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<Session ID="/baanerp/tf/bia/tfbia8502m000" xml:lang="en">
   <Header>
      <Title>Fixed Dimension Definitions (tfbia8502m000)</Title>
   </Header>
   <HelpTopic>
      <AimSection>
         <Paragraph>Use this session to view fixed <Link href="/baanerp/tf/glossary/glossary#Dimension_tf" role="glossary">dimension</Link> definitions, which represent the additional
		  attributes in the financial transactions of LN that can be
		  published as dimensions.</Paragraph>
         <List>
            <ListIntro>These fixed dimensions can be published:</ListIntro>
            <ListItemHead>Business Partner</ListItemHead>
            <ListItem>This dimension is used in the SourceSystemGLMovementBOD if
			 ledger balances for ledger accounts are stored by business partner. It is used
			 in the SourceSystemJournalEntryBOD for transactions that are related to a
			 business partner, such as invoices and payments.</ListItem>
            <ListItem>If the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tf/gld/tfgld0508m000#tfgld008.blbp" role="manual">Business Partner Balance</GUIRef> check box is selected in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tf/gld/tfgld0508m000" role="session">Chart of Accounts (tfgld0508m000)</GUIRef> session, publishing the business partner dimension
			 sequence is mandatory.</ListItem>
            <ListItemHead>Ledger Unit 1 and Ledger Unit 2</ListItemHead>
            <ListItem>These dimensions are used in the SourceSystemGLMovementBOD
			 and the SourceSystemJournalEntryBOD if ledger balance quantities and
			 transaction quantities are stored in LN. Through these dimension fields, the quantities
			 and their related unit codes are published in the BODs.</ListItem>
            <ListItem>Although the quantities and their related unit codes can be
			 published in the BODs, they are not stored in the reporting database.
			 Therefore, do not publish these dimension sequences, unless you really need
			 them in the BODs.</ListItem>
            <ListItemHead>Other dimensions</ListItemHead>
            <ListItem>Other dimensions, such as tax code, tax country, tax ledger
			 account, reconciliation group, cash flow reason, and journal book are only used
			 in the SourceSystemJournalEntryBOD. The reason for this is that the ledger
			 balances are not stored by these codes in LN. The codes are only
			 available on ledger transactions.</ListItem>
            <ListItem>Because these dimensions are not available in the
			 ledger/dimension balances, do not publish these dimension sequences, unless you
			 really need them in the BODs.</ListItem>
         </List>
         <List>
            <ListIntro>You can specify:</ListIntro>
            <ListItem>Which dimension sequence must be included in the BODs.</ListItem>
            <ListItem>For a dimension sequence, the name that is used in the
			 reporting database for PM Dashboards. This name can deviate from the name used
			 in LN <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tf" role="package">Financials</GUIRef>. This can be
			 useful if data from multiple ERPs is stored in the reporting database and the
			 setup differs between the ERPs.</ListItem>
         </List>
      </AimSection>
      <GeneralSection>
         <List>
            <ListItem>To approve a single dimension definition or enter a name,
			 double-click the appropriate line. This will start the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tf/bia/tfbia8102s000" role="session">Fixed Dimension Definitions (Details) (tfbia8102s000)</GUIRef> session.</ListItem>
            <ListItem>To approve a range of dimension definitions, use the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tf/bia/tfbia8502m000#approve.range" role="command">Approve Range</GUIRef> command on the <Link href="/baanerp/tc/glossary/glossary#specific" role="glossary">appropriate</Link> menu.</ListItem>
            <ListItem>After approval of the dimension definition, the dimension
			 name is published in the CodeDefinitionBOD, which results in a code list using
			 this dimension name in the Public MDM of Evolve applications. Therefore, you
			 can then no longer modify the data in this session.</ListItem>
         </List>
         <Note>
            <SectionTitle>Note</SectionTitle>
            <Paragraph>Use the <Link href="/baanerp/tf/bia/tfbia8503m000" role="session">Map LN Dimensions to Reporting Dimensions (tfbia8503m000)</Link> session to map the dimension
			 sequences used in LN to
			 the external dimension sequences in the reporting database.</Paragraph>
         </Note>
      </GeneralSection>
      <RelatedTopics>
         <SectionTitle>Related topics</SectionTitle>
         <RelTopic>
            <Link href="/baanerp/tc/onlinemanual/000520" role="manual">To configure LN for BOD publishing</Link>
         </RelTopic>
         <RelTopic>
            <Link href="/baanerp/tf/onlinemanual/000122" role="manual">To use dimensions</Link>
         </RelTopic>
      </RelatedTopics>
   </HelpTopic>
   <Fields>
      <FieldHelp ID="tfbia802.dseq">
         <Header>
            <Title>Dimension Sequence</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>The dimension sequence number.</FuncDesc>
      </FieldHelp>
      <FieldHelp ID="tfbia802.defd">
         <Header>
            <Title>Default Dimension Description</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>The default dimension description.</FuncDesc>
         <Note>
            <SectionTitle>Note</SectionTitle>
            <Paragraph>To create default descriptions for a selected range of
			 dimension definitions, on the <Link href="/baanerp/tc/glossary/glossary#specific" role="glossary">appropriate</Link> menu, click <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tf/bia/tfbia8502m000#create.def.descriptions" role="command">Create Default Dimension Descriptions</GUIRef>. LN then uses the
			 (hard-coded) dimension names provided by the LN application.</Paragraph>
         </Note>
      </FieldHelp>
      <FieldHelp ID="tfbia802.publ">
         <Header>
            <Title>Publish</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>If this check box is selected, the dimension definition
		  was approved and published.</FuncDesc>
      </FieldHelp>
      <FieldHelp ID="tfbia802.name">
         <Header>
            <Title>Dimension Name</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>The dimension name that is used in the reporting
		  database.</FuncDesc>
         <SimpleSection>
            <Paragraph>You can enter or change the name of an (unapproved)
			 dimension definition in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tf/bia/tfbia8102s000" role="session">Fixed Dimension Definitions (Details) (tfbia8102s000)</GUIRef> session.</Paragraph>
         </SimpleSection>
         <Note>
            <SectionTitle>Note</SectionTitle>
            <Paragraph>The dimension name must not contain multibyte characters or
			 an underscore ("_" ).</Paragraph>
         </Note>
      </FieldHelp>
      <FieldHelp ID="tfbia802.appr">
         <Header>
            <Title>Approved</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>If this check box is selected, the dimension definition
		  was approved.</FuncDesc>
      </FieldHelp>
   </Fields>
</Session>