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Reviewing Funds, Deals, and Payments (End User)
Key account managers can review funds, deals, and payments to track estimated, committed, and actual spending. This task is a step in Process of Managing Trade Funds. To review funds
- Navigate to the Accounts screen > Accounts List view.
- Drill down on the Name field hyperlink for a selected account, and click the Funds view tab.
The Funds list displays all funds associated with the selected account record.
- Click the More Info subview tab to review the fields.
Some fields are described in the following table.
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Account |
The account that is associated with the fund. |
Adjustments |
Adjustments to the fund amount. Includes decreases or increases to the fund amount. Excludes transfers, accruals, and payments. |
Amount |
The beginning amount of the fund. |
Basis |
The value used to accrue funds (for example, Cases or Revenue). |
Committed |
An amount set aside in deals with a status of Committed or Closed. |
End |
The ending date of the fund. |
Estimated |
Amount set aside in deals with status other than Committed or Closed. |
Fund |
Name of the fund. |
Fund Id |
System-supplied identification number of the fund. |
Period |
The period of time for which the fund is valid. |
Start |
The starting date of the fund. |
Sub-total |
Calculated amount derived using the following equation: Amount plus Adjustments plus Transfers. |
Transfers |
Sum of the approved transfers into or out of the fund. |
Type |
Fund type, either Accrual or Fixed, selected from a drop-down list. Accrual funds are funds in which the amount is calculated from the products and accruals associated with the fund. Fixed funds are fixed amounts of money allocated in a lump sum. |
Unallocated |
Calculated amount derived by subtracting allocations to child funds from the fund subtotal. |
Uncommitted |
An amount, from a fixed fund, that has not been allocated to a child fund. This amount is calculated by subtracting the committed amount from the fund subtotal. |
To request payments by the account checkbook
- Navigate to the Accounts screen > Accounts List view.
- Drill down on the Name field hyperlink for a selected account, and click the Checkbook view tab.
- In the Checkbook list, perform either of the following actions, as appropriate to your needs:
- Query for a check record.
- Create a new check record.
- In the Payments list, select an existing deal record, or create a new payment record.
- In the Amount field, enter the amount of the payment you want to request, and save the record.
For a summary of the different payment stages and the results seen by the end user see Table 18.
NOTE: After they are submitted, payments are sent to the back office for processing. When processing is completed, the status of the payment changes to Paid. Payments with a status of Paid are identified by the application and processed. For more information about this processing and the results, see About Configuring Information for Consumer Goods Funds.
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