Match Account Settings for Source and Target Links
- Create account hierarchies, including cube and modeled sheets. See Create Accounts.
- Consider downstream and immediate results: Adding and removing links permanently removes any current data from target accounts across all versions.
- Security:Model includes: sheets, accounts, dimensions, and formulaspermission.
Before you add links to accounts, you have to match certain settings of the source and target accounts. When the settings don't match, the source account isn't available to select. You can only add links to these target accounts:
- General ledger accounts.
- Custom accounts.
- Cube standard accounts.
You can't link accounts to:
- Accounts withWeighted average of rolled-up valuesforTime RolluporLevel/Dimension Rollup.
- More than 1 account when theLevel/Dimension RollupisNon-blank average of rolled-up values.
- SelectModelingfrom the main menu.
- ClickGeneral Ledger AccountsorCustom Accounts.For cube and modeled accounts:
- ClickLevel Assigned SheetsorUser Assigned Sheets.
- ClickEditnext to the sheet.
- ClickCube AccountsorModeled Accounts.
- Take note of these settings:
- Type
- Time Rollupfor target accounts that are custom and cube accounts only.
- Level/Dimension Rollupfor target accounts that are custom and cube accounts only.
- Display As.
- Match theType.Changing theTypesetting affects how data displays in the account.Type of Target AccountActionGeneral ledger accountsChange the source to match the general ledger.Custom or cube standard accountsYou can change either the source or the target to match.
- Match theTime Rollup.Type of Target AccountActionGeneral ledger accountsChange theTime Rollupsetting of the source account to:
- Value in last periodto match cumulative general ledgers.
- Sum of rolled-up valuesto match periodic general ledgers.
Custom or cube standard accountsEither:- Leave the settings as they are. Once you link the accounts, the rollup of the target account changes to match the source.
- Change the source to match the target before linking.
The source accounts must not haveWeighted average of roll up valuesselected forTimerollup. - Match theLevel/Dimension Rollup.Type of Target AccountsActionsGeneral ledger accountsSelectSum of rolled-up valuesfor the source accounts.Custom and cube standard accountsEither:
- Leave the settings as they are. Once you link the accounts, the rollup of the target account changes to match the source.
- Change the source to match the target before linking.
The source accounts must not haveWeighted average of roll up valuesselected forLevel/Dimensionrollup. - Match theDisplay Assetting for all source accounts.