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   <Header>
      <Title>To use dimensions</Title>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e1631515">
         <Level1>Dimensions</Level1>
         <Level2>using</Level2>
      </Keyword>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e1631520">
         <Level1>Dimension</Level1>
         <Level2>type</Level2>
      </Keyword>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e1631525">
         <Level1>Type</Level1>
         <Level2>dimension</Level2>
      </Keyword>
   </Header>
   <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 up to twelve <Link href="/baanerp/tf/glossary/glossary#DimensType_tf" role="glossary">dimension types</Link>. You can
		define a name (a dimension type) and an entire structure of dimension codes for
		each of these dimension types. There is no relationship between the dimension
		types.</Paragraph>
      <List>
         <ListIntro>For example, you can set up these dimensions:</ListIntro>
         <ListItem>Dimension Type 1 = Cost center</ListItem>
         <ListItem>Dimension Type 2 = Item group</ListItem>
         <ListItem>Dimension Type 3 = Business unit</ListItem>
         <ListItem>Dimension Type 4 = Geographical area</ListItem>
         <ListItem>Dimension Type 5 = Activities</ListItem>
      </List>
      <Paragraph>You can separately
		define the dimension structure for each of these 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/tfgld0510m000" role="session">Dimensions (tfgld0510m000)</GUIRef> session. You can also make multilevel dimension
		structures with totals and subtotals. You can build a dimension hierarchy of up
		to ten levels.</Paragraph>
      <Paragraph>In the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tf/gld/tfgld0510m000" role="session">Dimensions (tfgld0510m000)</GUIRef> session, you can define the dimensions for each
		dimension type, and link the dimensions to parent dimensions and child
		dimensions.</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/tfgld0508m000" role="session">Chart of Accounts (tfgld0508m000)</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>For every dimension type,
		you can define one dimension with an empty dimension code. If the dimension
		type is <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tf/domains/gld.dopt#optional" role="option">Optional</GUIRef> for a ledger account, LN posts transactions
		for which no dimension is specified to this dimension. In this way, differences
		between the ledger history and the dimension history can be avoided.</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 LN 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>You can use the
		dimensions to split the transactions on the customer and supplier control
		accounts by departments, persons responsible for the revenues, costs,
		properties, debts, and so on.</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>
   </GeneralSection>
   <RelatedTopics>
      <SectionTitle>Related topics</SectionTitle>
      <RelTopic>
         <Link href="/baanerp/tf/onlinemanual/000433" role="manual">Dimension accounting</Link>
      </RelTopic>
      <RelTopic>
         <Link href="/baanerp/tf/onlinemanual/000126" role="manual">Ledger account and dimension structure</Link>
      </RelTopic>
   </RelatedTopics>
</ManualTopic>