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The following is a list of transactions and documents in SAP Business One where you can assign distribution rules to G/L accounts that are involved in a specific transaction/document or a series of transactions/documents. This might be required in the following cases:

  • You have assigned a default distribution rule to the G/L account, but in a specific transaction/document or series of transactions/documents, you need to assign a different distribution rule.

  • You have not assigned a default distribution rule to the G/L account, but in a specific transaction/document or a series of transactions/documents, you need to assign to it a distribution rule.

Features

In all places listed below, the distribution rules can be changed at any time (before and after the transaction/document is added), unless otherwise stated.

Note Note

If you specify distribution rules at both the row level and the document level, SAP Business One takes the distribution rule information from the row level.

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Financials Module
  • Journal entries / journal voucher entries – the Distr. Rule field is active at both the row level and the document level. You can access the field in the expanded editing mode, or in the table directly, or on the Table subtab of the Document tab in the Form Settings window. Use the last option to assign distribution rules at the document level.

  • Posting templates / recurring postings – the Distr. Rule column is active at the row level. Assign to each row the required distribution rule. Journal entries that are created from posting templates / recurring postings automatically record distribution rules in the posting templates / recurring postings as default distribution rules.

Sales and Purchasing Documents
  • In sales and purchasing documents, the Distr. Rule column is active at both the row level and the document level.

  • In sales documents of type Item, you can specify distribution rules for the cost of goods sold (COGS) account. The COGS Distr. Rule column is active at both the row level and the document level.

Freight
  • In the Freight – Setup window in   Administration   Setup   General   Freight  , the Distr. Rule column is active at the row level. The distribution rule you specify here is used by default, at both the row level and the document level, whenever freight is used.

  • In all sales and purchasing documents, the Distr. Rule column for freights is active at both the row level and the document level.

    • To specify distribution rules for freight at the row level, on the Table Format tab of the Form Settings window, select the Visible and Active checkboxes for the columns Freight 1 Distr. Rule, Freight 2 Distr. Rule, and Freight 3 Distr. Rule, and specify a required distribution rule for each freight item.

    • To specify distribution rules for freight at the document level, in the Freight field, choose Link to (Link to). In the Freight Charges window, specify a required distribution rule for each freight item.

Banking Module
  • Incoming and outgoing payments – the Distr. Rule column is active at the row level.

  • Payment wizard – the Distr. Rule column is active at the row level in the recommendation report.

  • Commission – the Distr. Rule field is active for commissions.

Inventory Module
  • Inventory documents – in goods receipts, goods issues, and inventory transfers, the Distr. Rule column is active at the row level.

  • Inventory revaluation, inventory opening balances, inventory tracking, and inventory posting – the Distr. Rule column is active at the row level.

Production Module

Production orders – the Distr. Rule column is active at the row level.