1. Administering Profitability and Cost Management
  2. Working with Profitability and Cost Management Rules
  3. Creating and Managing Rules with the Manage Rules Screen
  4. Creating Custom Calculation Rules
  5. Defining a Target for Custom Calculation Rules

Defining a Target for Custom Calculation Rules

Creating Custom Calculation Rules describes how to complete the Description tab for a custom calculation rule. The next step is to define a calculation target, the range of dimensions that are affected by the custom calculation rule.

To define the target which the custom calculation rule will affect:

  1. In an open custom calculation rule, click the Target tab.

    Figure 8-15 The Target Tab of the Custom Calculation Rule Definition Area


    Enter required information as described in the following steps.
  2. Select the Result Dimension, used in the formula to specify the member to hold the result.
  3. Select the members in each that define the target range that will be affected by the custom calculation formula.
  4. Optional: Filter the data as described in Defining a Source for Allocation Rules.
  5. When the rule target information is complete, click Save button (Save).

Tip:

The next step is to enter a formula for the custom calculation rule (Defining the Formula for Custom Calculation Rules).

To edit and delete rules, see Managing Rules with the Manage Rules Screen.