CATRANS FILE Allocation Transactions The Allocation Transaction file contains the allocations transactions to be posted to the Lawson General Ledger system. REFERENCED BY CA15.1 CA15.2 CA210 CA215 CA290 GLRV.1 UPDATED BY CA10.2 CA10.4 CA110 CA190 CA195 GL110 GL500 GL950 FIELD NAME DESCRIPTION/VALID VALUES UPDATED BY CAT-COMPANY Numeric 4 CA110 GL500 Company The company number you are defining the GL950 allocation for. CAT-ALLOC-NAME Alpha 12 CA110 GL500 Allocation The allocation name represents an GL950 allocation as defined in CA10.1 (Allocation). CAT-ALLOC-TYPE Alpha 1 CA110 GL500 Allocation Type This field defines what the allocation GL950 affects: actual amounts, current year budget, or next year's budget. A = Actual C = Current Year Budget N = Next Year Budget CAT-LINE-NBR Numeric 6 CA110 GL500 Line Number This field contains the allocation GL950 detail line number. CAT-ALLOCATION-GRP Alpha 12 CA110 Allocation Group The allocation group where the allocation is stored. CAT-SEQ-NUMBER Numeric 6 CA110 GL500 Sequence Number The sequence number is a unique number GL950 assigned to each transaction. CAT-FISCAL-YEAR Numeric 4 CA110 GL500 Fiscal Year This is the fiscal year for the GL950 transaction. CAT-ACCT-PERIOD Numeric 2 CA110 GL500 Accounting Period This is the accounting period for the GL950 transaction. CAT-TRANS-TYPE Alpha 1 CA110 GL500 Transaction Type This field determines whether amounts GL950 or units are processed for the transaction. A = Amounts U = Units CAT-STEP Numeric 3 CA110 GL500 Step This field determines when in a series GL950 of steps an allocation detail line gets processed. Lower-numbered steps are processed before higher steps. CAT-ACCOUNT Numeric 6 CA110 GL500 Account This field and the accounting unit and GL950 subaccount define the location (account) where amounts and other account information are stored. CAT-SUB-ACCOUNT Numeric 4 CA110 GL500 Subaccount This field and the accounting unit and GL950 account define the location (account) where amounts and other account information are stored. CAT-GLT-COMPANY Numeric 4 CA110 GL500 Company This is the company the transactions GL950 are for. CAT-ACCT-UNIT Alpha 15 CA110 GL500 Accounting Unit The accounting unit is a shorthand GL950 notation representing a location (variable level) in the company structure. The accounting unit must be defined in the General Ledger Names file as a posting accounting unit. CAT-TO-BUDGET Numeric 3 CA110 GL500 To Budget This is the budget allocated to. GL950 CAT-BKPST-FLAG Alpha 1 CA110 GL500 Backposting Flag This field determines whether the GL950 transaction is to be back-posted. Y = Yes N = No CAT-RECORD-TYPE Alpha 1 CA110 GL500 Record Type This field indicates the type of record GL950 defined: To or From. F = From T = To CAT-AMOUNT-UNITS Signed 15.2 Occurs 13 Times CA110 GL500 Amounts or Units This field indicates the amounts or GL950 units to be posted to an account for the period. CAT-TRAN-ND Numeric 1 CA110 GL500 Transaction Number This is the number of decimal positions GL950 used for the transaction. CAT-JE-NBR Numeric 8 CA110 GL500 Journal Entry Number This is the journal entry number in the GL950 Lawson General Ledger system. CAT-JE-TYPE Alpha 1 CA110 GL500 Journal Entry Type The type of the journal entry: normal GL950 or intercompany. N = Normal I = Intercompany CAT-JE-DESC Alpha 30 CA110 GL500 Journal Entry This is the journal entry description. GL950 Description CAT-ACTIVITY Alpha 15 CA110 GL500 Activity The activity associated with the GL950 allocation. CAT-ACCT-CATEGORY Alpha 5 CA110 GL500 Account Category The account category associated with GL950 the allocation. Account categories are the Activity Management accounts by which activity transactions are grouped for budgeting and reporting. Set up account categories for an activity before you do any budgeting or transaction processing. Using account categories, you can sort and combine incoming amounts into groups for reporting and inquiry on activities. You can tie account categories to general ledger accounts using AC07.1 (Account Assignment). You can also streamline your maintenance of changes to general ledger accounts; use AC04.1 (GL Code) to define GL codes to represent general ledger accounts. CAT-AUTO-REV Alpha 1 CA110 GL500 Auto Reversal When the Auto Reversal field is Yes, GL950 GL199 (Period Closing) creates an opposite entry for this transaction in the next period. Y = Yes N = No CAT-TRANS-DATE Numeric 8 (yyyymmdd) CA110 GL500 Transaction Date The date of the transaction. GL950 CAT-SEGMENT-BLOCK Alpha 103 CA110 GL500 User Analysis This field identifies the user analysis values included in the transaction. You can either type up to four values or use Define (F6) to open the User Analysis Entry subform. Use this subform to select the user analysis values you want to include in the transaction. If you choose to type values, use commas to separate them. For example: value1,value2,value3,value4 There are three conditions that affect how you can select user analysis values. See the User Analysis Entry form help or the Strategic Ledger procedures manual for additional information. CATRANS FILE INDEX NAME KEY FIELDS DESCRIPTION / SUBSET CONDITION USED IN CATSET1 COMPANY CA10.1 CA10.2 ALLOC-NAME CA10.4 CA10.5 ALLOC-TYPE CA10.8 CA15.1 LINE-NBR CA15.2 CA210 SEQ-NUMBER CA215 GL500 CATSET2 COMPANY CA110 ALLOC-TYPE STEP ALLOC-NAME SEQ-NUMBER CATSET3 COMPANY CA190 CA195 FISCAL-YEAR GL110 ACCT-PERIOD ALLOC-TYPE ALLOC-NAME STEP GLT-COMPANY ACCT-UNIT ACCOUNT SUB-ACCOUNT SEQ-NUMBER CATSET4 FISCAL-YEAR CA290 GLRV.1 ACCT-PERIOD ALLOC-TYPE TRANS-TYPE GLT-COMPANY ACCT-UNIT ACCOUNT SUB-ACCOUNT STEP SEQ-NUMBER COMPANY ALLOC-NAME CATSET5 ALLOCATION-GRP CA190 COMPANY FISCAL-YEAR ACCT-PERIOD ALLOC-TYPE ALLOC-NAME STEP GLT-COMPANY ACCT-UNIT ACCOUNT SUB-ACCOUNT SEQ-NUMBER CATSET6 ALLOCATION-GRP GLRV.1 FISCAL-YEAR ACCT-PERIOD ALLOC-TYPE TRANS-TYPE GLT-COMPANY ACCT-UNIT ACCOUNT SUB-ACCOUNT STEP SEQ-NUMBER COMPANY ALLOC-NAME CATRANS FILE RELATIONS ONE TO ONE RELATIONS RELATION RELATED NAME FILE INTEGRITY RULES / FIELD MATCH Account GLMASTER Required CAT-GLT-COMPANY -> GLM-COMPANY CAT-ACCT-UNIT -> GLM-ACCT-UNIT CAT-ACCOUNT -> GLM-ACCOUNT CAT-SUB-ACCOUNT -> GLM-SUB-ACCOUNT Acct Unit GLNAMES Required CAT-GLT-COMPANY -> GLN-COMPANY CAT-ACCT-UNIT -> GLN-ACCT-UNIT Alloc Name CAHEADER Not Required CAT-COMPANY -> CAH-COMPANY CAT-ALLOC-NAME -> CAH-ALLOC-NAME CAT-ALLOC-TYPE -> CAH-ALLOC-TYPE Chart Detail GLCHARTDTL Not Required GLS-CHART-NAME -> GDT-CHART-NAME CAT-ACCOUNT -> GDT-ACCOUNT CAT-SUB-ACCOUNT -> GDT-SUB-ACCOUNT Company GLSYSTEM Required CAT-COMPANY -> GLS-COMPANY To Company GLSYSTEM Not Required CAT-GLT-COMPANY -> GLS-COMPANY |