Apply Assignment Rules Only

Run the Identify Joint Venture Transactions process in the Process Ownership Definition Assignment Rules mode to apply assignment rules to transactions identified in a prior run.

Use this option to assign an ownership definition or a direct billed stakeholder to transactions that don't have one. Transactions might not have an ownership definition for multiple reasons, including:

  • The joint venture wasn't set up with a default ownership definition.

  • The transaction doesn't have an ownership definition assignment rule.

  • The process to apply ownership definition assignment rules to transactions wasn't run previously.

  1. Access the Identify Joint Venture Transactions process.
  2. For the Processing Mode, select Process Ownership Definition Assignment Rules.
  3. Use the following fields to determine the transactions to process, or leave them blank if you want to process transactions for all your joint ventures:
    • Legal Entity. Use this field to process transactions for joint ventures that are associated with a particular legal entity.

      Caution: The drop-down list includes all legal entities that are associated with joint ventures; this can include legal entities that you don't have access to. If you select a legal entity that you don’t have access to, no records will be processed.
    • Joint Venture. Select a particular joint venture or click Select More to select multiple joint ventures. If you selected a legal entity, the drop-down list includes only the joint ventures associated with the legal entity.

      Only joint ventures in Active status will be processed.

  4. Use the Ledger field only if you want the process to apply assignment rules to transactions in a ledger other than the primary ledger of the joint venture. If you leave it blank, the primary ledger associated with the business unit of the joint venture will be used.
    Note: Transactions identified from a ledger other than the primary ledger of the joint venture are available for distribution. However, distributions generated from these transactions aren't available for invoicing or journal entries. Their status is set to Process Complete.
  5. Select a period to apply assignment rules to transactions for a particular period. If you leave this blank, the earliest open period for the ledger will be used.

    The period is also compared to the effective date range in assignment rules to determine which assignment rules will be used. Only assignment rules with effective dates that overlap with dates for the period will be processed.

  6. For Bypass Default Ownership Definition Assignment:
    • Select No if you want the process to assign the default ownership definition defined in the joint venture definition to any transactions not assigned with an assignment rule.

    • Select Yes to ignore the default ownership definition defined in the joint venture definition.

      After running this process, it's possible for transactions to not have an ownership definition or direct billed stakeholder assigned to them in the Joint Venture Transactions work area. They can't be processed to create distributions. You can manually assign an ownership definition or direct billed stakeholder to these transactions in the Joint Venture Transactions work area. Or you can edit the assignment rules if necessary and rerun this process to create the proper assignments.

  7. Click Submit.
    After the process completes, you can review the processing details in a report. To access the report, click the Process Details tab, select the “…more” link next to Attachment, and then click the .txt file.