Accounting › Settlement & Allocation
Allocation Segments
Who sends, who receives, and what splits between them. Anything less than a 100% sender share leaves a residue on the sender, which is sometimes right and usually a mistake.
Where to find it
- Module: Accounting
- Group: Close & Compliance
- Section: Settlement & Allocation
- Screen: Allocation Segments
Address in the console: /accounting/allocation-segments
List · 10 columns · 16 fields on its form · 3 of them required
What the list shows
These are the columns of the list, in the order they are drawn. Any of them can be sorted on, filtered on, hidden, or exported.
| Column | Kind | Field name |
|---|---|---|
| Cycle | Code | cycle_code |
| Seg | Number | segment_no |
| Name | Text | name |
| Senders | Code | sender_pattern |
| Sends % | Number | sender_pct |
| Receivers | Code | receiver_pattern |
| Basis | Status | basis |
| Driver | Code | driver_code |
| Posts to | Code | assessment_element_code |
| Active | Yes or no | is_active |
The form
What is asked for when a record is created here. Required fields are marked; a choice drawn from a configuration list is one an administrator can extend without a release.
| Field | Type | Choices | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cycle required | Choice | Looked up from existing records | |
| Segment required | Number | ||
| Name required | Text | ||
| Sender type | Choice | cost_center, profit_center, order, project, activity | |
| Sender pattern | Text | 'ADM%' for every administration cost center. | |
| Cost element pattern | Text | ||
| Sender sends % | Number | ||
| Sender rule | Choice | posted_amount, fixed_amount, fixed_rate, fixed_price | |
| Fixed amount | Number | ||
| Receiver type | Choice | cost_center, profit_center, order, project, wbs_element, profitability_segment, item, customer | |
| Receiver pattern | Text | ||
| Driver | Choice | Looked up from existing records | |
| Basis | Choice | driver, fixed_percentage, fixed_portion, posted_amount, equal | |
| Assessment element | Choice | Looked up from existing records | Required for an assessment; must be blank for a distribution. |
| Active | Yes or no | ||
| Notes | Long text |
The rules that apply here
Everything on this screen obeys the platform rules rather than rules of its own. The ones worth knowing before you use it:
- Narrowing a list — search, conditions, sort, totals, export and saved views.
- What may be changed — the five grounds a record may not be edited on.
- Companies and business units — what the switcher above this list is doing to it.
- Creating a record — required fields, where choices come from, and how the number is allocated.
- Importing a spreadsheet — this screen accepts one, and it runs through the same rules as typing.