To set an accounting treatment for trades, you will first navigate to Accounting > Accounting Dashboard:
Next you need to search for your trades in the top right corner. You will want to group your trade search based on which Accounting Strategy should be applied to your hedges. Once you see the trades listed on the page, check the box on the top left to select all trades:
Next you will click the green Take Action button, then choose Apply Strategy:
This will bring you to the workflow page, where you will click to select the first option for the inception accounting strategy:
Once you click Proceed to Select Strategy you will be presented with a page that displays all of your accounting strategy options:
(Note: your Accounting Strategy list will look different than the examples above.)
When you find the appropriate accounting strategy, click the Select Strategy button. The next step will be to confirm your details are correct, then click Apply Strategy:
If your accounting strategy has multiple assessments built, when selecting that strategy for use you will be presented with options to create or select hypothetical derivatives to link for assessments. Click the + Add Linked Item button:
The next window will allow you to create a new hypo, or select an existing hypo if the step has already been taken to create a hypo for linking:
The following page will display the treatment workflow results, where you should see a successful processing in the top row on that page:
If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to reach out to your Chatham representative.