Part of determining the management of budget controls is a determination of what areas of the four are necessary to regulate accounting and budget transactions. The Inheritance Rule field was introduced on the Budget Structure page. The choice made in that field determines the structure of the various levels of control. The valid choices are listed below. When the application is evaluating controls, it will use the default violation set on the area furthest to the right in the listing. If there is nothing in that right-most area for the control, it will precede 1 area to the left, continuing to the left until the System Wide area is reached.
System-wide à Budget Line
System-wide à Budget Level à Budget Line
System-wide à Fund à Budget Line
System-wide à Fund à Budget Level à Budget Line
System-wide à Budget Level à Fund à Budget Line
Choice of the proper Inheritance Rule is not only a means of controlling where in the application that budget controls can be established, it also will enhance performance by not requiring the application to look at areas that are not used.