Defining a Deletion Method

Use

You use this procedure to define a deletion method.

You use deletion methods to periodically delete transaction data in the consolidation system (SEM-BCS). For more information, see Deletion – Periodic and Nonperiodic .

Prerequisites

You can delete consistent data only. To eliminate data inconsistencies, see Analysis and Repair of Data Streams .

Procedure

Create a Deletion Method

  1. To create a deletion method, go to the process view of the Consolidation Workbench and choose Start of the navigation path Consolidation Functions Next navigation step Data Collection Next navigation step Delete (Method) End of the navigation path .

    In the lower left screen area, choose Create from the context menu.

  2. Enter a short name and a medium name for the method.

  3. Specify the data type.

    Note Note

    The data type Sequence of Activities includes the data streams Sequence of Activities and Activity Sorting .

    You can not delete data in the Activity Numbers data stream.

    End of the note.

  4. On the Selection tab page you can define a selection for reported financial data and documents.

    If you do not use a selection to restrict the data when executing a periodic deletion in the Consolidation Monitor, the system deletes all of the data of the current period.

  5. On the Settings tab page you can specify the input type for reported financial data and documents.

  6. Save the new deletion method.

To run the deletion method periodically, assign the deletion method to a data collection method . Then assign the data collection method to a data collection task .

When you delete documents, specify the document type in the data collection method.

Result

When you execute the method in the Consolidation Monitor, the system deletes the selected data in the current period.

When deleting documents, the system creates reversal, inversion, and correction documents (when applicable). For more information, see Deletion – Periodic and Nonperiodic .