User manual BUSINESS OBJECTS INTERCOMPANY 7.5 GLOSSARY

[. . . ] 2010-12-10 Contents Chapter 1 Glossary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Appendix A Index More Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 11 3 2010-12-10 Contents 4 2010-12-10 Glossary Glossary account group A group of accounts which have similar accounting characteristics. The other two being top level account group and parent account group. action A response to a company or partner's request. balance A line in which an amount can be entered. [. . . ] 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 6 2010-12-10 Glossary 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. [. . . ] https://boc. sdn. sap. com/ Developer resources https://www. sdn. sap. com/irj/sdn/businessobjects-sdklibrary 9 2010-12-10 More Information Information Resource Location SAP BusinessObjects articles on the SAP Community Network https://www. sdn. sap. com/irj/boc/businessobjects-articles These articles were formerly known as technical papers. https://service. sap. com/notes Notes These notes were formerly known as Knowledge Base articles. Forums on the SAP Community Network https://www. sdn. sap. com/irj/scn/forums http://www. sap. com/services/education Training From traditional classroom learning to targeted e-learning seminars, we can offer a training package to suit your learning needs and preferred learning style. http://service. sap. com/bosap-support Online customer support The SAP Support Portal contains information about Customer Support programs and services. [. . . ]