Creating seasonal adaptation

This page allows you to create a seasonal adaptation pattern. A seasonal adaptation pattern allows you to distribute costs in a particular ratio for accounting periods. A seasonal adaptation pattern is used to apportion an “Aggregate” budget among the MAC periods that form a part of the aggregate budgets effective period based on a specified ratio.

This page allows you to enter a unique number and description for the seasonal adaptation pattern. You can also enter the number of periods and the ratio in which the budgets must be apportioned. The system saves the details of the newly created seasonal adaptation pattern. The system also stores the login ID of the user and the system date along with the newly created seasonal adaptation details.

Select the “Create Seasonal Adaptation” link at the bottom of the “Distribute Budget” page.

The “Create Seasonal Adaptation” page appears.

Enter the following fields in the “Seasonal Adaptation Details” group box:

Seasonal Adaptation No	A unique code identifying the seasonal adaptation (Alphanumeric, 9). Mandatory.
Description	The description of the seasonal adaptation (Alphanumeric, 40). Mandatory.
Number of Periods	The number of periods for which the pattern is to be created (Integer). The value entered in this field must be greater than “1”.
	Press the <Enter> key.
	The system retrieves the accounting periods in the “Period Details” multiline. The number of accounting periods in the multiline must match the value entered in this field.

The system displays the following in the “Period Details” multiline:

Accounting Period

The accounting period number.

Enter the following field in the “Period Details” multiline:

Ratio

The proportion in which the budget must be allocated to the accounting period (Decimal). The value entered in this field must be greater than zero. The system displays “0” by default on launch of the page.

Click the “Create” pushbutton to create a seasonal adaptation.

The system saves the details of the newly created seasonal adaptation. The system updates the login ID of the user and the system date in the “Created By” and the “Created Date” fields.

The system displays the following:

Created By	The login ID of the user who created the seasonal adaptation.
Created Date	The date on which the seasonal adaptation is created.