Print an Allocation Rule

You can print an allocation rule's properties, its flow chart, and the details of its components.

For example, if you print an allocation rule that contains a formula component for allocation expenses and shows:

• The formula syntax.

• The functions and variables that contain the formula.

• A summary of the steps in the rule's flow chart but not in graphical form.

• The rule's properties.

Note: You cannot print allocation rule sets.

Scenario

To print an allocation rule:

1. Navigator > General Accounting > Journals >Create Allocation Rules link.

2. Navigate menu > Administration > Calculation Manager.

3. In the System View, expand the Essbase Application Type, the Application, or Database, and Rules. Select the rule you want to print.

4. Select File, Print.

   Note: You can also select File, Print from within the Rule Designer to print a rule.

5. In Print Preview, do these tasks:

6. Select the Print options:

   • Paper size

   • Print orientation: portrait or landscape.

7. Select General Rule Information to print the rule's description and other details from the Properties tab. The details include the rule's name, the application, its owner, the date the rule was created, and the date the rule was last modified.

8. Select Flow Chart and Expanded or Collapsed, to print the flow chart, and you want to print it with the component details expanded or collapse.

9. Select the number of pages you want to print the components across (horizontally). Select the number of pages to print the components down (vertically).

10. Select the Page Order options:

    • Down, then across: The components in the flow chart print down (vertically, as rows do) on the number of pages you specified in the previous step. Then the components print across (horizontally, as columns do) on the number of pages you specified in the previous step.

    • Across, then down: The components in the flow chart print across (horizontally, as columns do) on the number of pages you specified in the previous step. Then the components print down (vertically, as rows do) on the number of pages you specified in the previous step.

11. Select the remaining Rule Information options:

    • Select Summary, to print a summary of the components in the flow chart.

    • Select Variable Section to print information about any variables used in the rule.

    • Select Detail Section to print detailed information about the components in the rule.

    • Select Page break before sections to create a page break between summary, variable, and detail sections. This option is selected by default.

    • Select Nested Rules to print rules contained in other rules.

12. Select Generate PDF.

13. A PDF file of the rule is opened in Adobe Acrobat.

14. Click the Print icon in Adobe Acrobat.

15. In the Print dialog, select the print options specific to the printer you are using, and click Print.