Commitments Generation Definition

Fields

Description

Code

Unique Identification Code for each record

 Fiscal Year

It is important to notice that only one Fiscal Year can have Current Fiscal Year for Budget Execution as true.   Such Fiscal Year will be defaulted by the system in every transaction where Fiscal Year is needed.  User can temporary change the Fiscal Year that needs to work on (when for some reason there is more than one Fiscal Year Open for Budget Execution), but it can be done only through a specific process and such change will remain only for that specific user and only for that specific session.

Method Of Calculation

Method of Calculation for Commitments Generation.  Possible values are: "Accruals + Forecasts to Year-End", "Full-Year Forecasts", "Actual Expenditures + Forecasts to Year-End", and "Forecasts to Year-End".

Accruals Method Of Calculation

Possible values are “Accruals Between – 2 Dates”,” Accruals Cumulative”, ”Accruals Generation in Situation”, ”Accruals in Reports in Situation”

Include Global Costs

Default is false implying that the Global Costs are not included in the Commitments calculation.  If set to true, by the user, the Global Costs will be included in the Commitments calculation.

Group By

Selected from the list of concept that belongs to COA Group define for Commitment & Obligation.

Commitment ID Prefix

Prefix used for the Commitment ID. The default prefix is SAL.

Commitment ID Length

Length of the Commitment ID, including the Prefix.

Maximum FCB Lines

Maximum number of FCB Lines for unique coding combination, per Commitment ID, as commitment calculations is based on assignment details.

Active

If unchecked, the Commitments Generation Definition is not available.

Reference Date

Reference Date of the Commitments Generation, entered by the user, under the Commitments Generation Screen.

Last Generation Date

As generated by the system, of the last Commitments Generation.

Last Reference Date

Reference Date of the last Commitments Generation.

Last Commitments Amount

Calculated Total Commitments Amount of the last Commitments Generation.