Hierarchy Management Interface
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You can use Hierarchy Management to organize dimension members and reports. Dimensions are like the building blocks of your financial system. They help you keep track of monthly account balance summaries in the Planful application. The Hierarchy Management interface is where you will create all your hierarchies; including Attribute hierarchies, Dated, and Alternate. These hierarchies are designed for specific parts of your finances on the Define Financial Segments page. You can use the Hierarchy Management page to easily add, edit, and manage hierarchies, making it simpler to keep your financial data organized and create reports.

Accessing Hierarchy Management 

Navigate to Maintenance > Hierarchy Management. If you are accessing the Hierarchy Management Interface for the first time, you will be prompted to set a default way to access hierarchies; Edit or Read mode. Read mode does not allow you to save changes.

Note:
If you want to change your preference (from read to edit mode or vice versa), in the Hierarchy Management screen select More > Update Default View.


As soon as you land on the Hierarchy Management Page, you will see the following functionalities:


   

This is where you can search, hide, export, add, and edit the hierarchy members.



Search

This option is used to search for the hierarchy members.

To search for a user information, follow the steps below:

  1. Click the down arrow in the Search box. Filter search options appear.
  2. Select any of these options: Label (code + name), Code, Name, and IDX.


  3. Enter the search criteria in the Search box and then click the search icon. The search results appear.
  4. Use an advanced search to produce or narrow results. You can write a query using Type, IDX, Label, Code, and Label columns with the operators (<, >, =, != ), and use the keyword And. For example, if you want to search for rollup nodes "Label1" and "Label2," the query you would input is Label=Label1 AND Label=Label2
  5. Click X to clear the search.

Locate

When you search a hierarchy for a member, you can use the Locate button to display the location of a selected member within the hierarchy. The parent member is displayed in the hierarchy in the left pane, the member is displayed in the center pane, and the member’s properties are displayed in the right pane.


Hierarchy Path

The hierarchy path is displayed based on where you navigate within a hierarchy. Click a member in the path and the parent member will be displayed in the left pane and the member itself will be displayed in the center pane as shown in the example below.


Show or Hide Columns

You can display members in the center pane by IDX, Code, Name, and/or Label as shown below.


Sort

Sort members in the center pane in ascending or descending order. 


Add

This option is to add a member to the hierarchy. Click here to learn more on how to add hierarchy members.


Delete

This option deletes a member in the hierarchy. Click here to learn how to delete a hierarchy member.


Cut/Paste

This option is used to cut and paste to move members around within a hierarchy. All you need to do is select the member and click Cut. Locate the place where you want the member and click Paste.


More Actions

Select from the following:

  • Show/Hide Properties (the right pane).
  • Export the hierarchy to Excel in one of the following formats: Tree, Level-Based, Parent-Child, Leaf Level.
  • Update Default View: To change the default view.
  • Create Sibling Hierarchy: To create a sibling hierarchy. Click here to learn more. 


Edit Hierarchy
This option appears only when the default view is set to Read Mode. If Edit Mode is selected, this option will not be visible and the below options will automatically appear on the top ribbon.
  • Add
  • Delete
  • Cut/Paste


The left pane is where you will select a hierarchy type (for example, entity or finance) to display, the dimension, and the associated hierarchy. It is also where the selected hierarchy is displayed. 

There are two links under Hierarchy selection; Show and Setup.

  • The Show link displays the hierarchy you select.
  • The Setup link takes you to application pages that support all functionality related to the setup of your hierarchy. Click here to learn more about setting up the different hierarchies.

The center pane is where the contents of a roll-up member or the leaf-level members are displayed. Note that you need to click on either a roll-up or leaf-level member to display the properties. 

The right pane is where properties for each dimension member in the hierarchy are displayed. If you are adding members, it is where you will select/enter properties.

Note:
You need to click Edit Hierarchy to edit any of the properties.

The following are the different types of member properties. The Interim Currency Properties are available based on each application.


Default Properties

These are available for all members. Use the following Default Properties when adding, editing, and copying rollup and leaf-level members.

  • Member Code: Enter a member code for the leaf-level node member or rollup node member.
  • Member Name: Enter a member name for the leaf level node member or rollup node member.
  • Parent Member: Displays the parent member of the node.
  • Member Type: Displays the type of member: Rollup Node or Leaf Node.
  • Member Sub Type: Displays the sub type of member. In Financial Hierarchies, the only subtype for Rollup Node is Rollup Member, and the sub types for Leaf Node is Leaf Member and Calculated Member. In Entity Hierarchies, the only sub type for Rollup Node is Rollup Member, and the sub type for Leaf Node is the default budget entity hierarchy.
  • Rollup Operator: Select an operator to use in performing rollup calculations. Available operators are Add (=), Subtract(−), Multiply(*), and Divide(/).



Segment Properties

These are available for leaf members. Options available are based on segment.

  • Account Group: Specify expense, asset, income, liability, statistical and/or equity for the selected account segment member.
  • Credit/Debit: Specify credit or debit for the selected account segment member. This will affect reports. If your report displays negative numbers, you must change this property.
  • Account Type: Select Balance or Flow. Balance accounts start with previous year's ending balances and Flow accounts do not have any opening balances. Map Balance or Flow accounts to a selected account segment member.
  • Currency Type: Select a defined currency type (created on the Currency Type page) to map to a selected account segment member.
  • Normal Data Input Type: Select YTD or MTD to view accounts with a year-to-date or month-to-date input type. Map accounts to a selected account segment member. Generally, Income and Expense accounts are associated with MTD. Asset, Liability, and Equity Accounts are associated with YTD values. Statistical accounts can be set as either MTD or YTD.
  • Variance Type: Select Positive or Negative. The variance is calculated as Actual - Budget or Forecast. Map positive or negative variance accounts to a selected account segment member.
  • Trial Balance Account: Select Yes or No. A trial balance is calculated by summing the balances of all the ledger accounts. Debits must equal credits in trial balance accounts. Map trial balance accounts to a selected account segment member.
  • Report Category: Each report category represents the consolidated segment members' desired level of a reporting view. Report categories are used in standard reporting. Map the Report Category. Report Categories help you to categorize dimension/segment members and are created by clicking the Setup link under the Dimension/Hierarchy in the left pane. Then, under More, select Report Categories.

Currency Property Changes made here will be reflected in the Planning templates where the dimension member is used. The template must be opened and closed (or processed via Simulation Engine) and the cube must be processed. Doing so recalculates the data according to the updated properties. 


User-Defined AttributesThese are specific to each application. The User-Defined Attributes display the available attribute selections defined for the selected member.



Source Properties

Source Properties are available when you are using a second set of books. See Multiple Set of Books. The Member Group field is used to group companies for processing purposes and the Source Company field is where you select the company where the data will be copied from in your IFRS hierarchy



The other two options you can see in this pane are:

  • Org By Period: This functionality allows you to manage changes in organizational structure through acquisition, disposal, or change of parent company, and the associated changes for reporting and calculations. Learn more about Org By Period functionality here.
  • Usage Report: This report gives you details about the usage of segment members and understand how extensively the selected report is integrated across different areas. Learn more about Usage Report here.

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