Accounting › Consolidation
Consolidation Adjustments
An adjustment made at group level and nowhere else. A top-side adjustment is the classic fraud vector, so it carries a reason, an approver who is not the author, and a life.
Where to find it
- Module: Accounting
- Group: Group
- Section: Consolidation
- Screen: Consolidation Adjustments
Address in the console: /accounting/consolidation-adjustments
List · 10 columns · 12 fields on its form · 4 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Document | Code | adj_no |
| Period | Code | period_code |
| Group | Code | group_code |
| Company | Code | company_code |
| Type | Status | adjustment_type |
| Description | Text | description |
| Debit | Amount | debit_amount |
| Credit | Amount | credit_amount |
| Status | Status | status |
| Approved by | Text | approved_by_name |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Group required | Choice | Looked up from existing records | |
| Period required | Text | ||
| Company (blank = the group itself) | Choice | Looked up from existing records | |
| Type required | Choice | reclassification, fair_value, policy_alignment, goodwill_impairment, deferred_tax, top_side, other | |
| Description required | Text | ||
| Group account | Choice | Looked up from existing records | |
| Debit | Number | ||
| Credit | Number | ||
| Currency | Choice | Looked up from existing records | |
| Reason | Long text | Required in substance: an adjustment nobody can explain is one an auditor will ask about first. | |
| Recurring | Yes or no | ||
| Reverses next period | Yes or no |
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.