Execution of a Rounding 
Purpose
You apply this process:
- to check if a set of data adheres to the your rounding rules, and
- to clear the rounding differences using adjustments.
Process Flow
An Rounding process may comprise multiple steps, each of which can contain its own sub-steps – that is, the steps can be defined in a hierarchy.
In order to execute a rounding, you define its preliminary structure in the method layout; that is, you define the following:
- the number of levels the step hierarchy of this method layout contains
- which characteristics will appear in fast entry when defining a method (fast entry is discussed later on)
- from which level you will start to see the rounding type, selection 1, selection 2, and the rounding difference (when defining a method)
- the level of the method layout at which you must specify which characteristics (when defining a method)
When defining the method, you define the rule(s) the system uses for checking and rounding. Fast entry features an overview of the rounding steps. Fast entry enables you to create steps and to navigate among these steps. You define the key figures globally for the entire method, but you define the details for rounding for each step in the detail screen Rounding. The system executes the steps in the desired sequence. This means that the adjustment entries of a step are considered in the following step (that is, each step takes into account the results of the previous step).
The process flow in detail:
A. Customizing
Define method layout
Create a new method layout for rounding or use an existing one.
Do the following when creating a new method layout:
- In the screen for defining the rounding, define the number of levels the step hierarchy contains.
In order to define a method later on, also specify:
- which characteristics will appear in fast entry when defining a method
- from which level you are able to see selections 1 and 2 as well as the rounding difference. You change the visibility by dragging the arrows over to the desired row,
- at which level of the method layout rounding which characteristics must be specified In order to use a characteristic, you assign it by selecting the target column and dragging the characteristic from the list of characteristics onto a cell of the table.
- If you only want a single step for the rounding, there is no need to designate characteristics for fast entry.
- You can remove characteristics from the table by dragging them onto the trash folder.
- You can delete a step by dragging it to the trash folder.
- Save the method layout definition.
Define method
Create a method for the method layout.
In the detail screen Key Figures, select globally (for the entire method) the key figure to be checked and the key figure to be rounded.
Define the checking and rounding rules at the top level of the rounding function.
- Rounding:
This is where you define the checking and rounding rule:
- You select the rounding type.
- You define the selection(s) by entering the characteristic values (for example, FS items and transaction types). You can enter characteristic values as single values or as ranges of values. To enter a range, first choose Range in the symbol column of the context menu.
You define the differential accounting object to which the system is to post the difference, which is determined by the checking rule.
For an item you can or must specify one or more subassignments; for each subassignment you can select the
Default indicator and/or specify a characteristic value for the subassignment.
In the tab page Rounding, you can add further characteristics, which you did not designate in the method layout.
- Fast entry
: If you designated characteristics in the method layout for fast entry, the system automatically creates the first step for the method. You can create additional steps in fast entry. You use the arrow symbol to navigate among these steps. The detail screens of the steps show the respective data of all higher levels. (This data cannot be modified.)
- You proceed at step level or sub-step level as you do at the top level (see the previous item).
- Save your entries.
Assign method
Assign the rounding method to a task (for example, a task for currency translation).
C. Starting Rounding
Execute the rounding function by running the corresponding task (for example, the task for currency translation) in the consolidation monitor.
Result
After a rounding function completes successfully, the system displays a confirmation message and – if applicable – one or more error messages if you selected a key figure to be rounded. The rounded data is then available in the InfoCube for transaction data.