MANAGE ALLOCATION JOURNALS

Use this screen to view the amounts that is posted to the General Ledger for pools and service center pools for a given fiscal year, period, and subperiod. Both current period and year-to-date calculations are stored for the calculation period. The amount that is posted (current or YTD) is determined by which option you select in the Apply Burdening based on group box on the Corporate Settings subtask of the Configure Project Settings screen.

For service center pools only (and specifically service center pools with a Manual Calculation of Base method as selected on the Service Center subtask of the Manage Cost Pools screen), you can modify the Cur No of Units, Cur %, Cur Alloc Amt, and Cur Amt to Post columns.

Also, for manual service center pools only, you can import the allocation rows based on the Allocation Journal History. You can thus populate the table window based on the historical allocations for this pool.

If you have a YTD Manual Service Center that is allocated using units as the basis, enter data in both the Cur No of Units and YTD No of Units fields. The Import feature sums the current units quantity from the allocation basis journal history table and inserts this number in both the Cur No of Units and YTD No of Units fields. If you do not enter data in these two fields, the number of units imported is zero.

You can modify this screen only for service center pools whose Calculation of Base method is Manual (on the Service Center subtask of the Manage Cost Pools screen). Maintain it whenever service center allocations are required (usually monthly), or whenever adjustments to a service center allocation are necessary. After you have executed the Compute/Print Pool Rates screen, this screen is populated by non-service center pools.

Location

Identification

Allocation Group

Enter, or click to select, the allocation group number for the pools specified in the journal. The group number can include groups that are not group 1; however, only amounts for group 1 are posted to the General Ledger. This is a required field.

Pool

Enter, or click to select, the pool number being allocated. This is a required field. The adjacent field displays the name of the selected pool number.

Basis Description

This non-editable field displays the basis description from the Manage Cost Pools screen for the pool number identified.

Period Information

Use the fields in this group box to review or select the period through which costs are included in the pool. If the Compute/Print Pool Rates process inserted this record, the period information shown here is the same as that entered on the Compute/Print Pool Rates screen. If you are manually entering service center information, you can select the period to which you would like to post. 

Fiscal Year

Enter, or click to select, a fiscal year. You can select any fiscal year, but for open fiscal years, your choice must correspond to the fiscal year for which the pool is open. This is a required field.

Period

Enter, or click to select, an accounting period. This is a required field.

Subperiod

Enter, or click to select, to select an accounting subperiod. This is a required field.

Table Window

Line

This non-editable column displays the line number that identifies each transaction separately.

Account

Enter, or click to select, the account to receive the allocation of costs contained in the Allocation Journal from the Pool displayed. This is a required field.

Organization

Enter, or click to select, the organization that, in combination with the selected allocation accounts, receives the allocation of costs contained in the Allocation Journal for the Pool displayed. This is a required field.

Org Abbreviation

Enter, or click to select, the abbreviation of the Organization entered. If you enter the abbreviation here, the organization number is displayed in the Organization column.

Project

Enter, or click to select, the project that receives the allocation of costs contained in the Allocation Journal for the Pool displayed. This column is optional.

Project Abbreviation

Enter, or click to select, the project abbreviation of the Project number entered. If you enter the abbreviation here, the project number is displayed in the Project column.

Current Number  of Units

Enter the number of units that form the basis of the Pool displayed, for the Account/Organization/Project combination entered. The number of units can include head count, number of pages, square footage, percents, and so on.

Current %

This non-editable column displays the Costpoint-calculated percentage of total current units that are represented by the number of units entered into each row.

Current Allocation Amount

This column displays the Costpoint-calculated allocation amount derived by multiplying the Current % by the total cost in the pool, or by multiplying a standard rate by the current units. Costpoint calculates this amount "on the fly" during the Compute/Print Pool Rates process. However, you can modify the Current Allocation Amount to make adjustments.

Current Amount to Post

This column displays the amount to post derived by subtracting from the Current Allocation Amount or YTD Allocation Amount any amounts that have already been posted to the account/organization/project combination. You can modify this amount to make adjustments.

YTD Number of Units

Enter the number of YTD units that form the basis of the Pool displayed, for the Account/Organization/Project combination entered. The number of units can include head count, number of pages, square footage, percents, etc.

YTD %

This non-editable column displays the Costpoint-calculated percentage of total YTD units that is represented by the number of YTD units entered in each row.

YTD Allocation Amount

This column displays the Costpoint-calculated allocation amount derived by multiplying the YTD % by the total cost in the pool or by multiplying a standard rate by the YTD units. Costpoint calculates this amount "on the fly" during the Compute/Print Pool Rates process. However, you can modify the allocation amount in order to make adjustments.

Ref 1

Enter, or click to select, a reference 1.

Ref 2

Enter, or click to select, a reference 2.

Subtasks

Subtask

Description

Import

Click this link to open the Import subtask, where you can import allocation rows from Allocation Journal History.