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When you submit a cash forecast for calculation, Cash Management collects the necessary source data and summarizes the information as cash forecast amounts, based on the forecast period specifications. The forecast data is then available for update, inquiry or reporting purposes, or for export to any spreadsheet application.

Cash Management determines projected cash activity dates based on your specifications. For example, if the source type is AP Invoices, the expected cash activity date is based on either the discount date or the due date depending on your selection in the template. Refer to the Cash Forecasting Source Transaction Dates table.

When you generate a cash forecast you have the option of selecting one or more sources to be processed, by requesting the row number. You can submit separate processes to generate partial forecasts where Cash Management selects transactions from one source type at a time.

If you have created a forecast template that includes a user-defined source type, Cash Management creates a blank row for that source type when you generate a cash forecast. You can then enter amounts manually in the forecast amount cells using the Cash Forecasts window, or using a spreadsheet application on an exported cash forecast.

You might generate a new cash forecast because you have created a new template, or because you want to recalculate a forecast with different criteria.

You can generate forecasts in the following ways:

• Generate a new cash forecast from a template, with forecast amounts calculated automatically.

• Using the Submit Forecast window

• Using the Submit Request window

• Quickly create a manually entered cash forecast, with the rows and columns defined by a template.

Forecasting Open Interface and Distributed Database Integration

You can generate a cash forecast and the Forecasting Open Interface automatically retrieves information available from the external forecast sources you have defined.

See Also

Creating a Manually Entered Cash Forecast

Exporting Cash Forecasts to Microsoft Excel Spreadsheets

Viewing Cash Forecasts

Cash Forecasting Reports

Forecasting Open Interface

Prerequisites for All Methods of Generating Cash Forecasts

   Set up the Forecasting Open Interface if you plan to include external sources in your cash forecasts.

   Define at least one cash forecast template.

Generating a Cash Forecast with Amounts Calculated Automatically

   To create a cash forecast using the Submit Forecast window:

1. Navigate to the Forecast Templates window or the Cash Forecasts window.

2. (Optional) Select the record of an existing cash forecast.

3. Choose Submit Forecast from the Oracle Applications Special menu. The Submit Forecast window appears.

4. Enter the appropriate parameters and press Submit to generate a new cash forecast. See: Submit Forecast Window Reference.

   To create a cash forecast using the Submit Request window:

1. Navigate to the Submit Request window.

2. Choose Request in the Type field.

3. Choose Cash Forecasting by GL Periods or Cash Forecasting by Days in the Name field, depending on the template you want to use. The Parameters window appears.

4. Enter the parameters and press OK. See: Submit Forecast Parameters.

5. Select any print or run options.

6. Choose Submit.

Cash Management automatically generates the Cash Forecast Execution Report when you submit a forecast using the Submit Forecast window or the Submit Request window. This report will tell you if the Submit Forecast program produced any errors. You can also print this report later using the Submit Request window.

Suggestion: Consider using report sets if you routinely generate a given set of cash forecasts.