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<ManualTopic ID="/baanerp/tf/onlinemanual/000307" xml:lang="en">
   <Header>
      <Title>Allocation relations</Title>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e1948070">
         <Level1>Allocation relations</Level1>
      </Keyword>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e1948073">
         <Level1>Cost allocation</Level1>
      </Keyword>
   </Header>
   <AimSection ID="aim_allocation_relations">
      <Paragraph>You can maintain
		allocation relations between dimensions, carry out allocation procedures
		according to the relations, and integrate the resulting amounts into budgets or
		actual analyses.</Paragraph>
      <Paragraph>Cost allocation
		structures that use the same set of destination dimensions often occur multiple
		times. Therefore, you can define allocation rule sets to collect rules of
		different types for the automatic generation of allocation relations.</Paragraph>
   </AimSection>
   <GeneralSection>
      <List>
         <ListIntro>You can create an allocation net based on:</ListIntro>
         <ListItem>Allocation keys, as
		  described in <Link href="/baanerp/tf/onlinemanual/000308" role="manual">Allocation keys setup</Link>.</ListItem>
         <ListItem>Default allocation
		  relations, as described in <Link href="/baanerp/tf/onlinemanual/000309" role="manual">Default allocation relations setup</Link>.</ListItem>
         <ListItem>Consumption rules, as
		  described in <Link href="/baanerp/tf/onlinemanual/000310" role="manual">Consumption allocation relations setup</Link>.</ListItem>
      </List>
      <Paragraph>An allocation key is a
		scheme to create allocation relations automatically if the source of the
		allocation relations is known.</Paragraph>
      <Paragraph>Default allocation
		relations serve as a template for allocation relations with repeating
		occurrences regarding source and destination dimensions.</Paragraph>
      <Paragraph>Consumption rules are
		used to generate outgoing allocation relations from a retrograde source
		according to the roles that you define.</Paragraph>
   </GeneralSection>
   <RelatedTopics>
      <SectionTitle>Related topics</SectionTitle>
      <RelTopic>
         <Link href="/baanerp/tf/onlinemanual/000308" role="manual">Allocation keys setup</Link>
      </RelTopic>
      <RelTopic>
         <Link href="/baanerp/tf/onlinemanual/000309" role="manual">Default allocation relations setup</Link>
      </RelTopic>
      <RelTopic>
         <Link href="/baanerp/tf/onlinemanual/000310" role="manual">Consumption allocation relations setup</Link>
      </RelTopic>
   </RelatedTopics>
</ManualTopic>