Hello,
I need to add a new financial dimension to an existing account structure in a production environment. The production environment has multiple legal entities, and has many transactions posted already.
The current account structure:
(a) includes all main accounts (both income statement and balance sheet)
(b) is used by all legal entities (companies) in the environment
(c) is selected in the budget control configuration (Budget control is only active on the income statement range of main accounts)
The new financial dimension:
(d) is only applicable to some of the legal entities, not all
(e) is only applicable to income statement main accounts
(f) cannot be used in an advanced rule as the financial dimension will be used in budget control configuration
The two options that I see are:
1. Amend the existing account structure to include the new financial dimension, and set to allow blanks in the account structure
2. Create a new account structure that includes the new financial dimension, remove the current account structure from the ledger and budget control configuration for the legal entities that require the new dimension, and add the new account structure instead.
Are these two options feasible, and is one higher risk than the other?
A main concern is data corruption, and errors due to open items using the old account structure. As all legal entities currently use the same account structure, these are key concerns.
Advice would be appreciated, Thank you!
