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Reviewing Funds, Deals, and Payments


Key account managers can review funds, deals, and payments to track estimated, committed, and actual spending.

To review funds

  1. Navigate to the Accounts screen > Accounts List view.
  2. 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.

  3. Click the More Info subview tab to review the fields.

    Some fields are described in the following table.

    Field
    Comments

    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.

    Balance

    The Converted Sub-Total minus Payments.

    Basis

    The value used to accrue funds (for example, Cases or Revenue).

    LOV Type: CS_FUND_BASIS

    Basis End

    The ending date of the basis period.

    Basis Period

    The period of time for which the basis is valid.

    Basis Start

    The starting date of the basis period.

    Committed

    An amount set aside in deals with a status of Committed or Closed.

    Converted Sub-total

    The subtotal amount after currency conversion (based on the parent fund, if one exists).

    Currency Code

    The currency of the fund. By default, currency is derived from:

    • Account currency
    • User's currency, taken from user's division

    Deal Limit

    This value can be used to determine by what percentage total deals can exceed the account fund balance.

    End

    The ending date of the fund.

    Estimated

    Amount set aside in deals with status other than Committed or Closed.

    Exchange Rate

    The exchange rate necessary to convert the fund into the currency of its parent fund.

    Fund

    Name of the fund.

    Fund Id

    System-supplied identification number of the fund.

    Organization

    The organization of the fund.

    Parent Id

    System-supplied identification number of the parent fund of the fund.

    Payment Limit

    This value can be used to determine by what percentage total payments can exceed a deal.

    Payments

    The amount of paid payments that have been made against the fund.

    Period

    The period of time for which the fund is valid.

    Source Category

    The category of products that generates accruals.

    Start

    The starting date of the fund.

    Sub-total

    Calculated amount derived using the following equation:
    Amount + Adjustments + Transfers = Sub-total).

    Target Category

    The category of products that can use the fund.

    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.

    LOV Type: CPG_FUND_TYPE

    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

  1. Navigate to the Accounts screen > Accounts List view.
  2. Drill down on the Name field hyperlink for a selected account, and click the Checkbook view tab.
  3. In the Checkbook list, perform one of the following actions:
    • Query for a check record.
    • Create a new check record.
  4. In the Payments list, select an existing deal record, or add a new payment record.
  5. 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 17.

    NOTE:  After they are submitted, payments should be 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, please see Configuration Information for Consumer Sector Funds.

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