Consolidation Groups
A reporting entity that does not trade: a currency, a chart, a calendar and a set of member companies.
Where to find it
- Module: Accounting
- Group: Group
- Section: Consolidation
- Screen: Consolidation Groups
Address in the console: /accounting/consolidation-groups
List · 8 columns · 13 fields on its form · 3 of them required · 1 action
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Group | Code | code |
| Name | Text | name |
| Currency | Code | group_currency |
| Principle | Code | principle_code |
| Members | Number | member_count |
| Elimination rules | Number | rule_count |
| Last published | Code | last_published_period |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Code required | Text | ||
| Name required | Text | ||
| Parent group | Choice | Looked up from existing records | A sub-group consolidates first and enters the parent as one line. |
| Group currency required | Choice | Looked up from existing records | |
| Accounting principle | Choice | Looked up from existing records | |
| Ledger | Choice | Looked up from existing records | |
| Fiscal year starts in month | Number | ||
| Translation reserve account | Choice | Looked up from existing records | |
| Goodwill account | Choice | Looked up from existing records | |
| Minority interest account | Choice | Looked up from existing records | |
| Rounding account | Choice | Looked up from existing records | |
| Description | Long text | ||
| Active | Yes or no |
What you can do here
Run consolidation primary
Collect, translate, eliminate, minority — every step kept as a line you can read back.
Asks for: Period (YYYY-MM)* Version
* required
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.