Role (Characteristic Role and Key Figure Role) 
Role (Characteristic Role and Key Figure Role)
Definition
The semantics of characteristics or key figures on which consolidation functions are based.
The characteristics and key figures used in consolidation each have particular role. For example, one characteristic in consolidation has the role consolidation unit.
For the sake of simplicity, the following sections often refer to a "characteristic with the role financial statement item" simply as a "financial statement item". (The same applies to other roles, such as the consolidation unit or breakdown category.)
Structure
Each characteristic and each key figure in a data basis has precisely one role. In more than one data basis, a characteristic or key figure can have more than one role.
The characteristic company has the role consolidation unit in data basis DATA_BASIS_1.
The consolidation system has the following roles:
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Role |
Number of Fields with this Role in the Data Basis |
Value is never initialized (the characteristic always has a value in the transaction data) |
Explanation |
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Version |
between 1 and n |
X |
See detailed documentation on versions |
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Group Currency Key |
1 |
X |
You can insert the group currency key as a variable into the data model. |
|
Currency-Bearing Consolidation Unit |
1 |
X |
See detailed documentation on consolidation units |
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Consolidation Unit |
1 or 2 |
X |
|
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Consolidation Group |
1 or 2 |
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Financial Statement Item |
1 |
X |
See detailed documentation on financial statement items |
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Subassignment |
between 0 and n |
See detailed documentation on subassignments |
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|
Partner Unit |
1 or 2 |
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Transaction Type |
0 or 1 |
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Fiscal Year/Period |
0 or 1 |
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Transaction Currency Key |
0 or 1 |
X |
|
|
Unit of Measure |
0 or 1 |
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Document Type |
1 |
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Posting Level |
1 |
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Translation Indicator |
0 or 1 |
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Clearing Characteristic |
between 0 and n |
Allocations require the characteristic with the role clearing characteristic. It contains either the sender object or the receiver object. Each clearing characteristic needs a corresponding characteristic that is cleared. |
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Fiscal Year Variant |
1 |
X |
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Fiscal Year |
1 |
X |
|
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Period |
1 |
(X) |
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Value in Group Currency |
1 |
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Value in Local Currency |
0 or 1 |
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Value in Transaction Currency |
0 or 1 |
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|
Quantity |
0 or 1 |