PeopleSoft Grants ChartFields

PeopleSoft Grants delivers these charts of accounts:

• Fund

• Department

• Program

• Class

• Account

• Budget Period

• Project/Grant

• Statistical Code

• Affiliate

• Scenario

Note:

Configurations to ChartFields require supporting modifications to the PeopleSoft Grants F&A (Facilities and Administration) application engine process (GMFACS), which calculates overhead based on PeopleSoft Project Costing transactions.

This table provides information about these ChartFields:

ChartField Name	Size	Valid Values Table	Required	Definition	Reusable
Fund FUND_CODE	5	FUND_TBL	No	Identifies the fiscal and accounting entity that is established to segregate financial resources.	Yes
Department DEPTID	10	DEPARTMENT _TBL	No	Indicates who is responsible for or affected by the transaction.	Yes
Program PROGRAM_CODE	5	PRGRAM_TBL	No	Captures additional information that is used for program accounting.	Yes
Class CLASS_FLD	5	CLASS_TBL	No	Captures additional information to suit the institution.	Yes
Account ACCOUNT	6	GL_ACCOUNT_TBL	Yes	Classifies the nature of the transaction.	Yes
Budget Period BUDGET_PERIOD	4	BUDGET_PERIOD	Yes	Identifies the period of the transaction.	No
Project/Grant PROJECT_ID	15	PROJECT_HEADER	No	Captures additional information that is used for projects and grants accounting.	No
Statistics Code STATISTICS_CODE	3	STAT_TBL	No	Captures statistical information, such as full-time equivalents.	Yes
Affiliate AFFILIATE	5	AFFILIATE_VW	No	Designates a business unit that is used for interunit accounting.	No
Scenario SCENARIO	5	SCENARIO_VW	No	Identifies which budget version to use.	No

You have flexibility in establishing the business unit structure within PeopleSoft Grants. Institution-specific needs drive business-unit structure requirements, so you need to decide which options to use for setting up the business units during implementation.