Statistical accounts in Planning

Statistical accounts are supported and represented in Planning in the form of models. These models comprise the model lines you create based on your statistical accounts, and they are split according to their dimensions. When you create or import statistical accounts in Planning, you are essentially mapping them to models and model lines.

Models and statistical accounts

To help you easily distinguish between general model lines and statistical account lines in your budget, the tree view of the Inputs > Model tab is divided into the following 2 sections:

  • Models - Consists of your models and model groups

  • Statistical accounts - Consists of model groups (not mandatory), models, and model lines.

    You can drag and drop model lines and statistical accounts within their respective sections, but not from one section to another.

The recommended usage of statistical accounts is as follows:

  • Statistical account model groups (not mandatory) - A group of accounts associated with a specific dimension

  • Statistical account models - The statistical account

  • Statistical account model lines - The statistical account represented in the model that’s divided into the respective dimensions

  • Statistical account model groups - Represent your organization’s location (such as New York, London, or Rome)

  • Statistical account models - Represent your statistical account (such as headcount)

  • Statistical account model lines - Represent the headcount for each department in your location (such as the R&D department in Rome)

Statistical accounts can also be used in other model calculations to result in a currency value. You can then embed these values to your budget tree as budget lines.