Gross sign diagnostic
Description of the check¶
This check verifies that the sign of the gross amounts entered for the account and custom dimensions is consistent with what is indicated as the Standard sign check in the accounts table. It only checks the accounts associated with the selected process and, for entities (company, contributor node, consolidator node), it only checks those present in the data model process associated with the same entity.
The check is run on both original scenarios and consolidation scenarios, and reports any unbalanced amounts in the gross step present in the data model process of the entity subject to the diagnostic. The check can be run on individual elements of the destinations, on first-level nodes of the destinations, or by summing the destinations according to what is indicated in the process’s validation rules.
The check is run on all category types (amount, entity journals, consolidation journals) and on all category groupings (entity grouping, consolidator entity grouping, consolidator grouping).
Accounts table and diagnostic¶
The following attributes of the accounts are significant for running diagnostic data processing:
| Attribute | Description |
|---|---|
| Standard sign check | Specifies the sign that may be used to insert amounts. The gross sign diagnostic is only run on accounts whose setting is not Any (). |
| Accounting class signs | Signs used by the accounting classes (e.g. payables, revenues, costs...) in the reporting forms. The diagnostic takes account of what is indicated in Accounting class signs: Debit. You can specify that the Debit accounting class is to be indicated as negative or as positive. (). |
The check is run according to the following logic:
| If... | AND... | Then... |
|---|---|---|
| Standard sign check = Debit | the debit sign is positive. | the diagnostic verifies that the amount is greater than or equal to zero. |
| Standard sign check = Debit | the debit sign is negative. | the diagnostic verifies that the amount is less than or equal to zero. |
| Standard sign check = Credit | the debit sign is positive. | the diagnostic verifies that the amount is less than or equal to zero. |
| Standard sign check = Credit | the debit sign is negative. | the diagnostic verifies that the amount is greater than or equal to zero. |
Categories to subject to the diagnostic¶
The categories and category groupings to subject to the diagnostic are defined in the process’s validation rules (). Severity is indicated for each category and each grouping (Blocking, Non-blocking, Only Diagnostic, None)
Entity groupings are those only containing entity categories, i.e. amounts and/or entity journals, of the contributor. These groupings can be validated both on original scenarios and on consolidation scenarios.
Consolidator entity groupings are those which only contain entity categories, i.e. amounts and/or entity journals, where at least one is of the consolidator. These groupings can be validated both on original scenarios and on consolidation scenarios.
The consolidator groupings are those which also contain a single consolidation journal category. These groupings can only be validated on consolidation scenarios and only on the “Converted” and “Consolidable” amount.