After you create the appropriate dimension sets as described in Create a dimension set, you create dimension hierarchies for the dimension sets.

1. Click General ledger> Setup> Dimensions> Dimension sets .

2. In the upper pane, select the dimension set for which you want to create a dimension hierarchy.

3. In the lower pane, press CTRL+N to create a new line for a dimension hierarchy.

4. In the Row definitionfield, enter a unique identification for the hierarchy.

5. In the Namefield, enter a brief description of the hierarchy.

6. Click Structure designerto define the particular dimension values that are contained in the selected dimension set hierarchy as combinations on a grid or as a tree structure. For this procedure, select the Tree controlcheck box to work in the tree structure.

7. On the Designertab in the left pane of the Structure designerform, set up the hierarchy of the dimension values that are contained in the selected dimension set hierarchy:

   1. Drag the dimension values from the Dimensionstab in the right pane into the tree presentation pane on the Designertab. You can select and drag several values at once.

   2. Only values for one dimension at a time are available in the right pane. To see the values of other dimensions, select another dimension in the Dimensionfield.

8. Repeat the process of dragging dimension values to the tree until you have constructed the correct tree structure for the selected dimension set hierarchy.

9. If appropriate, use expressions to generate multiple value combinations. Instead of selecting a single value, select a range of values by entering an expression. For example, P* identifies all values starting with P.

10. To add an expression, select a dimension in the tree and then double-click, or click Createat the appropriate place in the tree. In the right pane, in the Valuefield on the Setuptab, enter the expression.

11. To view all the value combinations that are defined by the structure (and expand any expressions that have been used), select the Simulatecheck box. The dimension values that start with a "P" are then generated in the tree structure.

12. To ensure that there are no duplicates, select the Checkcheck box and then the Simulatecheck box. Errors are highlighted and you can move to the next or previous error by clicking the appropriate icon.

    If there are no errors, the Updatebutton is activated.

    By selecting the Indicate times usedon the Setuptab on the left pane, the Times usedfield appears in the grid on the right pane. When you click the Simulatecheck box, the field is updated with the number of times that the element is used in the row structure.

13. Click Updateto save the dimension set hierarchy as a list of value combinations to be used when transactions with dimension values are posted (or updated and posted). The updated hierarchy ensures that only correct dimension values are posted on transactions.

    When you click Update, the Last updatedfield is updated with the system date, and the Last updatedcheck box is selected.

14. Close the Structure designerform, and notice that the Last updatedcheck box has been selected in the lower pane in the Dimension setsform.

15. Select the Approvedcheck box on the line in the lower pane to allow the dimension set hierarchy to be used in dimension set rules, which you create in the Dimension set rules form.

When all dimension set hierarchies have been defined and updated—and when you have created dimension set rules (if you decide to use them) as described in Create dimension set rules—you must activate the dimension sets and dimension set hierarchies as follows:

1. Click General ledger> Setup> Parameters .

2. On the Ledgertab, in the Activate setsdrop-down list, select At postingor At update and posting:

   • At posting- Activated when transactions are posted to ledger accounts (according to the set hierarchy and the dimension set rules that apply to each ledger account).

   • At update and posting- Activated when transactions are posted to ledger accounts and when other records are updated.

   NoteIf a dimension is not a component of a dimension set, users can freely set the dimension values that are defined for the dimension on transactions to ledger accounts that are not governed by dimension set hierarchies or dimension set rules..