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Distribute Costs Using Transaction Line Distribution

Distribute Costs Using Transaction Line Distribution


The Transaction Line Distribution SuiteApp simplifies the distribution of expenses across different subsidiaries, departments, custom segments, and accounts. 

It improves efficiency and accuracy in entering vendor bills and vendor credits. It allows manual adjustments in transactions with pending approval and generates journals hourly
 
  • Improve transaction accuracy with reusable templates and quick rules for seamless processing
  • Simplify the distribution of shared direct costs to benefiting subsidiaries or segments 
  • Easily add a quick rule without setting up predefined rules
  • Automatically create journals for approved transactions every hour
  • Utilize distribution templates on header and line-level transactions 
  • Manually make adjustments to distribution within transactions that are awaiting approval status
 
netsuite transaction line distribution benefits


The Benefits of Transaction Line Distribution: 

The Transaction Line Distribution helps businesses manage transactions more efficiently and streamlines expense distribution with reusable templates and a quick rule for header and line-level transactions. 

  • Don’t have to manually allocate lines 
  • Don’t have to manually create Journal entries 


How to Install the Transaction Line Distribution SuiteApp: 

Installation:
how to install the transaction line distribution suiteapp in netsuite

1. Go to the SuiteApps tab. 

2. In the Search Apps field, enter Transaction Line Distribution. 

3. Click the Transaction Line Distribution SuiteApp tile. 

4. On the top right area of the Transaction Line Distribution SuiteApp details page, click Install. 

Go to Setup > Accounting > Transaction Distribution Templates > New. In the Template Name field, enter a unique name for your template. 

 

Selecting a Template or creating a Line-level Quick Rule 

how to create a line-level quick rule

netsuite distribution default template

NOTE: Creating a distribution template is optional, as you can create a line-level quick rule for distributions. 

 

Create line-level Distribution Quick Rule (Items and/or Expenses): 

how to Create a line-level Distribution Quick Rule in netsuiteNetSuite quick rulesCheck or clear the boxes according to your preferences: 

Transaction Lines:
View the details of your chosen transaction line and access additional information about it.

 

Distribution Information: 
1. Check “Distribute Taxes” to distribute the transaction line tax amount in the template lines.  
2. Check “Use Source Accounts” to use the accounts from the source transaction to the selected transaction line.  
3. Check “Use Source Custom Segments” to use the custom segments from the source transaction to the selected transaction line. 
4. Check “Use Source Class” to use the class segment from the source transaction to the selected transaction line.  
5. Check “Use Source Department” to use the department segment from the source transaction to the selected transaction line.  
6. Check “Use Source Location” to use the location segment from the source transaction to the selected transaction line. 
7. Check “Add as Template” to create a template rule 

 

Distribution Lines: 
1. Select where, i.e. Subsidiary, Account, Amounts, etc, to which the transaction line amount will be distributed. 
2. Save.  

quick distribution in netsuite

The Distribution Journal Entry (in this example) is automatically created: 

netsuite related records

 

The Distribution List is updated according to the Quick Rule or specified Template: 

NetSuite distribution list transaction line distribution

 

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