You can create the allocation pool from a fixed amount, open projects (including resources within a project), Oracle General Ledger account balances, and projects defined by a client extension.

The rule accumulates the amounts for the source pool during a specific period of time. The end date of that time period is based on the amount class. (The amount class is the period or periods during which the amounts are accumulated and is set in the Sources window.) The start date is determined by both the:

• Allocation period type (either GL or PA, as set in the Allocation Rule window)

• Amount class

You must define at least one source. All source projects and tasks must be open and from the same operating unit. This means that tasks must be the top or lowest level task. The exception report for the allocation run lists any duplicate projects.

To define the sources:

1. In the Allocation Rule window, choose Sources.

   The Sources window opens.

2. In the Allocation Pool % field, enter a percentage to specify how much of the source pool to allocate. The default is 100%.

   Next, you specify the amounts that you want to include in the source pool.

3. (Optional) In the Fixed Source Amount field, enter an amount that you want to include in the source pool.

4. For Amount Class, select from the list.

   The field name is preceded by GL or PA, depending on the allocation period type you selected in the Allocation Rule window.

   The following table shows the items available, depending on the allocation period type:

   Amount Class	Period Type: PA	Period Type: GL	Description
   PTD	Yes	Yes	Period-to-Date
   QTD		Yes	Quarter-to-Date
   FYTD		Yes	Year-to-Date
   ITD	Yes		Inception-to-Date

5. If you want to use projects as sources, go to Step 6. If you want to use only GL accounts as sources, skip to Step 8.

6. (Including project sources in the source pool is optional.) For Amount Type, select from the list of values.

7. Specify the projects whose amounts you want to include in the allocation pool.

   If you want to use projects that are designated in the Allocation Source client extension, select Use Client Extension Sources.

   If you want to use one or more projects that you designate, enter a number greater than 0 for Line Num, You can enter project information in the following fields: Project Org, Project Type, Class Category, Class Code, Project, Task. To exclude a line, select the Exclude check box on the appropriate line.

   Note: If the system does not display a list of values for Project and Task, it is possible that you entered a combination of project organization, project type, class category, class code, or other attributes for which no project (or task) exists.

   If you do not enter a task, the rule uses the amounts for all the tasks on the source line.

   You can add columns (Project Name, Service Type, Task Name, and Task Org) to the Sources window. For more information, see: Customizing the Presentation of Data Oracle Applications User's Guide.

   You can optionally limit the resources that are part of the designated projects. If you do not limit the resources, the rule uses all of the resource types in the specified project in the source pool amount. To limit the resources, do the following:

   1. Choose Resources. The Resources window is displayed.

   2. For Resource Structure, select either a resource list or a resource breakdown structure.

      To use a resource breakdown structure for allocations, you must select the Use for Allocations option for the resource breakdown structure in the Resource Breakdown Structures window. A resource breakdown structure that you want to use for allocations cannot include rule-based elements.

      Note: When you choose a resource breakdown structure as part of the criteria for determining either the sources or the basis for an allocation rule, all projects that you include in the allocation rule must be summarized by the same resource breakdown structure version. For more information about resource breakdown structures, see: Resource Breakdown Structures.

   3. For Resource, enter the resource or resource group and the percent you want to include. To exclude a specific resource, select Exclude on the appropriate line.

      If you include a resource group, you cannot include its members. If you exclude a resource group, you cannot include or exclude its members.

      If you exclude a resource, then Oracle Projects excludes the entire amount for that resource regardless of the specified percentage.

      Note: If you specify an allocation pool percentage in the Sources window, then the rule multiplies the percentage specified in the Allocation Pool % field (Sources window) to the percentage specified in the Resources window.

8. (Optional) The GL Sources region is available only if you selected the GL allocation period type in the Allocation Rule window. Specify one or more GL accounts whose amounts you want to include in the allocation pool:

   For Line Num, enter an integer greater than 0. Then select from the list of values for Account and Description. You cannot select or enter GL summary accounts (also known as accounts that contain a parent segment value)

   In the % field, enter the percentage of the account balance that you want to include.

   To subtract the amount in the GL summary account from the source amount, select Subtract.

9. Save your work.

10. Return to the Allocation Rule window.