name

   • Currency—The functional currency of the E-Business Suite ledger

   • Calendar—The E-Business Suite ledger calendar. The E-Business Suite ledger is a collection of chart of accounts, currency, and calendar. For example, 4–4–5, Weekly, Accounting, and so on.

   • Responsibility Name—Displays the general ledger drill-through responsibility. The drill-through responsibility must be set in FDMEE to enable users to drill through to E-Business Suite. The responsibility selected must have the authority to view summary journals and journal details for the selected ledger in the E-Business Suite.

   For PeopleSoft source systems:

   • Select—Select the check box to make the business unit available for the accounting entity group.

   • Business Unit—Business unit name

   • Currency—The base currency for the business unit

8. Click Save.