1. User's Guide
  2. Working with Management Ledger Profitability
  3. Working with Management Ledger Allocations
  4. Creating and Managing Management Ledger Allocations
  5. Defining and Managing Calculation Rules in Management Ledger Models
  6. Creating Management Ledger Allocation Rules
  7. Defining an Allocation Offset for Management Ledger Allocation Rules

Defining an Allocation Offset for Management Ledger Allocation Rules

Defining a Driver Basis for Management Ledger Allocation Rules describes how to select drivers that determine allocation amounts for Management Ledger models. The next step is to define an allocation offset location, the member to hold an increase to balance a corresponding decrease in the allocation source. By default, offsets are written to the source but you can specify another location. This step is optional.

The offset location definition assumes a focus on the source with the option to select an alternate location. For example, suppose the allocation source is the Sales department intersecting the Salaries account. The default location for the offset would be the intersection of Salaries and Sales. However, you could specify Outbound Allocations of the Sales department instead. By specifying that single change, you are instructing the system to write the offset entry at the source, except you are changing the target location so the offset is written to the intersection of Outbound Allocations and Sales dimension instead of the source.

To define the offset for a Management Ledger allocation rule:

  1. In an open allocation rule, click the Offset tab (Figure 10-15).

    Figure 10-15 The Offset Tab of the Management Ledger Allocation Rule Definition Area


    Enter required information as described in the following steps.
  2. Select whether offset data should be written to the Source intersection, or to an Alternate Offset Location.
  3. If you selected Alternate Offset Location, select the dimension and member to hold the driver data.
  4. When the rule source information is complete, click Save button (Save).

To view any context definitions for a rule, see Viewing Contexts for Management Ledger Rules.

To edit and delete rules, see Managing Management Ledger Rules.