Setting Options for Funding Accounts

Set funding options to identify funding account information before setting up a Standard or Target Capital Structure funding method.

Use funding options to change the type for some accounts and identify funding account attributes such as whether the account is zero-based, has an unlimited maximum, a minimum funding requirement, or a minimum change amount.

To set the options for funding accounts:

1. Open a model.
2. In the Account View, from the Actions menu, click Funding Options, and then on the Funding Options page click Open Settings .

3. Select or clear Actual Override Defeats Funding to determine how ‘##’ overrides function during data entry:

   • Cleared—‘##’ overrides the account maximum.

   • Selected—‘##’ overrides the account balance.

4. In the Type column, click a cell to change the account type (Term Debt or Revolving Debt) for debt accounts and subaccounts, if needed.

5. Select Zero Based for an account to be set to zero before the funding sequence begins.

6. Select No Max for an account to accept or fund with no cap or maximum.

7. Select Specify Min to indicate whether this funding item has a minimum value that the user can enter. If not, the minimum value is 0.

8. In Min Change, enter a minimum amount for the account that is required before it can be used as a source or use of funds.

   If the minimum change is not met, the account is not utilized for funding surplus or deficit. The value that you enter should reflect the default currency of the file. For example, if the file is in Thousands of Dollars, a 10 reflects a minimum change of $10,000.

   This option allows you to prevent balancing from tapping certain funding items (for example, Equity) where the transaction costs would be prohibitively high for a small amount of required funding.

9. Click to go back to Funding Options.

10. After you've set options, set up a funding method. See Using Funding Methods.