This template form can be used to record the balance sheet continuity schedule. You can break out the variation amount into discrete movement categories such as additions and disposals or increases and decreases.
After submitting the movement details, the Variation Auto amount will be recalculated by the variation calculation. When the movement details are entered correctly, the continuity schedule should balance and the Variation Auto column should show a zero amount.
Movement classification within the Anaplan Financial Consolidation application allows administrators to manage the appearance of movements and the availability of movement and account combinations for input. It also allows for defining which movement and account combinations require intercompany level input. It means they'll be protected, and data will only be allowed to be input at the trading partner level.
Prerequisites
The system requires these member tags for the Balance Sheet Continuity Schedule form:
| Dimension | Element | Tag |
| Account | Balance Sheet | #BalanceSheet |
| Audit | Contribution | #Contribution |
| DataView | Value | #Value |
| DataView | All Dataviews (main root) | #AllDataViews |
| Intercompany | No Intercompany | #NoIntercompany |
| Intercompany | Total Group (main root) | #TotalGroup |
| Intercompany * (Optional see note below) | Total | #TotalIntercompanyLeaf |
| Measure | Amount | #Amount |
| Movement | All Movements (main root) | #AllMovements |
| Movement | CTA Parent | #CTA |
| Movement | Scope Parent | #Scope |
| Movement | Closing | #Closing |
| Scenario | Actual | #Actual |
Note: Member tagging is done within the Anaplan Financial Consolidation Model Manager. If you're using a Total Intercompany leaf-level member to store the information, you can tag that member with #TotalIntercompanyLeaf. This member will be used in the Balance Sheet Continuity Input application instead of the #TotalGroup and #NoIntercompany members.
You must set these SysNames in the movement dimension:
| Dimension | Element | Tag |
| Movement | Allocation | #Allocation |
| Movement | Automatic Variation | #Automatic Variation |
| Movement | Automatic Variation Year 1 | #Automatic Variation Year 1 |
| Movement | Business Acquisition | #Business Acquisition |
| Movement | Closing | #Closing |
| Movement | Opening | #Opening |
| Movement | Result Period | #Result Period |
The system also requires global variables for the Balance Sheet Continuity Schedule input form to work.
| Variable Name | Value |
| CurrentPeriod | <Name of the Current Period>. For example: 2026 P3. |
Access the input form
To access the Balance Sheet Continuity Schedule input form:
- Select the Explorer module.
- Expand the Global > Consolidation > Input.
- Right-click the form and select Open. Alternatively, double-click the form to open it.
Note: Your administrator may have moved the form to another location, or it may be started as part of a process.
Parameters
The key parameters of the input form are:
| Variable Name | Value |
| Audit | Select any audit member of type Manual or Input. |
| Entity | Select an entity member. |
| Account | Choose from the selection of accounts under the account tagged as #BalanceSheet. |
| Period | It defaults to the value set in the global variable CurrentPeriod. |
| Scenario | It defaults to the scenario tagged as #Actual. |
Use the input form
Once you have selected the parameters, the input form displays:
- The account parameter selected.
- Columns display movements. The account movement classification defines the movements displayed. Elements tagged under #CTA, and #Scope are always hidden.
Refer to Movement Classification to know more. - The last two columns should be the difference between closing – (Opening + all movements) and a check column showing if the difference is zero.
Note: Any difference is plugged to the Variation Auto member upon submission. If the period and scenario combination selected isn't open, the Balance Sheet Continuity Schedule input form will be locked.
In the form, if the cell is:
- Pale yellow: The movement classification allows input for that account.
- Dark yellow: The movement classification requires intercompany input for that account. You can right-click on the cell and select Intercompany Detail to launch the Balance Sheet Intercompany Detail form.
- White: All white cells are protected.
Dropdown lists in an input template that are selectable are white with blue text.
These columns, if displayed, are only in read-only mode:
- Opening
- Allocation
- Business Acquisition
- Variation (Auto)
- Variation (Year 1)
- Result of Period
- Closing
- Difference
- Check
These read-only columns are pulled from this intersection:
| Dimension | Member |
| Account | Account defined in the row. |
| Audit | If global variable BSContiuity_ByAuditDetails is set to:
|
| Currency | Local currency of the selected entity. |
| DataView | Member tagged as #AllDataViews. |
| Date | Date parameter selected. |
| Entity | Entity parameter selected. |
| Intercompany | Member tagged as #TotalGroup. |
| Measure | Member tagged as #Amount. |
| Movement | Movement defined in the column. |
| Scenario | The selected scenario parameter. |
| Extra Dimensions | It's any extra dimensions, such as, Product or CostCenter are set to the default input member of the dimension. |
If you have a member tagged as #TotalIntercompanyLeaf, that member is used instead in the Intercompany dimension.
Data input into the form is submitted to the intersection below. Enter values for the available dimensions.
| Dimension | Member |
| Account | Account defined in the row. |
| Audit | The audit member parameter selected. If BSContiuity_ByAuditDetails is set to False:
|
| Currency | The local Currency of the selected entity. |
| DataView | The member tagged as #Value. |
| Date | The Date member in the parameter selected. |
| Entity | The Entity member in the parameter selected. |
| Intercompany | The member tagged as #NoIntercompany. |
| Measure | The member tagged as #Amount. |
| Movement | The movement defined in the column. |
| Scenario | The Scenario parameter selected. |
| Extra Dimensions | Any extra dimensions, such as, Product or CostCenter are set to the default input member of the dimension. |
Suppress rows with no opening or closing balances
Set the Global Attribute BSContinuity_SupressEmptyOpenClose to TRUE to suppress rows where both the closing and opening balances are zero in the Balance Sheet Continuity Schedule.