Understanding PeopleSoft Grants Implementation

Before you can use PeopleSoft Grants, you must establish the basic information that the system uses in its processing. Most of the implementation procedures are onetime sequences of data entry that provide the system with core information about the institution, professional researchers, and sponsors.

This topic discusses:

• PeopleSoft Grants ChartFields.

• Commitment control setup steps for PeopleSoft Grants.

• Journal Generator setup for PeopleSoft Grants processing.

• System-delivered budget items.

• Consortium budget item usage.

• Activity types.

• Analysis types and groups.

• Resource types, categories, subcategories, and groups.

• Transactions.

• Accounting rules.

• Integration templates.

• Award and project controls.

• Locations.

• Products.

• Billing cycle date ranges.