Using the Generate Revenue Commitment Page
The functions discussed in this topic require the Revenue Commitments feature to be enabled.
You can create a revenue commitment from the Generate Revenue Commitments page.
To generate a revenue commitment:
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Go to Transactions > Financial > Generate Revenue Commitments.
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Select a Customer.
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Select a Posting Period.
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In the Date field, enter a date for this revenue commitment or select a date from the popup calendar.
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Select a Status for this revenue commitment.
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-All-, which includes all of the following Status options.
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Pending Fulfillment
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Partially Fulfilled
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Pending Billing/Partially Fulfilled
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Pending Billing
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Billed
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Check the Hide Unfulfilled Orders box to exclude already fulfilled orders.
This box only appears if you enable the preference Allow Revenue Commitments in Advance of Fulfillment.
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Enter the sales order number.
This field only appears if you enable Bar Coding and Item Labels. For more information, refer to Bar Codes and Item Labels.
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Click Customize to display additional columns on the Revenue Commitment page or to filter the revenue commitments that will be displayed.
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Check the Commit Revenue box for each sales order you want to generate a revenue commitment for.
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Click Submit. The Job Status page shows the processing status for the request you submitted.
A revenue commitment is a non-posting transaction. It serves as the placeholder for the revenue recognition schedule that generates the posting revenue recognition journal entries.