MANAGE PRELIMINARY CASH FORECASTS

Use this screen to review or enter manual edits and additions to the system-generated cash forecast before you print a cash forecast.

This option is useful when you create a long-term forecast. You can use this screen to add data elements to the report that were not derived from the Costpoint data entry screens.

You cannot add new report lines on this screen. You must make changes to existing cash forecasts on the Manage Cash Forecast Templates screen.

You must perform any changes or category modifications that reflect new sources of cash on the Manage Cash Forecast Templates screen, and accounts must be linked accordingly.

Because the Manage Preliminary Cash Forecasts screen is not required, you can proceed directly to the Print Cash Forecasts Report screen. If you need to make adjustments after you print the cash forecast, return to this screen to enter cash forecast modifications.

You can apply organizational security to this application by using this optional feature to grant or remove rights for individual users and/or update specific organizations.

You must first set up the required organization security screens in Administration. You can activate organization security on the Manage Users and Configure System Settings screens.

For more information about organization security and how to apply it, please refer to the Organizational Security module in Costpoint Administration.

You must first run the process from the Create Preliminary Cash Forecasts screen before you use the Manage Preliminary Cash Forecasts screen. If no modifications are needed to the cash forecast, you can proceed directly to the Print Cash Forecasts Report screen.

This screen is blank when you access it for the first time. Click to retrieve an existing cash forecast.

Location

Template Code, Template Description

The field displays the template code of your selected forecast. The template description displays in the Template Description column to the right of the template code.

Frequency Code

This field displays the frequency code of your selected cash forecast.

Organization

This field displays the organization of your selected cash forecast.

Disclosure

In the text box, enter supporting notes for details displayed on the Cash Forecast report. Notes are displayed at the end of the report.

Table Window

Cash Forecast Line Titles

The cash forecast line title is automatically displayed in this column. Line titles are derived from the cash forecast template and cannot be edited. All changes to the template are made on the Manage Cash Forecast Templates screen, and accounts must be linked accordingly.

Column 1 Amount through Column 6 Amount

The Column 1 Amount through Column 6 Amount fields display the amounts for each of the six cash forecast columns based on the setup on the Create Preliminary Cash Forecasts screen. Costpoint calculates the amounts as derived from the tables based on the Cash Forecast Ranges parameters. You cannot edit the column amounts directly in these fields. To modify them, enter an adjustment in the appropriate Column 1 Adjustment Amount through Column 6 Adjustment Amount fields.

Column 1 Adjustment Amount through Column 6 Adjustment Amount

Use the Column 1 Adjustment Amount through Column 6 Adjustment Amount fields to enter adjustment, as applicable. The adjustment changes the system-derived number established by the Create Preliminary Cash Forecasts application.