Example: Document-to-Document Tolerances 
Example: Document-to-Document Tolerances
The following examines two possible document-to-document tolerance scenarios in detail.
Initial Configuration
Scenario 1
Value-based tolerance is active at the line item level. The percentage check limit is set to a value of 10, allowing purchase orders to exceed the amount of the referenced purchase requisition by 10%.
User CLERK1 creates a purchase requisition 1000001, with two line items, item 10 with a value of $100 and item 20 with a value of $200.
User CLERK1 creates a purchase order 4500000001with two line items, item 10 and item 20. Line item 10 has a value of $50 and references purchase requisition 1000001 line item 10; line item 20 has a value of $150 and references purchase requisition 1000001 line item 20.
User CLERK2 then attempts to create a purchase order referencing purchase requisition 100001. The proposed purchase order has two line items, line item 10 with a value of $65 referencing purchase requisition 1000001 line item 10, and line item 20 with a value of $70 referencing purchase requisition 1000001 line item 20.
When trying to save this purchase order, CLERK2 gets the following error message:
Tol. exceeded for PR 1000001 item 10; percentage limit is 10
The sum of the amounts referencing purchase requisition 1000001 line item 10 is $115, which exceeds the tolerance limit of $110.
CLERK2 brings this to the attention of user MANAGER1, MANAGER1 logs onto the system and creates the same purchase order that CLERK2 attempted to create, and on successfully saving, receives the following message (message 059 in FICUSTOM) as a warning only:
Tol. exceeded for PR 1000001 item 10; percentage limit is 10
Scenario 2
The tolerance is changed to an absolute value of $5. Other settings remain the same.
User MANAGER1 creates purchase requisition 1000002 with a single line item 10 with a value of $60. Using the multiple account assignment option, MANAGER1 assigns $30 to commitment item CI1, fund center FC1, and fund FU1. MANAGER1 assigns the remaining $30 to commitment item CI2, fund center FC2, and fund FU2.
CLERK1 attempts to create a purchase order referencing purchase requisition 1000002, line item 10. The purchase order has one line item 10, and a single account assignment of commitment item CI1, fund center FC1, and fund FU1 for a value of $38.
When attempting to save the purchase order CLERK1 receives the following error message (message 060 in FICUSTOM):
Tol. exceeded for PR 1000002 item 10; absolute limit is 5
CLERK1 then reduces the value of the purchase order to $35, and the purchase order saves successfully.