| # Rebuild Opening Balance/History from Transactions (tfgld3203m000) Use this session to rebuild the opening balance and history based on existing transactions. If you click Rebuild, LN rebuilds the history for the selected ledger accounts and the dimensions linked to them. To rebuild the history, it is recommended that you run this session twice: To rebuild the history from the transactions for the ledger accounts and dimensions with sublevel zero. To rebuild the history for the parent accounts and dimensions. To rebuild the history for the ledger accounts and dimensions with sublevel zero, select only the following check boxes: Fiscal Period Reporting Period Opening Balance. To rebuild the history for the parent accounts and dimensions, select the Rebuild Parent Account History and the Rebuild Parent Dimension History check boxes and clear the remaining check boxes. Note During the rebuilding process, no financial transactions must be entered or generated in the current financial company. Otherwise, the rebuild may fail, or the result can be unreliable. Reason to use this session You can use this session for the following reasons: Prior to closing the financial year, to ensure that all the history transactions match with the finalized transactions. In case of an incorrect history, for example, due to a system failure. Note Do not use this session to rebuild the history after a change in the structure of the chart of accounts or of the dimensions. In this case use the following sessions: Rebuild Ledger History (tfgld3201m000) Rebuild Dimension History (tfgld3202m000) Performance Calculating the history from the transactions for the ledger accounts and dimensions with sublevel zero takes much performance on the LN server. The performance improves if you divide the process across multiple bshells. For example, if you start three bshells, to start one rebuild process in each bshell, select the check boxes as follows:
Option | bshell1 | bshell2 | bshell3
Fiscal Period | Yes | No | No
Reporting Period | No | Yes | No
Opening Balance | No | No | Yes
Rebuild Parent Account History | No | No | No
Rebuild Parent Dimension History | No | No | No
Related topics Year-end processing Selection Range Financial Company The financial company for which you rebuild the history. By default, LN displays the current company. You can rebuild the history for other companies of the financial company group. You must be authorized to rebuild the history for the selected company number. Year The fiscal year for which you rebuild the history. By default, LN displays the current year. You can rebuild the history for another fiscal year. You cannot select a fiscal year that has been closed finally. Ledger Account The From and To fields define the range of ledger accounts for which LN rebuilds the history. Fiscal Period If this check box is selected, LN rebuilds the history from the transactions for the ledger accounts and dimensions with sublevel zero, for the fiscal periods. Reporting Period If this check box is selected, LN rebuilds the history from the transactions for the ledger accounts and dimensions with sublevel zero, for the reporting periods. Options Opening Balance If this check box is selected, LN rebuilds the opening balances of the ledger accounts and dimensions with sublevel zero. The opening balances consist of the balances at the end of the previous financial period. Rebuild Parent Account History If this check box is selected, LN rebuilds the ledger history for the parent accounts of the selected ledger accounts. Rebuild Parent Dimension History If this check box is selected, LN rebuilds the dimension history for the parent dimensions of the dimensions that are linked to the selected ledger accounts. |