Flexible upload of Reported Financial Data with Dr/Cr Sign

Question

Hi! All….
I want to upload the reported financial data of Cons. Unit with Dr./Cr. Sign…however, there is no field in
Flexible upload that Dr/Cr Sign can be mapped to. If I map Dr/Cr Sign to “Free Field” , the system does not recognize that (Dr/Cr Sign)  field…..Please advise.
Secondly, Does the Reptd. Financial data has to have signs for FS Items….why does not the system pick up the signs of the FS Items of Cons. Units from the FS Items defined in  BCS??
Thanks for your input.
Victor

Answer 1

Hi Victor,
Do you know the concept of master and transaction data? -- As usually, you populate master data (attributes, like DR/Cr sign as in your case) first, and only then - the transaction data.
Load attributes of FS items through flexible upload or enter them manually.
After that the system will interpet incoming totals records according to the signs of the item and data.
Pay attention to the fact that not only item sign, but also a movement type sign might be interpreted by the system during a load.
Check if in your flexible upload method you checked the appropriate flags: take into account signs of item or MovType.
The interpretation is occurred as follows:
For example, your item has a negative sign and want to see in the totals negative amount. In this case the data record for this item should have a positive sign.
If the load method also takes into account a movement type sign, then loading data with 140 MoveType will result in + amount:
''(in data) * '-'(in item) * '-'(in MoveType) = ''.
However, with MoveType 120 you'll bring into the system the negative amnt:
''(in data) * '-'(in item) * ''(in MoveType) = '-'.
I'm assuming here that you set the appropriate (standard) signs for a MovType.
Best regards,
Eugene