Data entry layout

The data entry layout plays the most prominent role in manual data entry. The data entry layout defines the user interface you will later use to manually enter the data.

Definition of data entry layouts for reported financial data is flexible: You can determine whether the structures of the data entry layout are predefined and fixed, or are dynamically generated according to the transaction data or the master data. You can use hierarchies of characteristics when defining a layout.

The layout definition adheres to the WYSIWYG principle.

All elements of a data entry layout can be reused in other data entry layouts.

Data collection method

When defining a data collection method , you choose manual data entry and assign a data entry group with one or more data entry layouts. You assign the data collection method to a consolidation unit. The data entry layout then appears when you run the data entry task for the consolidation unit.

Periodic and cumulative data entry

For each form, which belongs to a data entry layout, you decide whether the recorded data is period-specific or cumulative (year-to-date).