Consolidation

The consolidation routine can be run in two ways, either with the status function enabled or with the status function disabled.

If you disable the status function, the Consolidate with Status menu will be dimmed. Instead you consolidate by using Group/Consolidate by Steps/Consolidation.

If you enable the status function, the Group/Consolidate by Steps/Consolidation menu will be dimmed.

When you consolidate a group, the system sums up all amounts for the companies belonging to the group to a group total. The group total is then stored under the company code for the group. It is important that the company structure is entered in the system in a correct way. This ensures that consolidation and the steps involved in the consolidation process can be performed correctly. Whether you consolidate with the status function enabled or not, we recommend that you consolidate step by step, one level at the time, the first time you consolidate. This is to make sure that you easily can identify possible errors in the reported values and adjustments. Run the consolidation group by group, ascending one level at the time. If you need to make adjustments you can with advantage reconsolidate directly from the highest level. The consolidation process can be run from two menus.

Note: A group code must have the same contents in every consolidation type it is connected to. Otherwise you will receive different results for every time you reconsolidate different structures. This is because the consolidated values are stored only on the group code and not on the combination consolidation type and group code.
The following diagram shows the consolidation model. Groups are summed into the group above in steps, up to the top level:
diagram showing the consolidation model