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                             ACCATRANS FILE

                       AC Allocation Transaction

This file contains a set of intermediate results produced by AC130
(Allocation Calculation). These transactions are moved to the Activity
Transaction file for posting by AC131 (Allocation Update) and posted by AC190
(Activity Posting).

UPDATED BY

AC120     AC130     AC131     AC300

FIELD NAME           DESCRIPTION/VALID VALUES                    UPDATED BY

TRN-ALLOC-NAME       Alpha 12                                    AC130
Allocation Name      The allocation name represents an
                     allocation as defined in AC30.1
                     (Allocation) or AC30.2 (Multiple Pool
                     Allocation).

TRN-LINE-NBR         Numeric 6                                   AC130
Line Number          You can assign a line number to each
                     detail line of an allocation for
                     sequencing.

TRN-SEQ-NUMBER       Numeric 6                                   AC130
Record Sequence      A unique number assigned to each
Number               allocation line.

TRN-ALLOC-GROUP      Alpha 12                                    AC130
Allocation Group     This is the allocation group, which is
                     defined in AC37.1 (Allocation Group).

TRN-STEP             Numeric 3                                   AC130
Step                 This field determines when an
                     allocation detail line will get
                     processed.  All lower steps are
                     processed before processing higher
                     steps.

TRN-FISCAL-YEAR      Numeric 4                                   AC130
Fiscal Year          This is the current fiscal year.  This
                     field is updated by Period Closing
                     (GL199).

TRN-PERIOD           Numeric 2                                   AC130
Period               This is the period in the activity
                     group calendar to which the transaction
                     is posted.

TRN-TRANS-TYPE       Alpha 1                                     AC130
Transaction Type     This field identifies the type of value
                     for the transaction: amount or units.
                     A = Amount
                     U = Unit

TRN-UNIT-MEASURE     Alpha 12                                    AC130
Unit Measure

TRN-ALLOC-TYPE       Alpha 1                                     AC130
Allocation Type      This field defines where the allocation
                     will take place.

                     A = AC Only
                     B = Both AC and GL

TRN-ACTIVITY-GRP     Alpha 15                                    AC120   AC130
Activity Group       This is the activity group of the
                     activity to which the transaction is
                     posted.

TRN-ACTIVITY         Alpha 15                                    AC130
Activity             This is the activity to which the
                     transaction is posted.

TRN-VAR-LEVELS       Alpha 30                                    AC130
Variable Levels      Levels define an addressing system that
                     organizes activities into a reporting
                     hierarchy. Level names are defined for
                     an activity group and should be able to
                     be used across all activities in an
                     activity group. Levels facilitate rollup
                     or consolidation of budgets, costs, and
                     revenues from activities at lower levels
                     to macro activities at a higher level
                     within the hierarchy.

TRN-ACCT-CATEGORY    Alpha 5                                     AC130
Account Category     This is the account category to which
                     the transaction is posted.

TRN-DESCRIPTION      Alpha 30  (Lower Case)                      AC130
Transaction          This is the description of the
Description          transaction.

TRN-REFERENCE        Alpha 10  (Lower Case)                      AC130
Reference            This is a user-defined field used for
                     tracing the transaction to its origin.
                     Allocation transaction Reference fields
                     contain the name of the allocation.

TRN-COMPANY          Numeric 4                                   AC130
Company              This is the company to which the
                     allocation is posted.

TRN-FROM-COMPANY     Numeric 4                                   AC130
From Company         This is the company that is the source
                     of the allocation.

TRN-ACCT-UNIT        Alpha 15                                    AC130
Accounting Unit      This is the accounting unit to which
                     the allocation transaction is posted.

TRN-ACCOUNT          Numeric 6                                   AC130
Account              This is the account to which the
                     allocation transaction is posted.

                     If you select the Pool (P) posting
                     option, and the pool consists of General
                     Ledger balances, a separate transaction
                     is created for each account/subaccount
                     combination and posted to the post-to
                     activity and account category.

TRN-SUB-ACCOUNT      Numeric 4                                   AC130
Subaccount           This is the subaccount to which the
                     allocation transaction is posted.

                     If you select the Pool (P) posting
                     option, and the pool consists of General
                     Ledger balances, a separate transaction
                     is created for each account/subaccount
                     combination and posted to the post-to
                     activity and account category.

TRN-TRAN-DATE        Numeric 8  (yyyymmdd)                       AC130
Transaction Date     This is a user-defined date specifying
                     when the transaction was entered.

TRN-POST-DATE        Numeric 8  (yyyymmdd)                       AC130
Posting Date         This is the date the allocation
                     transaction was posted.

TRN-AUTO-REV         Alpha 1                                     AC130   AC131
Auto Reverse         When you set the Auto Reversal field to
                     Yes (Y), reversing entries are created
                     (R) by AC131 (Allocation Update) in the
                     run following the run that produced the
                     original entry.
                     Y = Yes
                     N = No

TRN-CONTROL-GROUP    Numeric 8                                   AC130
Control Group        This is the control group number
                     assigned to the transactions created by
                     the allocation.

TRN-TRAN-CURRENCY    Alpha 5                                     AC130
Transaction Currency This is the transaction currency.

TRN-TRAN-BASERATE    Signed 12.6
Transaction Base     This is the rate that converts the
Rate                 transaction amount.

TRN-TRAN-AMOUNT      Signed 15.2                                 AC130
Transaction Amount   This is the amount in transaction
                     currency.

TRN-UNITS-AMOUNT     Signed 15.2                                 AC130
Units Amount         This is the number of units for the
                     transaction.

TRN-TRAN-ND          Numeric 1                                   AC130
Transaction Number   This is the defined number of decimal
of Decimals          positions used for the transaction.

TRN-ACT-CURRENCY     Alpha 5                                     AC130
Activity Currency    This is the activity currency.

TRN-ACT-BASERATE     Signed 12.6                                 AC130
Activity Base Rate   This is the rate that converts the
                     transaction amount to the activity
                     amount.

TRN-ACT-AMOUNT       Signed 15.2                                 AC130
Activity Amount      This is the amount in activity
                     currency.

TRN-ACT-ND           Numeric 1                                   AC130
Activity Number of   This is the defined number of decimal
Decimals             positions used for the transaction.

TRN-AG-CURRENCY      Alpha 5                                     AC130
Activity Group       This is the activity group currency.
Currency

TRN-AG-BASERATE      Signed 12.6                                 AC130
Activity Group Base  This is the rate that converts the
Rate                 transaction amount to the activity group
                     amount.

TRN-AG-AMOUNT        Signed 15.2                                 AC130
Activity Group       This is the amount in activity group
Amount               currency.

TRN-AG-ND            Numeric 1                                   AC130
Activity Grp Nbr of  This is the defined number of decimal
Decimals             positions for the activity group.

TRN-RPT-AMOUNT-1     Signed 15.2                                 AC130
Report Currency 1    The transaction amount for Report
Amount               Currency 1.

TRN-RPT-RATE-1       Signed 12.6                                 AC130
Rpt Rate 1           The exchange rate to convert the
                     transaction amount to Report Currency 1.
                     The exchange rate is defined in CU10.1
                     (Exchange Rate).

TRN-RPT-ND-1         Numeric 1                                   AC130
Rpt Nd 1             The number of decimal positions for
                     Report Currency 1.


TRN-RPT-AMOUNT-2     Signed 15.2                                 AC130
Report Currency 2    The transaction amount for Report
Amount               Currency 2.

TRN-RPT-RATE-2       Signed 12.6                                 AC130
Rpt Rate 2           The exchange rate to convert the
                     transaction amount to Report Currency 2.
                     The exchange rate is defined in CU10.1
                     (Exchange Rate).

TRN-RPT-ND-2         Numeric 1                                   AC130
Rpt Nd 2             The number of decimal positions for
                     Report Currency 2.


                         ACCATRANS FILE INDEX

NAME      KEY FIELDS    DESCRIPTION / SUBSET CONDITION           USED IN

TRNSET1   ALLOC-GROUP                                            AC130   AC131
          STEP
          ALLOC-NAME
          LINE-NBR
          ACTIVITY
          ACCT-CATEGORY
          FISCAL-YEAR
          PERIOD
          SEQ-NUMBER

TRNSET2   ALLOC-NAME    KeyChange
          LINE-NBR
          STEP*
          SEQ-NUMBER
          ALLOC-GROUP

TRNSET3   ACTIVITY-GRP  KeyChange                                AC120   AC300
          ACTIVITY
          ACCT-CATEGORY
          CONTROL-GROUP
          LINE-NBR
          SEQ-NUMBER
          ALLOC-GROUP
          STEP
          ALLOC-NAME

                         ACCATRANS FILE RELATIONS

ONE TO ONE RELATIONS


RELATION       RELATED
 NAME           FILE        INTEGRITY RULES / FIELD MATCH

Acacctcat      ACACCTCAT    Required

                            TRN-ACCT-CATEGORY    -> AAX-ACCT-CATEGORY

Acactgrp       ACACTGRP     Required

                            TRN-ACTIVITY-GRP     -> AGP-ACTIVITY-GRP

Acactivity     ACACTIVITY   Required

                            TRN-ACTIVITY         -> ACV-ACTIVITY

Acalloc        ACALLOC      Required

                            TRN-ALLOC-NAME       -> AOC-ALLOC-NAME

Acallocgp      ACALLOCGP    Required

                            TRN-ALLOC-GROUP      -> ALG-ALLOC-GROUP

Glsystem       GLSYSTEM     Required

                            TRN-COMPANY          -> GLS-COMPANY