Film hire system settings

FILMHIRE.ExportsFormat

Vista

Navision

Daily Posting Journal

Daily Posting Journal Tax Inclusive

Global

Determines the file format used for invoice and accruals exports in the Film Hire Payments application:

Vista: A proprietary format with the details from the Film Hire grid.

Navision: A format designed to work with the Navision Financials system.

FILMHIRE.DefaultExportPath

Any file directory

Determines the location that files are exported to.

FILMHIRE.CalculateOnRevenueValue

Net

Gross

DetermineNetDuringCalc

Determines how Box Office Revenue values are used in Film Hire calculations:

Net: Actual net revenue is used in the calculation.

Gross: Actual gross revenue is used in the calculation.

DetermineNetDuringCalc: Net revenue is used and worked out at the time of calculation based on gross figures and Tax Rates set up in Head Office.

FILMHIRE.ContractStartTimeDefault

Any time of day

Determines the default start time used when new Contracts are created.

FILMHIRE.CalculatePartWeekFHAtMonthEnd

Entire Month

Partial Month

Play Week

Period End

Off

Determines how Film Hire data is calculated and exported.

Entire Month = Data is calculated and exported for any length of time, but the period must end within the first 6 days of a month; the end date is the date you select.

Partial Month = Data is calculated and exported for any length of time equal to or less than 6 days, and the period must include the end of a calendar month; the end date is the end of the first calendar month.

Play Week = Data is calculated and exported for any length of time, but the period must end within the first 6 days of a month; the end date is determined by the system setting TickStartDayOfWeek.

FILMHIRE.ContractAdjustmentEnabled

Yes

No

Determines whether you can adjust film hire contract terms.

FILMHIRE.AdjustmentFormat

Adjustment

Reversal and recalculation

Determines–when you adjust a film hire contract–if a new record is created or the original record is reversed and recalculated.

MultipleAccrualPostingAction

Separate Postings

Incremental Postings

Reverse Previous and Repost

Prevent Multiple Postings

Determines the behaviour of the Daily Posting Journal when a film hire accrual is posted multiple times.

Separate Postings: The previous accrual post is unaffected, and the new accrual is posted in full.

Incremental Postings: The previous accrual post is unaffected, and the new post is the difference between the previous and new accrual amounts.

Reverse Previous and Repost: The previous accrual post is reversed, and the new accrual is posted in full.

Prevent Multiple Postings: Film hire accrual can only be posted once.

AllowMultipleReverseAndRecalculation

Yes

No

Determines if an adjusted film hire record (that's been invoiced) can be adjusted again.

Note: This setting only works if AdjustmentFormat = Reversal and recalculation.

If the record's status = Current, it's recalculated. If it's been invoiced, a new record is created.

EstimateFutureStubWeekSessions

Yes

No

(default)

Determines if to estimate film hire for future sessions (any session playing on the current day or later). This is for when the film hire record includes the end of a calendar month.

Film hire estimates are calculated using the film's box office session values from the previous week.

Estimated film hire values are used under two circumstances; either the session being calculated has no box office revenue, or the session's box office revenue is less than that of the session it's matched against.

Future sessions are matched against sessions from the previous week according to priorities you set on the Future Session Forecasting form–accessible from:

The Options tab

The icon that indicates estimated sessions

The Display Associated Sessions option of the right-click context menu

Tip! If the film that has no historic sessions, set an Accrual Forecast Film to match against a similar film's sessions.