Setting options for accounts group

This activity allows you to set the default options for the various fields in the activities of the “Account Group” business component.

Select the “Set Options” link under the “Accounts Group” business component.

The “Set Options” page appears.

The system, displays the following field:

Date Format

The format in which the date fields are displayed in this page. This format is displayed from the "User Preferences" business component based on the login user ID if the format is not defined, the system displays the date format from the “Enterprise Modeling” business component, by default.

Enter the following fields in the “Editing Options For Finance Information” group box:

Account Group in Part Master	Use the drop-down list box to allow or disallow modification of the part account group for part. Select, “Allowed”, to enable modification of the part account group of a part in the Edit Main Information activity of the Part Administration component. “Not Allowed”, to prevent modifying of the part account group of a part in the Edit Main Information activity of the Part Administration component. By default, the system sets this field as “Not Allowed”.
Account Group of Activated Part	Use the drop-down list box to allow or disallow modification of the part account group for activated parts. Select, “Allowed”, to enable modification of the part account group of an activated part in the Edit Main Information activity of the Part Administration component. “Not Allowed”, to prevent modifying of the part account group of an activated part in the Edit Main Information activity of the Part Administration component. By default, the system sets this field as “Not Allowed”.
Account Group in Supplier Master	Use the drop-down list box to allow or disallow modification of the supplier account group for suppliers, Select, “Allowed”, to enable modification of the supplier account group of a supplier in the Edit Supplier Details activity of the Supplier component. “Not Allowed”, to prevent modification of the supplier account group of a supplier in the Edit Supplier Details activity of the Supplier component. By default, the system sets this field as “Not Allowed”.
Account Group of In-use Supplier	Use the drop-down list box to allow or disallow modification of the supplier account group for In-use suppliers. Select, “Allowed”, to enable to modifying of the supplier account group of an In-use supplier in the Edit Supplier Details activity of the Supplier component. “Not Allowed”, to prevent modifying of the supplier account group of an In-use supplier in the Edit Supplier Details activity of the Supplier component. By default, the system sets this field as “Not Allowed”.
Finance Book for Warehouse	Use the drop-down list box to allow or disallow modification of the finance book for warehouses. Select, “Allowed”, to modify the finance book of a warehouse in the “Edit Warehouse Information” activity in the Storage Administration component. “Not Allowed”, to prevent modifying the finance book of a warehouse in the “Edit Warehouse Information” activity in the Storage Administration component. By default, the system sets this field as “Not Allowed”.
Account Group in Customer Master	Use the drop-down list box to allow or disallow modification of the customer account group for customers. Select, “Allowed”, to modify the account group of a customer in the “Edit Customer Record” activity in the Customer component. “Not Allowed”, to prevent modification of the account group of a customer in the Edit Customer Record activity of the Supplier component in the Customer component. By default, the system sets this field as “Not Allowed”.
Account Group of Activated Customer	Use the drop-down list box to allow or disallow modification of the customer account group for activated customers. Select, “Allowed”, to modify the account group of an activated customer in the “Edit Customer Record” activity in the Customer component. “Not Allowed”, to prevent modification of the account group of an activated customer in the Edit Customer Record activity of the Customer component. By default, the system sets this field as “Not Allowed”.
Report Consumption after Main Core Return	Use the drop-down list box to indicate whether financial postings for the main core part alone is required for return against component work orders. Select “Yes”, to carry out financial postings for spares returned with the main core parts in the “Report Parts Consumption” activity of the Component Work Order Reporting component. “No”, to carry out financial postings for main core part only in the “Report Parts Consumption” activity of the Component Work Order Reporting component.

Enter the following fields in the “Finance Posting Options” group box:

Finance Postings Required For

Use the check boxes to indicate whether finance postings must be carried out for the following, against component work orders.

“Skill”, to generate financial postings for timesheet booked in the “Record Employee Timesheet for Comp. Work Orders” activity of the Component Work Order Reporting component.
“Tools”, “Equipment”, “Others”, “Others” and “Additional Parts” to generate financial postings for parts consumed in the “Report Parts Consumption” activity in the Component Work Order Reporting component.
“Miscellaneous Expenses”, to generate financial postings for misc. cost recorded in the “Close Work Order” activity in the Component Work Order Reporting component.

Finance postings are not applicable for 'Skill', 'Tools', 'Equipment', 'Others', 'Addl Parts' & 'Miscellaneous Expenses', if ''Entity Based Posting Finance Books for Expense Accounting' is set as 'YES' in the “Set Posting Finance Books” activity of the “Account Group” business component.

Enter the following field in the “Analysis Posting Options” group box:

Analysis Accounting for Aircraft Based Expenses

Use the drop-down list box to specify whether analysis posting of aircraft based expenses is required. The system lists the following options:

Yes – Indicates that analysis postings of aircraft based expenses is required.
No – Indicates that analysis postings of aircraft based expenses is not required.

This parameter can be modified only if there are no ‘Owned’ aircrafts for the company.

The system leaves the field blank by default.

Enter the following fields in the “Asset Mapping Options” group box:

Enforce Object to Asset Mapping For

Select the check boxes to indicate whether aircraft, component or facility must be mapped to an asset number at the time of creation/activation. However, the system displays

The “Aircraft” check box only if interaction is defined between Hanger Work Order (Hangar Maintenance BPC) and Maintenance Asset Tracker (Maintenance Setup BPC) components across organizational units.
The “Component” check box only if interaction is defined between Component Work Order (Component Maintenance BPC) and Maintenance Asset Tracker (Maintenance Setup BPC) components across organizational units.
The “Facility” check box only if interaction is defined between Component Work Order (Component Maintenance BPC) and Maintenance Asset Tracker (Maintenance Setup BPC) components across organizational units.

The system displays the following fields in the “Accounting Process Parameters” multiline:

Process Parameter	The name of the process parameter. The process parameters defined are as follows: WIP Policy for Aircraft Maintenance – Internal WIP Policy for Shop Maintenance – Internal WIP Policy for Shop Maintenance – External Incidence of Cost booking for Shop Maintenance – Internal Incidence of Cost booking for Shop Maintenance – External Incidence of Liability booking for Receipts Cost and Revenue Accruals for Completed Accounting Policy for Parts Governed by Scrap Process Incidence of Cost booking for Aircraft Maintenance – Internal Incidence of Cost booking for Aircraft Maintenance – External WIP Policy for Aircraft Maintenance – External Cost Center basis for Resource Adjustment Cost Center Basis for Resource Adjustment - Base CC not available WIP Policy for Shop Maintenance - Internal for External documents (PO/GR/RR/Invoice) Base Rate for Labor Costing based on Overhead % applicability on Base Rate Accounting Policy for Repair Cost Variance - Internal Overhead applicability for Material Cost Material Overhead cost reversal for Excess Returns Overhead applicability basis for Material Cost – Part Account Group Overhead applicability basis for Material Cost – Part Group Overhead applicability basis for Material Cost – Part Category Overhead applicability basis for Material Cost – Event Overhead applicability basis for Material Cost – Order Class Overhead applicability basis for Material Cost – Order Category Material Overhead Cost reversal for Part Sales Returns Note: The above process parameter can be defined only if the process parameter "Overhead applicability for Material Cost" is set as "Applicable". Overhead applicability basis for Material Cost - Order Type Overhead applicability basis for Material Cost - PO Purpose' Overhead applicability basis for Material Cost - Purchase Reason Overhead applicability basis for Material Cost - Part Type Overhead applicability basis for Material Cost – Warehouse Note: Ensure that parameter: Overhead applicability for Material Cost is set as '1'- if 1' - Applicable, is set as the Overhead applicability basis for Material Cost - Event'
Permitted Values	The available options for the parameter. The permitted value for the corresponding parameters are as follows: WIP Policy for Aircraft Maintenance – Internal – Enter ‘0’ for Maint. Consumption, ‘1’ for Maint. Suspense WIP Policy for Shop Maintenance – Internal – Enter ‘0’ for Maint. Consumption, ‘1’ for Maint. Suspense WIP Policy for Shop Maintenance – Internal for External Documents – Enter ‘1’ for Work order suspense Accounting Policy for Repair Cost Variance – Internal - Enter '0' for Repair Expense Variance, '1' for Maint. Consumption Incidence of Cost booking for Aircraft Maintenance – Internal – Enter ‘0’ for Task Closure Incidence of Cost booking for Shop Maintenance – Internal – Enter ‘0’ for Task closure, ‘1’ for Root work order closure WIP Policy for Aircraft Maintenance – External – Enter ‘1’ for Work order suspense. WIP Policy for Shop Maintenance – External - Enter ‘1’ for Work order suspense. Incidence of Cost booking for Aircraft Maintenance – External – Enter ‘0’for Task Closure WIP Policy for Aircraft Maintenance - Internal for External documents (PO/GR/RR/Invoice) - Enter '0' for 'Maint. Consumption' , '1' for 'Maint.Suspense' Incidence of Cost booking for Shop Maintenance – External – Enter ‘0’ for Task closure, ‘1’ for Root work order closure Base Rate for Labor Costing based on – Enter ‘0’ for Standard Job / Skill Rate, ‘1’ for Employee Rate Overhead % applicability on Base Rate – Enter ‘0’ for Not Applicable, ‘1’ for Based on Home Cost Center, ‘2’ for Based on Home Dept. Cost Center basis for Resource Adjustment - Enter "0" for Task Work Center - , "1" for WO CCRD - "2" for Resource Base Cost Center ". More details Cost Center Basis for Resource Adjustment - Base CC not available _ Enter "0" for Task Work Center - , "1" for WO CCRD More details Cost and Revenue Accruals for Completed Root Work Orders – Enter 1 for Completed Root Work Orders Resource Accrua applicable for – Enter 0 for Labour and 1 for All resources Employee Timesheet Records to be considered for Labour Accruals – Enter 0 for Authorized Records and 1 for Alll Records Cost To be consider for Accrual? - Enter 0 for 'Maintain Task standard cost' 1 for 'Task - Part and resource requirements cost' Task to be considered for Accrual? - Enter 0 for 'Workscope Task' 1 for 'Operational Task' Incidence of Liability booking for Receipts - Enter '0' for On Receipt Confirmation and '1' for On Acceptance of Receipt Accounting Policy for parts governed by Scrap Process - Enter '1' for Charge to an Accounting Usage Costing usage information required for Exchange PO - Enter '0' for No '1' for Yes Costing usage information required for PBH / PBH Exchange Order -Enter '0' for No '1' for Yes Overhead applicability for Material Cost – Enter ‘0’ for ‘Not Applicable’ and ‘1’ for ‘Applicable’ Material Overhead cost reversal for Excess Returns – Enter ‘0’ for ‘Not Applicable’ and ‘1’ for ‘Applicable’. Overhead applicability basis for Material Cost – Part Account Group – Enter ‘0’ for ‘Not Applicable’ and ‘1’ for ‘Applicable’. Overhead applicability basis for Material Cost – Part Group – Enter ‘0’ for ‘Not Applicable’ and ‘1’ for ‘Applicable’. Overhead applicability basis for Material Cost – Part Category – Enter ‘0’ for ‘Not Applicable’ and ‘1’ for ‘Applicable’. Overhead applicability basis for Material Cost – Event – Enter ‘0’ for ‘Not Applicable’ and ‘1’ for ‘Applicable’. Overhead applicability basis for Material Cost – Order Class – Enter ‘0’ for ‘Not Applicable’ and ‘1’ for ‘Applicable’. Overhead applicability basis for Material Cost – Order Category - Enter ‘0’ for ‘Not Applicable’ and ‘1’ for ‘Applicable’. Material Overhead Cost reversal for Part Sales Returns - Enter ‘0’ for ‘Not Applicable’ and ‘1’ for ‘Applicable’. Overhead applicability basis for Material Cost - Order Type - Enter '0' for Not Applicable '1' for Applicable Overhead applicability basis for Material Cost - PO Purpose - Enter '0' for Not Applicable '1' for Applicable Overhead applicability basis for Material Cost – Purchase Reason - Enter '0' for Not Applicable '1' for Applicable Overhead applicability basis for Material Cost - Part Type - Enter '0' for Not Applicable '1' for Applicable Overhead applicability basis for Material Cost – Warehouse - Enter '0' for Not Applicable '1' for Applicable Rules for selection of process parameter values and the impact on posting
Status	Indicates whether the status of the value is defined. The system displays either “Defined” or “Not Defined”.
Error Message	The error messages defined for the process parameter.

Enter the following fields in the “Accounting Process Parameters” multiline:

Value

The value to be set for the Processing Parameter.

Click the “Set Option” pushbutton, to set the options.

The system displays the following fields in the “Record Statistics” group box:

Last Modified By	The code identifying the employee who last modified the option settings.
Last Modified Date	The date on which the option settings were last modified.

Rules for selection of process parameter values and the impact on posting

WIP Policy for Shop Maintenance - Internal	WIP Policy for Shop Maintenance - Internal for External documents (PO/GR/RR/Invoice)'	Posting impact
Value = Maint. Consumption	Value = Maint. Consumption	Postings are made in the Maintenance Consumption account against shop work orders for Materials as well as for External Repair Cost (such as services procured through Purchase order, Repair Order and Invoice Variances)
Value = Maint. Suspense	Value = Maint. Suspense	Postings are made in the Maintenance Suspense account against shop work orders for Materials as well as for External Repair Cost (such as services procured through Purchase order, Repair Order and Invoice Variances)
Value = Maint. Suspense	Value = Maint. Consumption	Postings are made in Maintenance Suspense account for Material Cost and Maintenance Consumption for External Repair Cost (such as services procured through Purchase order, Repair Order, And Invoice Variances)
Value = Maint. Consumption	Value = Maint. Suspense	Not allowed / valid