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SAP BusinessObjects Intercompany Glossary
■ SAP BusinessObjects Intercompany 7.5
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Contents
Glossary..................................................................................................................................5Chapter 1
More Information.....................................................................................................................9Appendix A
Index 11
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Glossary
Glossary
account group
action
balance
bulk import balance
child account
company
company contact
declaring company
detailed email
divide
division
forced reconciliation
A group of accounts which have similar accounting characteristics. One of three account
group levels. The other two being top level account group and parent account group.
A response to a company or partner's request. Requests are made via statuses.
A line in which an amount can be entered. It is created by specifying the declaring company,
the partner, the parent account, the transaction currency, etc.
A method for importing unlimited number of lines. Only the administrator can perform this
type of import when the process is stopped and all the users are logged off.
A data entry account (e.g. Goods in Progress, WIP) that depends on a counterparty account
(e.g. Finished Goods in Progress).
One of the entities that make up groups, and which can be one of three types: a declaring
company, a partner or a reporting company.
A user assigned to a company via a group.
A company which declares the transactions performed with other companies and enters
balances.
Email sent automatically each time a balance status changes.
A valuation method which uses one unit of foreign currency as the base currency and
calculates the equivalent amount in the national currency.
A group of similar companies, e.g. which all have the same sector of activity.
A process run by the administrator at the end of the process to adjust the remaining
differences automatically. The process can be reversed. The amounts that were stored in
the database before the forced reconciliation process was run are restored.
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freeze
To prevent any changes from being made to the balances.
group
A group of users and companies that enables you to determine which users work on which
companies.
group currency
The currency into which all the amounts entered in local and/or in transaction currency are
automatically translated.
journal account
A type of account which stores the differences between the first and last amounts entered
for one or several child accounts. The differences can then be exported to the accounting
system containing the original data.
local currency
The local reporting currency assigned to each company.
materiality threshold
An amount expressed in the group currency enabling you to determine whether an amount
is agreed or not.
multiply
A valuation method which uses the national currency as the base currency and calculates
the equivalent in a foreign currency.
parent account
An account whose amount is the sum of the amounts entered in the child accounts assigned
to it.
parent account group
A group of accounts which have similar accounting characteristics. The account group
defines the sign that will be used for the accounts
partner
A company which declares the transactions performed with other companies and enters
balances.
period
An amount of time defined by a start date and an end date, and to which the amounts that
are entered or imported for balances are linked.
purge
To delete a group of objects, for example: all the currencies, all the balances, etc.
reporting company
The company to which the current company is assigned. A company becomes a reporting
company when it exports, and thus reports, the balances to the consolidation system. A
reporting company can be made up of one or more companies.
standard comment
A predefined comment entered by the administrator providing an explanation for the amount.
status
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An indicator specifying how the reconciliation process is progressing (for example Agreed
To Differ, Reconciled) in the balances. For an object, the indicator specifies whether the
object can be used in balances or not (as in the case of active or inactive currency).
summary email
An email containing a summary of the detailed emails. It lists the status changes that have
occurred since the last summary email was sent.
top level account group
A group of accounts which have similar accounting characteristics. The account group
defines the sign that will be used for the accounts
transaction currency
The currency used for an entry in transactions between the companies.
unfreeze
A reversed freeze action that enables a user to once again make changes to balances.
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LocationInformation Resource
SAP BusinessObjects product information
SAP Help Portal
SAP Service Marketplace
http://www.sap.com
Navigate to http://help.sap.com/businessobjects and on the "SAP BusinessObjects Overview" side panel click All Products.
You can access the most up-to-date documentation covering all SAP
BusinessObjects products and their deployment at the SAP Help Portal.
You can download PDF versions or installable HTML libraries.
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SAP BusinessObjects articles on
the SAP Community Network
Notes
Forums on the SAP Community
Network
Training
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A
account group 5
action 5
B
balance 5
bulk import balance 5
C
child account 5
company 5
company contact 5
D
declaring company 5
detailed email 5
divide 5
division 5
F
forced reconciliation 5
freeze 5
G
group 5
group currency 5
J
journal 5
journal account 5
L
local currency 5
M
materiality 5
materiality threshold 5
multiply 5
P
parent account 5
parent account group 5
partner 5
period 5
purge 5
R
reporting company 5
S
standard comment 5
status 5
summary email 5
T
top level account group 5
transaction currency 5
U
unfreeze 5
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