Abstract: Technologies are generally described for a system enabling modeling of a dimensional multi-level scale for data management. A transactional data system may be configured to track data for a variety organizations and to generate a dimensional multi-level scale for data tracked by the transactional data system based on a combination of attributes and values for each data measure tracked and recorded. The dimensional multi-level scale may define a collection of hierarchical units, where a unit may represent a tracked piece of data and may include multiple levels and sub-levels. Each unit may be characterized by attributes and attribute values at a given level in the hierarchy such that the combination of attributes and values may identify the unit. Additionally, each unit may enable additional attributes and values to be defined to further characterize a sub-level of the unit, where each sub-level may provide additional data about the unit.

Abstract: Technologies are generally described to leverage a multidimensional measurement basis for cost accounting in a cost accounting system to increase cohesion of the system. One or more scales for units of measure may be defined based on a magnitude of product cost and a product cost measure determined by various subsystems of the cost accounting system. The magnitude of product cost may be determined based on a cost object unit, a cost element unit, a date and time unit, and a quantity unit, and the product cost measure may be determined based on a cost base and a unit cost. The scales defined may be applied to cost accounting in a reporting ledger of the cost accounting system and a report may be generated from the reporting ledger that enables cost analysis based on the scales defined.

Abstract: Technologies are generally described for accounting for contract formation and fulfillment activities by combination event chaining and multidimensional measurement chaining, with event and measurement matching rules that apply variance and tolerance policies during evaluation. Building on chaining basis and derived measurements that participate in an equality relationship, chaining measurements may participate in a matching rule that applies tolerance policies. Furthermore, measurement chaining may be updated when the documented consequence of events are corrected or changed.

Abstract: Technologies are generally described for a consistent process, task, and state application architecture pattern from an initial documentation process through the resource accounting, subledger accounting processes, and the general ledger accounting process. Data driven policy and rules may be leveraged for the processing to determine input, results, and state transitioning, where processes may represent operations performed by the accounting system. The application process pattern may be an abstraction of key domain processes and their generic tasks and states. The framework tasks may leverage explicit policy and rule types and/or procedures to determine a result and to validate the state transition.