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Definition

A certain characterization of a corporate group’s financial accounting in the Consolidation system.

Use

The system can have several dimensions running parallel. For example, you can define one dimension for company consolidation, another dimension for business area consolidation, and yet another for profit center consolidation.

Each dimension reflects your corporate structure as a hierarchy of consolidation units and consolidation groups.

Note

The use of a dimension in the data model is optional.

Instead of using the dimension in the data model, you can use multiple characteristics with the role consolidation unit. For example, you could then have the characteristics company and profit center with the role consolidation unit.

See also the section on consolidation unit.

Structure

The dimension is not dependent on any data except the client. Instead, many master data fields and customizing settings are dependent on the dimension – that is, they are only valid for the dimension in which they were created.

If you use a dimension in the data model, you have a characteristic with the role consolidation unit. The consolidation unit is the characteristic that is dependent on the dimension.

Also dependent on the dimension are customizing settings, such as tasks and methods.

Some objects not dependent on the dimension are: