Definition

Dimensions that are automatically transferred from a sender to a receiver or to sender control, or from a receiver to tracing factor, are called inherited dimensions.

Use

Dimensions are inherited using the following rules:

You have entered cycle dimensions (such as company code ) on one of the General Ledger: Create   <Allocation Type>: Header Data screens. The cycle dimensions are automatically inherited by the allocation segments of the allocation cycle.

To override this inheritance for specific allocation segments, enter this dimension with another value.

Allocation segment dimensions are inherited as follows:

Sender and receiver dimensions are inherited from the sender. Tracing factor dimensions are inherited from the receiver.

A dimension is defined in the sender, but not in the sender control or receiver:

The sender contains the following values for the dimensions Account and Plant :

Account : 500000, 510000, and 520000 Plant : 10 and 20

Since the receiver does not have any selection criteria for the dimensions Account and Plant, the receiver inherits the same values for the dimensions Account and Plant :

Account : 500000, 510000, and 520000 Plant : 10 and 20

A dimension is defined or inherited in the receiver, not in the tracing factor:

The receiver inherits the following values from the sender for the dimensions Account and Plant : Account : 500000, 510000, and 520000 Plant : 10 and 20

Since the tracing factors do not have any selection criteria defined for the dimensions Account and Plant, the tracing factor inherits the same values for the dimensions Account and Plant :

Account : 500000, 510000, and 520000 Plant : 10 and 20

If you want your sender values to use some of the dimensions that are defined in your sender (but not all), only define the dimensions that you do not want the sender values to inherit from the sender.

If you want your receiver to use some of the dimensions of your sender, you do not have to enter these dimensions for your receiver again.

If you want your tracing factor to use the same dimensions that are defined or inherited in your receiver, you do not have to define the dimensions in your tracing factor.

Do not define the value for your receiver if the allocation is to occur from one value in a dimension to the same value in this dimension. This value is inherited from sender to receiver automatically.

Do notdefine the dimension Plant in your receiver if the allocation is to be from plant 10 and profit center 100 (sender) to profit centers 200 and 300 for plant 10 (receiver), and from plant 20 and profit center 100 (sender) to profit centers 200 and 300 for plant 20 (receiver). The values of this dimension are inherited automatically from sender to receiver. The allocation is then performed:

Define the value for your receiver if the allocation is to occur from one value in a dimension to the same value in this dimension. The value is not inherited from the sender to the receiver in this case.

Define the dimension Plant (10, 20) in your receiver if the allocation is from plant 10 (sender) to profit centers 200 and 300 for plant 10 and 20 (receiver), and from plant 20 (sender) to profit centers 200 and 300 for plant 10 and 20 (receiver). The following allocation is performed:

If you do not define a dimension in the receiver and/or sender control, the values from the sender are automatically inherited. All dimensions in the cycle header are usually distributed to all allocation segments.