Understanding the Cash Flow Statement Preparation

These topics provide an overview of the GL Cash Flow Application Engine (FR_CALCULATE) process and discuss how to:

• Set up and create the cash flow worksheet.

• Run the GL cash flow statement process.

• View the transition grid and meet audit requirements.

Note:

This documentation deals with using the PeopleSoft Cash Flow process to create the cash flow statement and discusses the features provided to facilitate specific cash flow tasks. A thorough understanding of accounting theory and procedures that are necessary for the creation of the cash flow statement with all the associated implications of fiscal years, varying currencies, and your organization's consolidations is assumed.

This section discusses:

• Terms and functionality.

• Setup and processing flow.

• Cash flow worksheet.

• Transition grid.

• Reporting currency and the foreign exchange (Fx) adjustment.

• Data Source.

• Element.

• TimeSpans and calendars.

• Cash flow worksheet recalculation.

• Security.