Defining a Characteristic for an Accrual

Prerequisites

To define a characteristic for an accrual, you should have:

  • Characteristic types defined in the application (where the characteristic entity is set to Accrual).

Procedure

To define a characteristic for an accrual:

  1. Ensure that the Characteristics section is expanded when you are defining or editing an accrual.

    The Characteristics section contains the following fields in a grid:

    Column Name Column Description Mandatory (Yes or No)
    Accrual Detail Sequence Used to specify the sequence in which the accrual processing must be executed.
    Note: It is a read-only field and cannot be edited.
    		 Not applicable
    Effective Date Used to specify the date from when the characteristic is effective for an accrual. Yes (Conditional)
    Note: This field is required when you are defining a characteristic for an accrual.
    Characteristic Type Used to indicate the characteristic type.
    Note: The list includes only those characteristic types where the characteristic entity is set to Accrual.
    		 Yes (Conditional)
    Note: This field is required when you are defining a characteristic for an accrual.
    Characteristic Value Used to specify the value for the characteristic type.
    Note:

    If you select a predefined characteristic type, the Search (The Search Icon) icon appears corresponding to the Characteristic Value field. On clicking the Search icon, the Predefined Characteristic Search window appears.

    On specifying the value for a predefined characteristic type, the description of the characteristic value appears corresponding to the Characteristic Value field.

    		 Yes (Conditional)
    Note: This field is required when you are defining a characteristic for an accrual.
  2. Enter the required details in the Characteristics section.
  3. If you want to define more than one characteristic for an accrual., click the Add (The Add Icon) icon and then repeat step 2.
    Note: However, if you want to remove a characteristic from an accrual, click the Delete (The Delete Icon) icon corresponding to the characteristic.
  4. Click Save.
    The characteristics are defined for an accrual..

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How to define an accrual Defining an Accrual
How to edit an accrual Editing an Accrual