Dimension

In accounting, dimension means a non-account axis: entity, department, project.

Layer: Lexicon
Defined in: Lexicon
Components: 7

Not a rule

Bookkeeping convention — not codified. US GAAP governs recognition, measurement and presentation — not the mechanics a bookkeeper uses to get there. Anyone citing a standard for this word is citing the wrong thing.

Every citation in this system, with the text we read and the date we checked it, is in US GAAP and where these rules come from.

Dimension, in use

Quoted from the 7 documents that use the word — what it does to an interface, in the spec's own sentence.

The dimension model is the generalization of this.
Product teardowns — Slash
All entries, filterable by period, source, account, dimension, actor.
Accounting core (GL) — 93. JournalEntryTable
Thresholds by amount, role, and dimension. requireSeparateApprover is displayed as fixed, not as a toggle.
Close, controls & consolidation — 145. ApprovalPolicyEditor

For founders

The same idea written for a founder: what it costs a startup that ignores it, and what to do in a real month.

Chart of accounts for startups: a starting templateA starting chart of accounts for a US startup: number ranges, the expense accounts you need, and when to add an account versus a class or tracking tag.

What it is not called

Each of these is a real word for a different thing. Using it here is what makes a product read as though it was built by someone who has not done the work.

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Components that render this

The concept is not documentation-only. These are the components that name it in their specification, grouped and stated exactly as the catalog states them.