Overview tab

Enter an allocation rule that includes effective starting and ending dates.

General tab

Enter additional information about the allocation rule.

Offset

Enter offset account and dimension information for the allocation rule.

Source

Opens the Ledger allocation rule sourceform, where you can define the source information for the allocation rule.

Form %1 must be called with an item.

Opens the Ledger allocation rule destinationform, where you can define the destination information for the allocation rule.

Rule

The identification of the allocation rule.

Description

The description of the allocation rule.

Effective start date

Select the effective starting date for the rule.

Effective end date

Select the effective ending date for the rule.

Active

Select this option if the allocation rule is active and available for allocation processing.

Date last run

Displays the date that the allocation rule was last processed and distributions were successfully created.

Intercompany rule

Select this option if the allocation rule involves processing between multiple companies.

Allocation method

Select the allocation method calculation to use.

Data source

Select the source of the amount to allocate.

Fixed value

If you selected Fixed valuein the Data sourcefield, enter a value.

Mathematical operation

If you selected Ledgerin the Data sourcefield, you can select an arithmetic operation to apply to the source value.

Amount

If you selected Multiplyor Dividein the Mathematical operationfield, enter the amount to multiply or divide the source value by.

Date interval code

If you selected Ledgerin the Data sourcefield, you can select a date interval to determine the account period used for the allocation rule source.

Journal name

Select an allocation journal.

Description

Displays the allocation journal description.

Keep account from

If you selected the Spread evenoption in the Allocation methodfield, you can select to use the source account to allocate to.

Keep dimension from

If you selected the Spread evenoption in the Allocation methodfield, you can select to use either the source destination account and dimension, user-specified destination account and dimension, or a combination.

Offset account from

Select where to find the offset account. If you select User specified, the allocation process will use the offset account value specified.

If you select Source, the allocation process will use the respective account defined in source.

Offset account from

If you selected User specifiedin the Keep account fromfield, select the offset account.

Offset dimension from

Select where to find the offset dimension. If you select User specified, the allocation process will use the offset dimension value specified.

If you select Source, the allocation process will use the respective dimension defined in source.

Department

Select the department dimension to associate to the allocation rule.

Cost center

Select the cost center dimension to associate to the allocation rule.

Purpose

Select the purpose dimension to associate to the allocation rule.