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<Session ID="/baanerp/tf/fst/tffst6101m000" xml:lang="en">
   <Header>
      <Title>Ratio Variables (tffst6101m000)</Title>
   </Header>
   <HelpTopic>
      <AimSection>
         <Paragraph>Use this session to maintain variables used
		  to calculate ratios. Variables atre included in a formula that calculates the <Link href="/baanerp/tf/glossary/glossary#000504" role="glossary">ratio</Link>.</Paragraph>
      </AimSection>
   </HelpTopic>
   <Fields>
      <FieldHelp ID="tffst601.rtio" OtherIDs="tffst600.desc">
         <Header>
            <Title>Ratio</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>Represents the proportion of two values, based on a specified
		formula that uses the data included in a financial statement. Examples are the
		current ratio and the quick ratio, which represent the liquidity position of
		the company.</FuncDesc>
         <SimpleSection>
            <List>
               <ListIntro>Ratios are used to:</ListIntro>
               <ListItem>Calculate values for financial statement accounts,
			 consolidated statement accounts, and annexures.</ListItem>
               <ListItem>Define formula variables used to calculate ratio
			 values.</ListItem>
            </List>
         </SimpleSection>
      </FieldHelp>
      <FieldHelp ID="tffst601.ratv">
         <Header>
            <Title>Ratio Variable</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>The elements included in the formula used to calculate the
		statement column values. They correspond with the statement account
		values.</FuncDesc>
         <SimpleSection>
            <Paragraph>Enter a variable to be included in the <Link href="/baanerp/tf/glossary/glossary#000506" role="glossary">formula</Link> determining the value that must be linked to a
			 ratio If you are using constants, this variable can consist of alphabetical
			 characters. The table below lists the arithmetical characters you can
			 use.</Paragraph>
            <TABLE borderstyle="default" space-and-orientation="indented-estimated">
               <TBODY noTR="6">
                  <TR no="1" isLast="false">
                     <TH align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Use...</TH>
                     <TH align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">To...</TH>
                  </TR>
                  <TR no="2" isLast="false">
                     <TD align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">*</TD>
                     <TD rowspan="1" colspan="1">multiply</TD>
                  </TR>
                  <TR no="3" isLast="false">
                     <TD align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">/</TD>
                     <TD rowspan="1" colspan="1">divide</TD>
                  </TR>
                  <TR no="4" isLast="false">
                     <TD align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">+</TD>
                     <TD rowspan="1" colspan="1">add</TD>
                  </TR>
                  <TR no="5" isLast="false">
                     <TD align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">-</TD>
                     <TD rowspan="1" colspan="1">subtract</TD>
                  </TR>
                  <TR no="6" isLast="true">
                     <TD align="center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">()</TD>
                     <TD rowspan="1" colspan="1">put between
					 brackets</TD>
                  </TR>
               </TBODY>
            </TABLE>
            <Paragraph>The variables must have been included in the formula defined
			 for the selected ratio in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tf/fst/tffst6600m000" role="session">Ratios (tffst6600m000)</GUIRef> session.</Paragraph>
         </SimpleSection>
      </FieldHelp>
      <FieldHelp ID="tffst601.seqn">
         <Header>
            <Title>Sequence Number</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>The sequence number allows you to assign multiple lines to a
		  variable.</FuncDesc>
      </FieldHelp>
      <FieldHelp ID="tffst601.ncmp">
         <Header>
            <Title>Company</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>A working environment in which you can carry out logistic or
		financial transactions. All the transaction data is stored in the company's
		database.</FuncDesc>
         <SimpleSection>
            <List>
               <ListIntro>Depending on the type of data that the company controls,
			 the company is:</ListIntro>
               <ListItem>A logistic company.</ListItem>
               <ListItem>A financial company.</ListItem>
               <ListItem>A logistic and a financial company.</ListItem>
            </List>
            <Paragraph>In a multisite structure, some of the database tables can be
		  unique for the company and the company can share other database tables with
		  other companies.</Paragraph>
         </SimpleSection>
      </FieldHelp>
      <FieldHelp ID="tffst601.styp">
         <Header>
            <Title>Statement Type</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>Either <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tf/domains/fst.styp#fin.statement" role="option">Financial Statement</GUIRef> or <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tf/domains/fst.styp#cons.statement" role="option">Consolidated Statement</GUIRef>.</FuncDesc>
      </FieldHelp>
      <FieldHelp ID="tffst601.fstm">
         <Header>
            <Title>Statement</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>An account structure that can consist of child statement
		accounts and parent statement accounts. At the child level, the statement
		accounts are linked to ledger accounts and dimensions. With a financial
		statement, you can collect the desired financial values from the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tf/gld" role="module">General Ledger</GUIRef> and <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tf/fbs" role="module" Update="No">Budgeting</GUIRef> modules, and use this data for internal and external financial reporting and
		analysis.</FuncDesc>
      </FieldHelp>
      <FieldHelp ID="tffst601.accn">
         <Header>
            <Title>Statement Account</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>The code of the statement account.</FuncDesc>
      </FieldHelp>
      <FieldHelp ID="tffst601.scol">
         <Header>
            <Title>Statement Column</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>The column number</FuncDesc>
      </FieldHelp>
      <FieldHelp ID="tffst601.rndv">
         <Header>
            <Title>Rounded Values</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>If this check box is selected, values are rounded
		  off.</FuncDesc>
      </FieldHelp>
   </Fields>
</Session>