Financial System

We need to understand where money came from, where it went, and what it relates to. The 3D financial design adds an object dimension alongside Account and Cost Center. A transaction can reference an asset, contract, project, land parcel, or another supported enterprise record. This lets us examine finances in the context of the work.

Connect financial information to the work

Keep the General Ledger and Supporting Detail Together

When supporting transactions and the general ledger are maintained separately, their figures can disagree. The 3D financial design keeps the supporting detail linked to the ledger to reduce duplicate records and reconciliation work.

Reporting uses the recorded transactions and their relationships. Correct figures still depend on correct posting, validation, and operating controls.

Hierarchical Accounts and Cost Centers

Accounts and Cost Centers use explicit hierarchies. We do not have to encode their relationships into a text account code.

Use the number of levels the organization needs.
Query a level for summaries, account or Cost Center breakdowns, and journal detail.
Add or revise hierarchy levels without changing record IDs or rewriting codes throughout historical data. Changes still need review and validation.

Connect Transactions to Business Records

The object dimension links a transaction to a supported enterprise record. That might be an asset, contract, project, or land parcel.

Those links let us report on the relevant business subject, not only its Account and Cost Center. Posting rules can create the links when the transaction type and metadata define them.

Add Transaction Types

As more processes are automated, define the new transaction types and their posting rules. An invoice for goods or services, for example, can become part of the same financial structure.

Supported workflows can be adapted to local requirements. Reusing the common financial structures reduces the need to build another separate ledger for each process.

Why This Helps

Linked ledger detail, explicit hierarchies, and references to business records give us more ways to examine financial information. They reduce repeated work while keeping the transactions connected to the activities they describe.