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Financial Management System Defaults

You can set system-level defaults for financial classes, cost and rate matrices, and other financial settings. They help simplify the financial setup where most investments follow the same financial setup.

Set up the following financial information before setting system-level financial defaults:

Setting up system-level defaults is not required to process financial transactions.

You can override these defaults at the entity level or investment-level. Investment-level defaults take precedence over system or entity level defaults. If defaults are not set at any level, enter them if necessary when processing transactions or creating new investments.

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Set File Maintenance Defaults

Set Project Transaction Entry Defaults

View Default Currency

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Set Project Transaction Entry Defaults

View Default Currency

Set File Maintenance Defaults

Set File Maintenance Defaults

Set system-level defaults for processing financial transactions or for financially enabling new investments.

Follow these steps:

  1. Open Administration, and from Finance menu, click Setup.

    The financial organizational structure appears.

  2. Click Defaults.

    The financial management defaults appear.

  3. In the File Maintenance section, complete the following fields:
    Entity

    Defines a default entity to use for financial management.

    Location

    Defines the default location to use for financial management.

    Department

    Defines the default department to use for financial management.

    Investment Class

    Defines the default investment class to use for financial management.

    WIP Class

    Defines the default work-in-progress class to use for financial management.

    Company Class

    Defines the default company class to use for financial management.

  4. Save the changes.

More information:

Financial Management System Defaults

Set Project Transaction Entry Defaults

For each resource type, you can set up default rate and cost sources to use for transactions.

Important! Updating default transaction entry settings do not affect investments that are already financially enabled. These investments are processed based on settings defined when they were first financially enabled.

Follow these steps:

  1. With the financial management defaults open, in the Project section, click Project Transaction Entry Defaults.

    The transaction entry page appears.

  2. In the Labor section, complete the following fields:
    Rate Source

    Defines the rate source used to determine the rate to bill or charge for labor.

    Cost Source

    Defines the cost source used to determine the labor costs.

    Source Location

    Indicates that the source for the rate and cost comes from the employee (that is, resource) or investment location. If the default source location is set at the entity level, the system uses the entity setting to determine the source location.

    Exchange Rate Type

    Defines the exchange rate type to use for processing transactions.

    Values: Average, Fixed, or Spot

  3. In the Material section, complete the following fields:
    Rate Source

    Defines the rate source used to determine the rate to bill or charge for material.

    Source Location

    Indicates that the source for the rate comes from the investment location.

    Exchange Rate Type

    Defines the exchange rate type to use for processing transactions.

    Values: Average, Fixed, or Spot

  4. In the Equipment section, complete the following fields:
    Rate Source

    Defines the rate source used to determine the rate to bill or charge for equipment.

    Source Location

    Indicates that the source for the rate comes from the investment location.

    Exchange Rate Type

    Defines the exchange rate type to use for processing transactions.

    Values: Average, Fixed, or Spot

  5. In the Expense section, complete the following fields:
    Rate Source

    Defines the rate source used to determine the rate to bill or charge for expenses incurred.

    Source Location

    Indicates that the source for the rate comes from the investment location.

    Exchange Rate Type

    Defines the exchange rate type for processing transactions.

    Values: Average, Fixed, or Spot

  6. Save the changes.

View Default Currency

If multicurrency is enabled, you can view the default system currency. Multicurrency is enabled when you install CA Clarity PPM. To view whether CA Clarity PPM is installed as a multicurrency system and the default system currency, review the Currency section in the financial management defaults.