Dimension - Entities
The following has been taken from the Tax Provision Blueprint "Instruction Guide" starting at page 49. See KB article: "Tax Provision Blueprint Instruction Guide - PV7.3.0 SV100" See KB article: "Dimension Member Names - Renaming and Deleting" See KB article: "Dimension Text Fields - Summary" Entities XFW_TXP_Entities is the Tax Provision Blueprint sample Entity Dimension. It is provided with sample entities to show Reporting and Forms. A Legal or Tax reporting structure should be built in the XFW_TXP_Entities Dimension if the desired entity structure is not available in the Financial Model Entities Dimension. If the design decision is made to use the XFW_TXP_Entities, we recommend that this structure share base entity members (through a linked cube setup) with an existing finance structure that is used for consolidation. If distinct base entities must be created for tax, we recommend adding a _TXP suffix to each Entity Member (Houston_TXP). This makes writing Business Rules and Entity mapping easier and consistent across solutions. The sample entities that are included in XFW_TXP_Entities should be used as a reference for how to set up the Text properties for various situations, including National and Local Jurisdictions. Prior to data entry, all sample entities should be removed, except the TXP_GLTaxAdmin – Global Tax Admin entity. If the XFW_TXP_Entities Dimension is replaced as the assigned Entity Dimension for the XFW_TXP Cube, the TXP_GLTaxAdmin – Global Tax Admin entity must be removed from XFW_TXP_Entities and created in the Legal/Tax Hierarchy in the Entity Dimension that is being used. Do not change the Member Properties that are initially assigned to TXP_GLTaxAdmin – Global Tax Admin. The Tax Provision Blueprint application will not function properly without the TXP_GLTaxAdmin entity in the assigned Financial Model Entity Dimension under the Tax/Legal Hierarchy that is used. The TXP_GLTaxAdmin entity should be a sibling to the main Tax Entity hierarchy (TXP_Legal_CTX in Tax Provision Blueprint). The Tax Provision Blueprint application uses the Entity / Jurisdiction (UD1) grouping to help drive the results. UD1 is the Tax Jurisdiction that corresponds with the National (country) and Local Jurisdictions (where applicable) in which the legal entity will be taxed. There can only be one national jurisdiction associated with an entity. Each Entity Member (includes all entities added to XFW_TXP_Entities or the current entities in the substituted Financial Model Entity Dimension for Tax/Legal hierarchy) must add the following Entity Member Properties. Follow the guidelines in the Entity / UD1 Table below for sample setups. Entity Notes: General Alternate hierarchies can be used. All parent members must have the word Total in the description. This will help in the formatting of Cube Views. If intercompany (IC) is needed in the app., then flag the appropriate base level entities as “Is IC Entity=True”. UD1 Constraint Used on all entities (base and parents) – this drives the Finance Business Rule to execute. Limit’s what is a valid intersection. UD7 Constraint Used on all base level entities and up to country level parent entities. Limit’s what is a valid intersection. UD1 Default Used on all base level entities but not required on parent entities. Text 7 Used on any base entity that calculates both a National and a Local tax provision and calculates a National Benefit for the Local data (such as U.S. Federal Benefit of State): NatBenefit=Yes. Also used to tell the app if an entity is a Filer (only used for group filing – either National or Local): NatFiler=Yes and / or LocalFiler=Yes – base entity only. If a base entity requires more than one setting, use a comma to separate the two settings. NatBenefit=Yes,NatFiler=Yes,LocalFiler=Yes All other base entities – leave the property blank. All sub-country/country level parent entities – leave the property blank. At parent entities above the country level, use SETR=No to stop the parent entity from appearing on the Statutory Waterfall reports. Text 8 Required for all Tax entities (base and parent level). This is used to help determine the UD1 members. UD1 member that will vary by entity: base entity that calculates both a National and a Local tax provision; base entity that calculates only a National tax provision; parent entity. Here is a more detailed list of what each entity setting represents: UD1 Constraint: This limits the valid UD1 jurisdictions available for the entity. This ensures that invalid jurisdictions are not available for data entry (i.e., using a Germany JD on a US entity). For entities that have local jurisdictions, this member should be a parent (i.e., Entity: TXP_US_101 -> UD1 Constraint: TXP_US_Total). If there are no local jurisdictions for the entity, then the UD1 Constraint should be the National JD (i.e.: Entity: TXP_UK_101 -> UD1 Constraint: TXP_UK). For entity parents above the country level, use the member TXP_TotalNational. Note: If Finance is using or planning to use UD7 Constraints, UD1 Defaults, Text 7, or Text 8 fields, then it’s suggested to use the “Tax” / “ScenarioType7” / “ScenarioType8” Scenario Types and any other scenario types that are utilized in the tax cube. UD7 Constraint: This limits the valid UD7 group filing entities available for the entity. This ensures that invalid group filing entities are not available to enter data into (i.e.: using a Canadian group filer entity on a US entity). The UD7 Constraint should be the parent country member (Entity: TXP_CA_115 -> UD7 Constraint: TXP_Canada_Total). If an entity is not part of a group filing country (either National or Local), then use “None”. Parent entities above the country level should also be “Root”. UD1 Default: For base level entities and parent country entities, use the National jurisdiction (i.e. Entity: TXP_UK_Total -> UD1 Default: TXP_UK). For parent entities above the country level, use the “None” member. Parameters that use UD1 Default: UD1_Default_TXP Text 7: This field is used for four purposes listed below: NatBenefit=Yes Tells the system whether to execute the National Benefit from Local JD’s for that entity. See CV: Schedule LP 05_06a National Process excl Local JD_TXP. BR: TXP_BusinessRules: Schedule5_6NationalBenefitLocalCurrency Schedule8LocalRateReconciliationETR Schedule9ConsolidatedRateReconciliationETR LocalFiler=Yes This tells the app that this entity will be a Local Filer entity (for Group Filing Countries only). Parameters that use this: Entity_FilerType_TXP Entity_FilerType_MFEntity_TXP WF_TaxEntities_WFText2_P1_TXP NatFiler=Yes This tells the app that this entity will be a National Filer entity (for Group Filing Countries only). Parameters that use this: WF_TaxEntities_WFText2_P1_TXP SETR=No Used in the Home Page dashboard waterfall report. Removes parent entities above the country level from the entity combo box. Parameters that use this: Tax_Entities_SETR_TXP Text 8: This is used to populate the UD1 jurisdictions for the entity. It is used in parameters, business rules and directly in CV’s. Here is an example from a CV: U1#XFMemberProperty(DimType=Entity, Member=|!WF_TaxEntities_WFText2_P1_TXP!|, Property=Text8) Some of the parameters that use Text 8: UD1_JD_Nat_LV_TXP UD1_JD_Nat_TXP UD1_JD_Nat_DM10aAdmin_TXP UD1_JD_Local_TXP UD1_JD_Local_FC_TXP UD1_JD_Local_TaxEntities_TXP Business Rules that use Text 8: TXP_BusinessRules: variable “Jurisdiction” TXP_Copy_Data EntityText8 TXP_Copy_Data_FCST EntityText8 TXP_MemberList TXP_ParamHelper: GetEntityText8 Some of the CV’s that use Text 8: Sch_05c_Review_NatGF_No_Local_TXP Sch_05cFC_Review_NatGF_No_Local_TXP Sch_05c_Review_NatGF_Yes_Local_TXP Sch_05cFC_Review_NatGF_Yes_Local_TXP Sch_DM20a_Data Copy Provision_TXP Sch_DM20aFC_Data Copy Provision_TXP Sch_DM20aAdmin_Data Copy Provision_TXP Sch_DM20aAdminFC_Data Copy Provision_TXP Sch_LP05_06_National Process excl Local JD_TXP Sch_LP05_06_FC_National Process excl Local JD_TXP 10d Sch 05 Local Consol_TXP 10d FC Sch 05 Local Consol_TXP 20d Sch 06 Local Consol_TXP 20d FC Sch 06 Local Consol_TXP 25d Sch 07 Local Consol_TXP 25d FC Sch 07 Local Consol_TXP 80a_Stat_ETR_Analytics_TXP 80b_Stat_ETR_Waterfall_TXP There MUST be a Text 8 on ALL Tax entities (all base entities and all parent entities). There is a section in the main BR (TXP_BusinessRules) that looks to see if there is something in the entity Text 8 field. If there is nothing, none of the Tax Provision Blueprint rules will be executed for that entity. If there is no Text 8, the message displayed below will get written to the Error Log. No indication will be rendered to the user during a calculation or consolidation. So, it is important that the admin review the Error Log on a regular basis. This is especially true during the development of the app. Note: US entities TXP_US_LegalEntityA, TXP_US_101 and TXP_US_107 have their entity attributes set at the “Tax” Cube Type and the “Tax” Scenario Type as an example. All other test entity attributes are set at the “Default” Cube or Scenario Type. There are a few CV’s that use the XFMemberProperty to get the UD1 default or the Text 8. In order to make this dynamic to the Scenario Type and WF time period associated to the Scenario, a parameter has been created called “WFScenarioType_TXP”. The XFBR rule dynamically gets the scenario type associated with the scenario. When referencing the UD1Default (notice it is VaryByCubeType), we use: VaryByCubeType=[Tax], VaryByTime=[WFTime] When referencing the Text 7 or Text 8 (use the new parameter – notice it is VaryByScenarioType): VaryByScenarioType=[|!WFScenarioType_TXP!|], VaryByTime=[WFTime] The following CVs are impacted by these two options: XFW_Tax Forms Actual (TXP) folder: Sch_DM10a_Data Copy Provision_TXP Sch_DM20a_Data Copy Provision_TXP Sch_DM20aAdmin_Data Copy Provision_TXP Sch_DM20b_Data Copy Return_TXP Sch_DM30a_Data Copy Provision_TXP Sch_DM30b_Data Copy Return_TXP Sch_LP05_06_National Process excl Local JD_TXP XFW_Tax Forms FCST (TXP) folder: Sch_DM10aFC_Data Copy Provision_TXP Sch_DM20aFC_Data Copy Provision_TXP Sch_DM20aAdminFC_Data Copy Provision_TXP Sch_DM30aFC_Data Copy Provision_TXP Sch_LP05_06_FC_National Process excl Local JD_TXP XFW_Tax Reports Actual (TXP) folder: 80a_Stat_ETR_Analytics_TXP 80b_Stat_ETR_Waterfall_TXP XFW_Tax CV’s All Workflows Actual (TXP) folder: Sch_05b_Review UD2 Gross and Tax_TXP Sch_05c_Review_NatGF_No_Local_TXP Sch_05c_Review_NatGF_Yes_Local_TXP Sch_06b_NatGF_No_DefLocal Review_TXP Sch_06b_NatGF_Yes_DefLocal Review_TXP XFW_Tax CV’s All Workflows FCST (TXP) folder: Sch_05bFC_Review UD2 Gross and Tax_TXP Sch_05cFC_Review_NatGF_No_Local_TXP Sch_05cFC_Review_NatGF_Yes_Local_TXP Sch_06bFC_NatGF_No_DefLocal Review_TXP Sch_06bFC_NatGF_Yes_DefLocal Review_TXP The following parameters uses these options: UD1_JD_Nat_TXP UD1_JD_Nat_LV_TXP UD1_JD_Nat_DM10aAdmin_TXP UD1_JD_Local_TXP UD1_JD_Local_FC_TXP UD1_JD_Local_TaxEntities_TXP
Matrix Consolidation: Eliminating Beyond Legal Entity
Purpose of the document To goal of this document is to share our experience in designing for a matrix consolidation requirement, as well as to drive discussion on the topic. What we mean by “matrix consolidation” Matrix consolidation is a term commonly used when finance teams want to prepare their management & statutory financials concurrently. This prevents the need to maintain separate scenarios and processes in the system. It will usually involve running eliminations on something more than just legal entity. In OneStream this can mean using a user defined dimension as part of the elimination process. The Requirement A common use case is to run eliminations between Profit Centres or Segments. Whilst inter-profit-centre eliminations will be used as the example in this document, it is not the only potential use case. The requirement we will attempt to solve for is that the customer wants an elimination to only occur at the first common parent in both the Legal Entity and Profit Centre hierarchies. First let’s look at the two broad ways in which this can be achieved. ENTITY DIMENSION OR USER DEFINED (UD) DIMENSION So, there is a requirement to do eliminations on a level of detail below the legal entity/company code level. The example we will use in the section is where the customer wants to generate eliminations between Profit Centres (PC). You have two main options on how to tackle this, outlined in the following two sub-sections. OPTION 1: ENTITY DIMENSION Include this Profit Centre detail in your entity dimension as base members. These will be children of the legal entity members. OPTION 1: ENTITY DIMENSION Include this Profit Centre detail in your entity dimension as base members. Pros Cons Business Logic · No additional Logic required to get eliminations running by Profit Centre. · Impacts consolidation performance more than option 2 in a typical setup, due to multiplication of members in the entity dimension (i.e. more data units) that are to be consolidated. Exact impact need to be analysed in each project. · If you move a PC in the entity hierarchy, you will need to reconsolidate all history. Dimensions · Uses fewer UD dimensions than option 2. · Generally, only appropriate when Profit Centres are unique to entities, since otherwise they will need to be duplicated for each entity. · Can end up with a very large entity dimension · To achieve some reporting, alternative entity hierarchies (and therefore additional consolidations) may be required. · Often leads to creation of additional “dummy” or “journal” Profit Centre entities to contain data that doesn’t need to be captured by Profit Centre (e.g. Balance Sheet Data). This creates even more entities to be consolidated! · When Profit Centres are not unique to entities, shared Profit Centres will create lots of duplicate entities and should be avoided. · Less flexible since profit centres need to be created & moved within the entity hierarchy. Workflows · If the responsibility structure (and therefore workflow design) is by Profit centre, then can make workflow design/build better. · If the responsibility structure is not based around Profit Centre, more entities will need to be assigned and considered in workflow design. · Makes Profit Centres the basis for everything where data is stored, processed and locked. Reporting & Matching · May align with the way it was done in legacy systems, so users are familiar with the approach. · Standard IC matching reports will work for Profit Centre matching (although this requirement is less common from our experience). · Out-of-the-box matching will now only be at PC level. Legal Entity matching will require custom reporting. · Alternative entity hierarchies (and therefore consolidations) may be required to achieve some reporting. · Execution of consolidation required to see legal entity level data (as they will be parent entities) Security · Native using the entity dimension. · Requires maintenance on a Profit Centre level even if not required on that level. OPTION 2: USER DEFINED DIMENSION Create a Profit Centre dimension in a UD. OPTION 2: USER DEFINED (UD) DIMENSION Include the Profit Centre detail in a User Defined Dimension Pros Cons Business Logic · Logic can be customised to specific requirements. · Does not add additional members to the entity dimension (i.e. data units), which is beneficial for consolidation performance in a typical setup. · Running a consolidation, will run a statutory and management consolidation in parallel. · Requires additional development time for business logic if not part of a starter kit. Dimensions · A cleaner entity dimension to support legal entity and group reporting. · Matrix view of consolidation can be created (e.g. with entities in rows and Profit Centres in columns) · Can be combined with extensibility if Profit Centres aren’t applicable to all entities/divisions. · Requires the use of two UD dimensions (one for Profit Centre and another for PC counterparty). This is discussed later. Workflows · Often more closely aligns with the responsibility structure for Actuals (by legal entity). Reporting & Matching · Standard IC matching reports will support legal entity matching. · Consolidation not required to view total legal entity values (pre-elimination data) · Custom IC matching reports may be required for Profit Centre matching. This is less common as a requirement. Security · Native using the entity dimension if security is driven by Legal Entity. · Requires slice security (via Cube Data Access security) if required at Profit Centre level (can impact reporting performance if security is complex). Other Design Considerations Data quality of matrix counterpart – Remember, all intercompany data from the source system needs to be sourced for all matrix dimensions. It will negatively impact user experience if this data is not readily and accurately available in the source system (lots of manual input will be required). Stability of the matrix dimension – This is to say, in your situation, will the Profit Centre hierarchy change regularly with relationships changing? This requires significant consideration in the design phase. Some discussion points are included in a later section. New or existing application – The choice of solution may depend on whether this is a new implementation or an addition to an existing one. It will likely be easier to add a new UD to an existing application rather than re-develop the entity dimension! Performance – Common design considerations of performance, data unit sizes, number of data units etc. apply. Elimination vs. Matching – Remember that just because a customer wants their eliminations to happen on PC doesn’t mean that they need to do their month end intercompany matching at this level. It’s important to clarify this as two separate requirements during gathering. Workflow – Ensure you consider the responsibility structure of the organisation as this will have a big impact on the decision. If the true process (loading, locking, calculating & certifying the data) is by Profit Centre, then this could be a good justification for using the Entity dimension (option 1). However, it’s much more typical that these are based on legal entity for Actuals, making a UD solution (option 2) more appropriate. Option Overview The best approach will vary depending on the specific requirements, but the above gives some common indications of the benefits & drawbacks of each approach. Adding members to the entity dimension creates additional overhead during consolidation since the system must run the data unit calculation sequence (DUCS), consolidate and check the status on each entity member. Therefore, including profit centre in the entity dimension will often be slower than using a UD (in the presence of typical data volumes, exceptions always apply!). Regardless of the approach, remember that with the default eliminations always occur at the first common parent in the Entity dimension. If the client wants something different, then you would be looking at a “non-matrix” solution (i.e. separate cubes for statutory and management). But that is a different topic… Since option 1 mostly uses system-default logic for processing and eliminating the data, the setup is mostly straight forward. Therefore, the rest of the document focuses on how to design for Option 2, using a user defined dimension to contain this detail and run eliminations. Out of the Box - view of Eliminations It is worth stating that just because a client says “we need the eliminations to run by profit centre” doesn’t mean that they need to implement a full matrix consolidation solution. If they don’t need the profit centre elimination to happen at the first common parent in the PC hierarchy, then the out of the box eliminations will suffice as you can report the eliminated data simply by selecting the correct combination of members (Origin, PC, etc.). For those less familiar with the topic, let’s just take a moment to set up a simple example that shows the default behaviour of eliminations in OneStream. We have a Profit Centre dimension in UD1, and an entity dimension for the legal entity members as follows (all entities are using USD only & are 100% owned, for the sake of a simple example): There is an intercompany transaction between the legal entities Manchester & Houston: Within Manchester it is captured within the Finance PC, and within the Houston Sales PC. When out-of-the-box eliminations are run, we will see the following results (eliminations in red, consolidated results in the blue box): The eliminations occur at the first common parent in the entity dimension (in this case the first common parent is the Main Group). In the UD1 the eliminations happen on the same member as the original data, so at the group level we still see the plug amounts by Profit Centre. If we zoom into the Profit Centre dimension (UD1) at the top Main Group reporting entity member, we see the following, where 100 is the aggregated difference on the plug account of the two base level Profit Centres Finance1 and Sales1: Matrix Consolidation - View of Eliminations Now let’s imagine we have the same setup but want to apply matrix consolidation. We have the same data, but now we are capturing the Counterpart Profit Centre for each transaction: Notice how in the below screenshot our eliminations will be happening on a new “elimination member” within UD1, rather than the member the data sits on (highlighted in the green boxes below; the required elimination members are discussed further in the next section on the setup). The member where the elimination occurs represents the first common parent of the PC & Counterparty PC in the hierarchy (in our example this is the “Top_PC” member in UD1). Again, if we look at this result in more detail at the Main Group entity level, you can now see that within the UD1 hierarchy, the elimination doesn’t occur until the first common parent in the UD dimension. So, at “Top_PC” the data is eliminated, but at descendant UD1 members, it is not (e.g. Admin_PC, Finance_PC, Sales_PC). Note that we have the same result at the Top Profit centre and Group entity, but the way we get there is different. Now that we understand the situation we are trying to tackle, let’s look at the setup used in this example. Setup The following items are configured in our matrix consolidation example. Entity No changes are required to the entity dimension for matrix consolidation. Account No changes are required to the account dimension for matrix consolidation. We will use the same plug accounts. UD1 – Profit centre Some additional elimination members are required in our UD1 as follows. Whilst UD1 is used in our example, the usual design decisions apply to which UD you use. These new elimination members will be required at every point an elimination may happen, so you can see that this can potentially add a large number of members to your existing hierarchy. A common naming convention is often used to allow the system to derive where to post the elimination. In this case you can see it is the parent member name with a prefix of “Elim_”. Alternatively, you could use text fields to store this information. Either way, the logic will rely on this being updated accurately and consistently. Tip: Ensure your consolidation logic provides helpful error messages if it finds that an elimination member does not exist or is misconfigured. UD7 - NEW Counterparty PROFIT CENTRE A new dimension is needed to capture the counterparty Profit Centre information. Like the Intercompany dimension in OneStream, this can be (and almost always is) a simple flat list of the base counterparties. All relevant intercompany data now needs to be analysed by this dimension so input forms & transformation rules will need updating. In data models where (almost) all UDs are already in use, this element can be challenging and requires consideration. Whilst UD7 is used in our example, the usual design decisions apply to which UD you use. Remember that this dimension is simply used to capture the counterparty so if your design is already using lots of dimensions then you may be able to combine this with other supplementary data, or maybe even use UD8 (although this will need additional consideration in your dynamic reporting design). Tip: Consider how this dimension will be maintained going forwards as it will be important for the logic that all members exist with the same naming in this counterparty dimension. Consider if the counterparty dimension could/should be automated to align with the main PC dimension. Business Logic Since, unlike the entity dimension, all parents in a UD are calculated on-the-fly this approach will require additional eliminations to be calculated. You will need to store your new matrix consolidation logic somewhere; in our case it is a business rule attached to the cube, but it could also be attached to a member formula: Tip: You DO NOT need to switch on custom consolidation algorithm on the cube to achieve a matrix consolidation result. Always consider the wider requirements & design. Reporting Custom reports will need to be developed to allow users to do IC matching and report on the resulting eliminations meaningfully. If the customer already does their elimination like this, they should have existing specifications that can be designed for. But if not, end users will need to understand Matrix consolidation when they build their own reports/Quick Views or just run LE-based reports with “Top” for Profit Centres. Tip: You can use Data Set business rules to help you efficiently gather your data for interactive dashboard & reports. Business Logic Consolidation Algorithm When a matrix consolidation requirement exists, it has been commonly observed that consultants will switch on the Custom Consolidation algorithm on the relevant cube(s). However simply because this stores the Share data, this has a negative impact on consolidation performance, and database size. Before you reach for the Custom algorithm though, I would recommend considering calculating the matrix elimination adjustments during the calculation pass of C#Elimination, within a UD member (potentially within your data audit dimension). This will allow you to remain on the Standard or Org-by-Period algorithm and within this member you can update the standard eliminations with the PC detail. Of course, you may have other requirements that lead to you using the Custom algorithm, in which case the approach for matrix eliminations can be determined in the context of the overall design. Tip: Consider whether matrix eliminations are required for all processes & scenarios and ensure it is only running on those where it is truly required. Useful Snippets The general approach for writing a matrix consolidation rule is to check that the elimination only occurs at the first common parent – other than that it will follow standard OneStream rule writing techniques such as using data buffers. The following functions can be useful (comments correct as of version 8.5): Function Comment api.Members.GetFirstCommonParent() You will want to use this function to check both the entity and profit centre parents to see if they’re common to the IC or counterparty member. api.Members.IsDescendant() Note that this doesn’t check whether a descendant has a consolidation percentage greater than zero. So, if doing org-by-period this may need additional consideration. api.Entity.PercentConsolidation() Useful for checking whether entity is being consolidated. Ensure you only pass valid parent/entity combinations into the function. Example rule Attached to this paper you will find a sample rule that can be used as a starting point to implement matrix consolidation. Disclaimer: The provided rule is an example only, and its purpose it to demonstrate an approach that can be taken. If used as a starting point, then all care should be taken to adapt and thoroughly test it before implementation. Updates may be made, without notice, to the example in future. Whilst there are arguably different ways to approach this, the example takes the following approach: Retrieves a data buffer of the system generated eliminations. Reallocates the elimination (both IC & Plug account entry) to the correct PC. Reverses lower-level eliminations from current eliminations (without this step the process will repeat at each parent after the first common parent). Clears the system Elimination as “No Data”. Save Results. This should be assigned to the cube when using the standard or org-by-period consolidation algorithm. It reallocates the out-of-the-box eliminations to the relevant UD member. With some quick reconfiguration of the dimensions & names referenced in the rule, it should work with the setup described in the previous section. org-by period in the UD With regards to matrix consolidation, I have previously been asked the following question: “What happens to the eliminations if we change our Profit Centre structure?” Well in our Entity dimension, we have built in tools to handle org-by-period, so that entities can have relationship properties vary by time period. Data is also stored on parent entities which aids in this org-by-period. Within our UD, no such functionality exists, so if I move a member, that member is moved for all history. If I duplicate a member, the values are duplicated (depending on the aggregation weight of course, but keep in mind that this cannot be varied by time!) So how can we approach this is when a Profit Centre needs to change parents one month: Change the main hierarchy – The old view will no longer be visible. The added complexity is that the eliminations for prior periods will occur in the “wrong” place in the UD hierarchy from a historical point of view unless a consolidation is rerun on all those periods. Of course, if you rerun the consolidation on prior periods, then all your results will change (although not at the top level provided nothing else has changed). This implies that the elimination will correctly display the elimination after the change; Historical data will not be kept for the re-consolidated periods. Create alternate hierarchies (e.g. Top_2023, Top_2024 etc.) – New hierarchies can be created, with unique parents that will allow the old hierarchy to be preserved. As with the first option, re-consolidation of prior periods will be required to view historic data in the same format. However, if the data is only required in the new format going forwards then re-consolidation of prior periods can be avoided. Tip: For every alternate hierarchy in which you run your matrix eliminations, the eliminations will be “duplicated”. Therefore, your business logic should allow you to configure, by time period & scenario, which hierarchies are eliminated to ensure only necessary calculations are run. This could be done, for instance, through tags on text fields of the members. Whilst not such a common scenario, it is a consideration worth making during the requirements gathering & design.Different Entity Setup Types
The following has been taken from the Tax Provision Blueprint "Instruction Guide" starting at page 51. See KB article: "Tax Provision Blueprint Instruction Guide - PV7.3.0 SV100" Attached is a one tab Excel file that shows all the different entities that are setup in the Tax Provision Blueprint app. It highlights which entity properties (UD1 Constraints, UD7 Constraints, UD1 Defaults, Text 7 and Text 8 need to be filled out and samples for each property. This Excel file will help you understand how to configure your entities (both base level and parents) for your specific application.
