Cash Flow
To update the destination shell templates with Cash Flow setup:
- Go to the Company Workspace (Admin mode) > Templates > Shells > Projects.
- From the Projects Templates log or window, select and open a project.
- From the navigation pane, click Cost Manager to expand the node, and click Cash Flow to open the Cash Flow log or window.
- In the Cash Flow log or window, from the toolbar, click Update Shell Templates to open the Update Shell Templates menu items. Your options are as follows:
- Shells Templates
- All Other Shell Templates
- History
The following explores each option in detail.
Shells Templates
If you select this option, the Update Shell Templates window opens that displays a list of projects that you can select. You can use Search or Find on Page to isolate the shells you want to update. The projects are listed in the Projects log, and the details of each project are displayed in columns:
- Project Number
- Project Name
- Status
- Location
- Project Type
- Project Start Date
- Project End Date
- Administrator
Select from the projects that you want to update and from the toolbar click Update. When the Confirmation window opens, review the message that is displayed in the Confirmation window.
Update Shell Templates with Cash flow curves
- If Cash flow curve does not exist it will be added
- If Cash flow curve exists it will be replaced
- Users and Groups will be added if they do not exist
- If Group is created then it will be empty
This will update selected templates and cannot be reverted. Do you want to continue?
Click Yes, if you want to update the selected shell templates, or click No, to cancel your update.
If you click Yes, the push job gets initiated and the History log will show the job details.
The Cash Flow setup will be added or replaced in the destination shell templates.
All Other Shell Templates
If you select this option, a Confirmation window opens with the following message:
Update Shell Templates with Cash flow curves
- If Cash flow curve does not exist it will be added
- If Cash flow curve exists it will be replaced
- Users and Groups will be added if they do not exist
- If Group is created then it will be empty
This will update shell all templates and cannot be reverted. Do you want to continue?
Click Yes, if you want to update all of the shell templates, or click No, to cancel your update.
History
If you click the History menu item, the Shell Template History window opens. This window shows the details of the submitted update requests. This window has the following columns:
- Requestor
- Shell Templates
- Submit Date
- Start Date
- End Date
- Status
The History log provides details of each job by showing the actions performed as a part of Cash Flow push to the destination shell templates.
In the case where in certain shell templates the job is not successful, the history details lists the shell templates where the update has failed and displays the reason for the failure.
You can click to select an item in the list and click Open, from the toolbar, to see the details about that item.
You have the option to click the Cancel Request option, from the toolbar, if the request is not in progress or has not been completed.
In the History log:
- If the destination shell template does not have a Cost Sheet defined, and the user tries to add Cash Flow by CBS or Summary CBS curves, the following message will be displayed in history log: "Cost Sheet is not defined."
- If the selected cash flow curve is of the Commitment type and the Commits BP setup does not exist in the destination shell template, the following message will be displayed in history log: "Business Process <BP name> setup does not exist or is in inactive status."
- If the selected cash flow curve has a schedule selected either from Activity Sheet or Schedule Sheet, and the selected Activity Sheet or Schedule Sheet does not exist in the destination shell template, then when the user saves the properties of the selected cash flow curve in the destination shell template the system will display error message.
See Also
Business Process and Workflow Setups
General Spends (SOV Structure)
Payment Applications (SOV Structure)
Summary Payment Applications (SOV Structure)
Reports (User-Defined Reports)
Last Published Monday, August 28, 2023