Companies

Companies are a form of Entity in the system that can be legal entities within an Entity Set. Therefore they can be part of Entity Structures, and also be allocated to in Allocation Rules.

Company Features

Companies are part of the basic set of Entities within the LemonEdge platform. There are 3 different types all that relate to the Transactions within financial services. These are Entity Sets, Entities and Instruments - see here for more information.

Core Entity Functionality

Companies inherit the core Object Entity type in the system. Any custom entity created using our auto-code designers, or classes created through our API, that inherit the Object Entity type also acquire the core Object Entity functionality.

This core functionality allows those classes (in this case Companies) to be legal entities within an Entity Structure of an Entity Set, can be allocated to in Allocation Rules, and can be the legal entity Transactions are booked against.

The 4 core properties, that all Object Entities have, that help them interact with Transactions are as follows:

  • Currency
    If Transactions are booked against this legal Entity then this is the Functional Currency the Transaction will be recorded in - the currency of this Entity.
  • Has GL
    This indicates this entity can act as a legal entity that Transactions can be booked against. As such Transactions and GL Postings are allowed to be created against this Entity. It also means this Entity can have Period Closings.
  • Allow Rule Allocations
    This indicates that this is a legal entity that want to be allowed to be part of allocations within an Allocation Rule.
  • Name/Code
    The unique name and short code for this Entity

If an Entity is a legal Entity that can have Transactions booked against it then that means this entity also can close periods to force Transactions to always be booked into the next open period. See here for more information.

Tip

All classes inheriting Entity Object have these abilities, Companies is the system default implementation of this. This allows you to start configuring the platform without a line of code, or without using a designer, and creating Transactions immediately.
However it also provides an easy mechanism to expand this functionality to be more relevant for your area of financial services. For instance in Asset Management we can easily create Issuers, SPV's, AIV's, Blockers, and more all as Entities that utilise different areas of that functionality.

Views

Companies have the following views: