Dimensions

The basic financial entry model and the organizational structure in the solution are defined by the use of entry dimensions.

You add dimensions to any transaction across modules. The dimensions therefore help ensure that the right data can be extracted in Maconomy business reports.

The Maconomy solution has 24 generic dimensions and an additional 6 entry dimensions: Project, Customer, Vendor, Employee, Activity, and Task. You can track these items in the General Ledger module, and in the currently active module (such as Project Cost, A/P, or A/R).

The following dimensions are preconfigured in the PSO Solution.

Dimension	Description
Company	The parent company (you can set up the solution with multiple companies).
Responsible Department	The department that is responsible for the project.
Executing Department	The department to which an employee belongs.
Project Type	The type of the project. The project type could be “Implementation of ERP system” or “Hardware installation” in the case of an IT consulting company.
Business Area	The business area within which the customer operates. You can assign to each customer a specific business area that reflects the line of business, such as Consulting, Advertising, Shipping, or Audit.
Account	The Chart of Accounts is the primary entry unit in the finance system.
Project	Any internal or external project on which time and costs can be entered.
Customer	The customer that is invoiced.
Vendor	Any third party from which external goods or services are purchased.
Employee	An employee in the company.
Task	The lowest entry level in the project cost system.
Activity	The link between the project cost system and the finance system. The activity is derived from the task. For each activity, you set up a set of posting references, deriving account postings in the finance system.