Process Alternative Commitment Item Hierarchy

Prerequisites

  • Start of the navigation path ·         In Customizing Funds Management Germany you have created a variant for the appropriate fiscal year under Master Data Next navigation step Commitment Item Next navigation step Create Variants in FM Area/Fiscal Year. End of the navigation path Start of the navigation path Commitment Item Next navigation step Create Variants in FM Area/Fiscal Year. End of the navigation path

  • In the master record of the commitment item that you wish to use in the alternative commitment item hierarchy neither the standard variant or the alternative variant to be processed (or both) have been entered.

Procedure

  • Choose Start of the navigation path Accounting Next navigation step Public Sector Management Next navigation step Funds Management Next navigation step Master Data Next navigation step Commitment Item Next navigation step Hierarchy Next navigation step Change Alternative Hierarchy. End of the navigation path

  • Enter the respective fiscal year and variant to be processed and specify a reference variant in screen area Select Commitment Item .

  • Enter the respective fiscal year and variant to be processed and specify a reference variant in screen area Select Commitment Item .

The standard hierarchy ' 000' is normally offered as a reference.

Choose .

You arrive at screen Change Alternative Commitment Item Hierarchy. In the lower screen area the commitment items of the reference variant on selection are displayed. In the higher screen area you process the alternative commitment item hierarchy. Here you will see those commitment items in whose master record the variant to be processed is already entered.

Select the commitment item in the reference variant (or in the alternative hierarchy) that you want to assign or reassign to the alternative Commitment Item Hierarchy by positioning the cursor and selecting Commitment Item.

  • Place the cursor in the target position and make the hierarchical assignment by selecting Same Level or Level Below .

Note Note

By using Delete you can undo the assignments made. At the same time the assignments in the alternative hierarchy are deleted or the corresponding variant entry in the master record is deleted. No master record is deleted by this.

End of the note.

  • Save the alternative commitment items hierarchy.

Result

If you assign commitment items ofthe standard variant or another variant of your choice to an alternative variant andsave, the change will be entered automatically in the master record of these commitment items on the tab page Alternative Hierarchy. In the same way it is also possible to enter or delete the assignments directly using the function Individual Processing in the commitment item master record.

See also:

Alternative Commitment Item Hierarchy

Alternative Commitment Items Hierarchy Evaluation