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		<Title xmlns:ssa="http://www.ssaglobal.com" xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">To use dimensions</Title>
		<Keyword><Level1>Dimensions</Level1>
			<Level2>using</Level2>
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	<GeneralSection><Paragraph>In <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tf" role="package">Financials</GUIRef>, you can independently define <Link href="/baanerp/tf/glossary/glossary#Dimension.tf" role="glossary">dimensions</Link> and use them to prepare analyses of <Link href="/baanerp/tf/glossary/glossary#LedgerAccoun.tf" role="glossary">ledger account</Link> transactions and balances. You can use a maximum of five <Link href="/baanerp/tf/glossary/glossary#DimensType.tf" role="glossary">dimension types</Link>. You can define a name (a dimension type) and a complete structure of dimension codes for each of the five dimension types. There is no relationship between the dimension types.</Paragraph>
		<List><ListIntro>For example, you can set up the dimensions as follows:</ListIntro>
			<ListItem>Dimension Type 1 = Cost center</ListItem>
			<ListItem>Dimension Type2 = Item group</ListItem>
			<ListItem>Dimension Type3 = Business unit</ListItem>
			<ListItem>Dimension Type4 = Geographical area</ListItem>
			<ListItem>Dimension Type5 = Activities</ListItem>
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		<Paragraph>You can separately define the dimension structure for each of these five dimension types, in other words, you can set up a dimension structure for the cost centers, a structure for item groups, and so on.</Paragraph>
		<Paragraph>You can define the number of dimension types that you use in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tf/gld/tfgld0101s000" role="session">Group Company Parameters (tfgld0101s000)</GUIRef> session. If you have several financial companies in a company group, the dimension types used apply to all the companies in the group.</Paragraph>
		<Paragraph>You can name the dimension types in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tf/gld/tfgld0102m000" role="session">Dimension-Type Descriptions (tfgld0102m000)</GUIRef> session. You can then define the dimension codes to be used in each company in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tf/gld/tfgld0110s000" role="session">Dimensions (tfgld0110s000)</GUIRef> session. You can also make multilevel dimension structures with totals and subtotals. You can build a dimension hierarchy of up to 10 levels.</Paragraph>
		<Paragraph>Dimensions are always used together with ledger accounts. For each ledger account, you can define which dimension type or types are linked to the ledger account in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tf/gld/tfgld0108s000" role="session">Chart of Accounts (tfgld0108s000)</GUIRef> session. For each dimension type, you must select whether the dimensions type is <GUIRef href="" role="manual">Mandatory</GUIRef>, <GUIRef href="" role="manual">Optional</GUIRef>, or <GUIRef href="" role="manual">Not Used</GUIRef> by the ledger account.</Paragraph>
		<Paragraph>When you enter a transaction, you must first state the ledger account. Then you must enter a dimension for each <GUIRef href="" role="manual">Mandatory</GUIRef> dimension type that is linked to the ledger account, and you can enter a dimension for each <GUIRef href="" role="manual">Optional</GUIRef> dimension type.</Paragraph>
		<Paragraph>For example, the sales revenues ledger account is linked to dimension type 2 (item group) and dimension type 4 (area). The dimension type 1 (cost center) and dimension type 3 (business unit) are not used for the ledger account. The freight costs ledger account is linked to only dimension type 1 (cost center). The other dimension types are not used for the ledger account.</Paragraph>
		<Paragraph>In the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tf/gld/tfgld0509m000" role="session">Dimension Ranges by Ledger Account (tfgld0509m000)</GUIRef> session, you can define the ranges of allowed dimensions by ledger accounts. You cannot change the dimension range for a ledger account that occurs in an unfinalized batch.</Paragraph>
		<Paragraph>You can create transactions for <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tf" role="package">Financials</GUIRef> from the integration with other SSA ERP packages. You can enter these transactions into ledger accounts and into dimensions. You can define the assignment to ledger accounts through the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tf/gld/tfgld4573m000" role="session">Mapping Scheme (tfgld4573m000)</GUIRef> session.</Paragraph>
		<Paragraph>The dimensions also provide the basis for the cost allocation in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tf/cat" role="module">Cost Accounting</GUIRef> module. In CAT, you can allocate the costs (and any revenues) within a dimension type from one dimension code to another and from one dimension type to another.</Paragraph>
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	<RelatedTopics><SectionTitle>Related topics</SectionTitle>
		<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/tf/onlinemanual/000126" role="manual">Ledger account and dimension structure</Link>
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