Interunit and Intraunit Templates

Interunit ChartFields are determined by the InterUnit Template when you use either the Direct or Indirect interunit method.

Intraunit ChartFields are always determined by the IntraUnit Template.

Note:

Interunit methods do not apply to intra unit transactions.

You provide the appropriate InterUnit and IntraUnit Template for a business unit in the General Ledger Definition component.

When the interunit method is Direct, the ChartFields for the balancing entries to one business unit are retrieved using its own SetID and InterUnit Template Code.

When the interunit method is Indirect, the ChartFields for the balancing entries to one business unit are retrieved using its own SetID, but the affiliate business unit's template. The prompting on the Business Unit Definition only ensure that the template is defined for the SetID of the business unit being maintained, so you must ensure that the template is defined for each related business unit.

Note:

If you use the pairs interunit method, the ChartField values are not determined by the template but are determined by the values that you enter on the InterUnit Pairs page.

Using InterUnit and IntraUnit Templates you associate Transaction Codes with Accounting Entry Types for which you provide ChartField values to complete the partial inter and intraunit entries.

To accommodate different ChartField values across business units, the InterUnit and IntraUnit Template tables are keyed by SetID. The SetID entered for the template is used as the Set Control Value to determine which SetID is used to validate the ChartFields that you enter for the template.

When processing transactions, the general ledger business unit to which the entry is written is used as the Set Control Value to determine the SetID used to access the appropriate InterUnit or IntraUnit Template.

Business units should only share the same inter and intraunit SetID if they also share the same SetIDs for all their ChartFields and their Detail Ledger definitions.

For example, consider the source of receivable accounting entry ChartField values for a transaction from business unit US001 to business unit LE001, when legal entity is not a factor.

Balancing Method	SetID	Template
Direct	The InterUnit SetID of LE001, the To Unit.	The InterUnit Template on the Business Unit Definition for LE001, the To Unit.
Indirect	The InterUnit SetID of LE001, the To Unit.	The InterUnit Template on the Business Unit Definition for US001, the From Unit.

Note:

The SetID used to retrieve the InterUnit Template is always the SetID of the business unit to which the accounting entry is written. Only the template source differs in that the Direct method retrieves the template from the business unit to which the entries are written but the Indirect method retrieves the template from the affiliate business unit.