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VC_FINS_CFINAR_VAL_S - Define Transfer Rule for Activity Rate Replication from Source to Central
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In this Customizing activity, you define the rules for replicating activity rates from source systems to the Central Finance system. All activity rates from the source systems will be validated against the rules you define here.
- Only correctly validated activity rates are transferred from source systems to the Central Finance system.
- If no rules are defined here, then no activity rates are transferred to the Central Finance system.
You have switched on Transfer Rule Validation for Activity Rate Replication.
The rule maintenance includes three sections: logical system, header and item.
- In the logical system section, you enter the logical systems for source systems from which activity rates are transferred. You need to check the Active box to activate the replication for the corresponding logical system. Otherwise, the rules defined for this logical system is not working, and no activity rates are transferred from this logical system.
- For each logical system, you specify the following fields in the header section:
- Controlling Area: Mandatory
- Version: Mandatory
- Cost Center: Mandatory
- Value Type: Select a value type from the dropdown list
- Year From: Optional, used to specify the fiscal year starting from which activity rates are transferred.
- If you leave the field Year From empty, activity rates created in all fiscal years can be transferred.
- If you don’t maintain any rule in header section for a logical system, then no activity rates are transferred from this system even if it’s active.
- For each header rule, you specify the following fields in the item section:
- Variant: Select a variant from the dropdown list.
- Variant Value: Enter a value depending on which variant you have selected.
- If you don’t maintain any rule in item section for a header entry, activity rates relevant to this header entry will not be transferred.
Please note that an activity rate is allowed for transfer only when all above fields of this activity rate are successfully validated.
Remark:
- For Controlling Area, Version and Year From, only specific values are allowed. While for Cost Center and Activity Type, either a specific value or a regular expression which contains *, + (* represents any character string, including a blank string; + represents any character) can be used.
- For Cost Center, entries with regular expressions can coexist with other entries with specific values. And it conforms to the following validation rules:
- If the cost center of an incoming activity rate matches the cost center in a specific value entry, then this activity rate is only validated against this rule entry.
- If the cost center of an incoming activity rate does not match the rule entries with specific cost centers, then this activity rate is validated against the rule entries with regular expressions.
Given the following rules are defined:
| Header Section | Item Section | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Logical System | Controlling Area | Version | Cost Center | Value Type | Year From | Variant | Variant Type |
| XXXCLNT001 | 0001 | 0 | CC-001 | Plan | 2020 | Activity Type | AT-001 |
| XXXCLNT001 | 0001 | 0 | CC-* | Plan | 2019 | Activity Type | AT-002 |
Then following activity rates from logical system XXXCLNT001 are transferred.
| Controlling Area | Version | Cost Center | Value Type | Year From | Variant | Variant Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0001 | 0 | CC-001 | Plan | 2020 | Activity Type | AT-001 |
| 0001 | 0 | CC-002 | Plan | 2019 | Activity Type | AT-002 |
The activity rate with type AT-001 matches the first rule above. The activity rate with cost center CC-002 doesn’t match the cost center in the specific entry, so it is validated against the cost center in the regular expression entry. And all other fields match the rule, so this activity rate is transferred.
However, an activity rate from logical system XXXCLNT001 like following is not transferred.
| Controlling Area | Version | Cost Center | Value Type | Year From | Variant | Variant Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0001 | 0 | CC-001 | Plan | 2019 | Activity Type | AT-002 |
As there is one specific rule maintained for cost center CC-001, this activity rate is only validated against the rule entry with specific cost center. And both field Year From and Activity Type don’t match the specific rule, so it is not transferred.
