How Cross-Validation Rule Violations Are Managed

Cross-validation rules determine whether a selected value for a particular segment of an account combination can be combined with specific values in other segments to form a new account combination.

The Manage Cross-Validation Rule Violations process lists and optionally disables account combinations that violate cross-validation rules for a given chart of accounts. The process also lets you preserve attributes of account combinations to prevent the Inherit Segment Value process from reenabling them.

After you define a cross-validation rule, you can run the Manage Cross-Validation Rule Violations process to:

• Test that the rule is set up correctly.

• Identify existing account combinations that violate the rule and optionally disable them.

How Cross-Validation Rule Violations Are Processed

The Manage Cross-Validation Rules process evaluates all account combinations that are enabled and not end-dated when the process is submitted. The Enabled setting on the Manage Cross-Validation Rules page also affects the process.

You can submit the process from the Scheduled Processes work area and from the Manage Cross-Validations page. Here's how you submit it from the page:

1. In the Setup and Maintenance work area, use the Manage Cross-Validation Rules task:
   • Offering: Financials
   • Functional Area: Financial Reporting Structures
   • Task: Manage Cross-Validation Rules
2. On the Rules tab, select Manage Rules from the Actions menu. The Manage Account Combination Validation Rules process dialog box opens.
3. In the Validation Type field, select Cross-validation rules.
4. In the Action field, select Review violations.
5. Select values for the rest of the parameters, which are the same as the Manage Cross-Validation Rule Violations process when submitted from the Scheduled Processes work area.

Name	Description
Chart of Accounts	Select the chart of accounts for the applicable cross-validation rule.
Cross-Validation Rule	Select All or select a specific cross-validation rule.
Disable Accounts	Select from among the following options: No: Only lists account combinations that violate the cross-validation rule, regardless of whether the cross-validation rule is enabled. Yes: Disables account combinations that violate the cross-validation rule if the Preserve Attributes option for the account combination isn't set. Note: This option applies only to enabled cross-validation rules. Cross-validation rules that are disabled don't disable any account combinations. Yes and Preserve Change: Disables account combinations that violate the cross-validation rule if the Preserve Attributes option for the account combination isn't set. Sets the Preserve Attributes option on account combinations to prevent the Inherit Segment Value process from reenabling them. Note: This option applies only to enabled cross-validation rules. Cross-validation rules that are disabled don't disable any account combinations.

At completion, the process produces the Cross-Validation Rule Violations report with information about the account combinations that were processed.