Create Variations, Control groups, Calculation logics

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Variation accounts section

Please find below the most important fields.

Field	Description	Values
Type nodes of variation accounts	Grouping of the variation types that define the variation generated	-
Restrictions on dimensions	Restriction to be applied to the variation accounts generated	As Parent Account: inherits the same restrictions as the parent account. On Default Entity: inherits the restrictions defined at entity level. Based on"Dimensions Checks": the restrictions depend on how the dimension checks have been defined. None: there are no restrictions on dimensions.

Control groups section

Please find below the most important fields.

Field	Description
One for each Parent Account/One for all Parent Accounts	Number of control groups to be created for the parent accounts selected.
Code format and Description	Criteria with which the control group inherits the code and description from the parent account.
Balance automatically	The control group is made to be balanced automatically. Note: any unbalanced amounts are reported in a dedicated variation account (Balancing variation).

Diagnostics section

Please find below the most important fields.

Field	Description
Severity	This defines whether or not any errors detected by the diagnostic process have to be block the data submission process.
Data types to check	The types of data to be checked during the diagnostic process.
Check original data on	This indicates whether the diagnostic process for original data has to use the local currency or the transaction currency.

Calculation logics section

In this section, it is possible to define one or more calculation strategies to be applied to the control group.

Please find below the most important fields.

Field	Description	Values
Calculate	The criteria used to calculate the account balance	Parent account as sum: the balance of the normal account (parent account) is calculated by adding together the detail accounts or variation accounts. The data are inserted in the detail accounts or variation accounts. Variation/detail as difference: the detail account or variation account is calculated as the difference between the balance of the parent account and the balance of the remaining detail accounts or variation accounts.
Data to calculate	Data to be taken into consideration in the calculation.	Gross Intercompany Journals
Suffix	The common suffix for codes, when several rules are generated.	-