4 About Accounting Foundation Cloud Service- Standard Edition
Accounting Foundation Standard Edition (AFCS-SE) is a light weight, low cost version of AFCS Enterprise. It enables customers to ingest, standardize source data, apply transformation logic and generating pre accounting attributes. It prepares and structures the data for accounting.
For information on setting up your service, see the AFCS Getting Started User Guide.
Table 4-1 Set up and Administration
| Category | Functionality | Supported by Standard Edition | Supported by Enterprise Edition |
|---|---|---|---|
| Domain | Domain selection and deployment | Yes | Yes |
| Legal Entity | Legal entity setup | Yes | Yes |
| Fiscal Period | Fiscal period configuration | Yes | Yes |
| Parameters | Runtime/system parameters | Yes | Yes |
| ERP Integration | ERP connectivity | Yes | Yes |
Table 4-2 Users and Security
| Category | Functionality | Supported by Standard Edition | Supported by Enterprise Edition |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roles & Groups | Predefined roles | Yes | Yes |
| Custom User Groups | IAM integration | Yes | Yes |
| Entitlements | Access control | Yes | Yes |
Table 4-3 Subledger Accounting
| Category | Functionality | Supported by Standard Edition | Supported by Enterprise Edition |
|---|---|---|---|
| SLA Creation | Define SLA | Yes | Yes |
| Event Types | Configure events | Yes | Yes |
| Header/Line Mapping | Mapping rules | Yes | Yes |
| Ledger Assignment | Ledger mapping | Yes | Yes |
| SLA Pipelines | Execution pipelines | Yes- forward flow only | Yes |
| Balance Ingestion | GL balance ingestion | No | Yes |
| Balance Reconciliation | Reconciliation | No | Yes |
Table 4-4 Data Management
| Category | Functionality | Supported by Standard Edition | Supported by Enterprise Edition |
|---|---|---|---|
| File Upload | Data ingestion | Yes | Yes |
| External Data Descriptor (EDD) | Data definition | Yes | Yes |
| Connectors | Data transformation | Yes | Yes |
| Data Quality | DQ rules | Yes- forward flow only | Yes |
| Data Catalog | Catalog Extensions | Yes | Yes |
Table 4-5 Process Orchestration
| Category | Functionality | Supported by Standard Edition | Supported by Enterprise Edition |
|---|---|---|---|
| Process Modelling | Pipeline design | Yes | Yes |
| Run Pipelines | Execution engine | Yes | Yes |
| Parallel Processing | Advanced flows | Yes | Yes |
| Scheduler | Scheduled runs | Yes | Yes |
| Monitoring | Process monitor & logs | Yes | Yes |
Table 4-6 Accounting and Processing
| Category | Functionality | Supported by Standard Edition | Supported by Enterprise Edition |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forward Flow | Transaction → Journal → ERP | Yes | Yes |
Table 4-7 Balance Computation
| Category | Functionality | Supported by Standard Edition | Supported by Enterprise Edition |
|---|---|---|---|
| Balance Computation | ML balance calculation | No | Yes |
| Currency Conversion | Exchange Rate population | No | Yes |
| Revaluation | FX revaluation | No | Yes |
| Translation | Multi-currency reporting | No | Yes |
| Restatement | Backdated processing | No | Yes |
| Balance Computation PMF | Balance computation pipeline | No | Yes |
Table 4-8 Balance Reconciliation
| Category | Functionality | Supported by Standard Edition | Supported by Enterprise Edition |
|---|---|---|---|
| GL vs PP Reconciliation | Compare GL vs operational data | No | Yes |
| GL vs ML Reconciliation | Ledger comparison | No | Yes |
| ML vs PP Reconciliation | Advanced reconciliation | No | Yes |
| Threshold & Adjustments | Auto/manual adjustments | No | Yes |
| Reconciliation Rules | Rule engine | No | Yes |
| Balance Reconciliation PMF | Balance reconciliation pipeline | No | Yes |
Table 4-9 Reporting and Analytics
| Category | Functionality | Supported by Standard Edition | Supported by Enterprise Edition |
|---|---|---|---|
| BCE Dashboards | Balance dashboards | No | Yes |
| Balance Computation Engine Results | BCE Results | No | Yes |
| Account Summary | Account Summary | No | Yes |
| Transaction Summary | Transaction Summary | No | Yes |
| Reconciliation Framework Analytics | GL/ML/PP reports | No | Yes |
| Data Visualization | DV | Yes- forward flow only | Yes |
| Data Quality | DQ rules | Yes- forward flow only | Yes |
| Business Intelligence Publisher | BI | Yes- forward flow only | Yes |
| Drill-back (Accounting Journals and Transaction Summary) | Transaction traceability | Yes | Yes |