Lawson Insight Technical Documentation

                             FBFACTOR FILE

                         Budget Global Factors

The Budgeting Global Factors file stores amounts, numbers, factors, or
percentages used to define budget amounts. When a change is made to global
rates, such as inflation, new budget amounts are recalculated.


REFERENCED BY

AC127     AC20.1    AC20.2    AC20.3    AC20.4    AC20.5
AC21.1    AC21.2    AC21.3    AC21.4    AC27.1    FB101
FB165     FB20.1    FB20.3    FB20.4    FB20.6    FB20.7
FB21.1    FB65.1    FB200

UPDATED BY

FB00.1

FIELD NAME           DESCRIPTION/VALID VALUES                    UPDATED BY

FBF-FACTOR           Alpha 15                                    FB00.1
Factor               The element that affects the budget
                     change.

FBF-DESCRIPTION      Alpha 30  (Lower Case)                      FB00.1
Description          The description of the factor.

FBF-PCT-FLAG         Alpha 1                                     FB00.1
Percent              This determines whether the factor is a
                     percent value.

                     Y = Yes
                     N = No

FBF-ACTIVE-STATUS    Alpha 1                                     FB00.1
Status               The status of the account. If Inactive,
                     no posting can be done to the account.

                     A = Active
                     I = Inactive

FBF-FACTOR-RATE      Signed 12.6                                 FB00.1
Rate                 The rate that affects the factor. For
                     example, the inflation rate.


                         FBFACTOR FILE INDEX

NAME      KEY FIELDS    DESCRIPTION / SUBSET CONDITION           USED IN

FBFSET1   FACTOR                                                 AC127   AC20.1
                                                                 AC20.2  AC20.3
                                                                 AC20.4  AC20.5
                                                                 AC21.1  AC21.2
                                                                 AC21.3  AC21.4
                                                                 AC27.1  FB101
                                                                 FB165   FB20.1
                                                                 FB20.3  FB20.4
                                                                 FB20.6  FB20.7
                                                                 FB21.1  FB65.1
                                                                 FB00.1  FB200