1. Administrator's Guide
  2. Managing Metadata
  3. Defining Accounts
  4. Defining Dynamic Accounts

Defining Dynamic Accounts

Dynamic accounts are accounts with values that are dynamically calculated when the data is requested. The values for dynamic accounts are not stored. The most common type of dynamic calculation is ratio calculation.

To define a dynamic account and calculation:

  1. Set up an account that uses the Dynamic account type.

    Only base accounts can be dynamic.

    Note:

    These account attributes are ignored for dynamic accounts: IsCalculated, IsConsolidated, EnableCustomAggr, UsesLineItems.

  2. In a rules file, create a Sub Dynamic () section.
  3. In the rules file, define a calculation.

    For more information on writing calculations, use the guidelines for creating rules.