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Contents of the Create Preliminary Cash Flow Statements Screen

Use the fields and options to configure the Create Preliminary Cash Flow Statements screen.

Identification

Use the fields in this block to create a new parameter ID or to retrieve a previously saved parameter ID. A parameter ID represents a set of screen selection parameters. After you have saved a parameter ID and its related parameters, you can retrieve them using Query.

You can use the retrieved parameters to produce reports and run processes more efficiently and with greater consistency. The saved parameters are also useful and necessary when you want to run the process as part of a batch job. Many users save a unique set of parameters for each different way they run a report or process. When you select a previously saved parameter ID or parameter description, the associated saved screen selection parameters automatically display as selection defaults. The page setup and print options, if there are any, are also included in the saved parameter ID. You can change any of the associated selection defaults as necessary.

Field Description
Parameter ID

Enter, or click to select, a parameter ID of up to 15 alphanumeric characters. Choose characters for your parameter ID that help identify the type of selections you made on the screen, such as PERIOD or QUARTERLY.

When you save your record, all the selections made on the screen are stored with the parameter ID. Later, you can retrieve the parameter using Query.

You can use the parameter to run the process more efficiently because you can select the parameter ID with its previously defined screen selections. After the default selections display on the screen, you can override the defaults.

Description

Enter, or click to select, a parameter description of up to 30 alphanumeric characters.

Selection Ranges

Accounting Period

Field Description
Start: Fiscal Year

Enter, or click to select, the fiscal year for which to create the preliminary statement of cash flows. You can create statements for open or closed years.

Start: Period

Enter, or click to select, the period for which to create the preliminary statement of cash flows. You can create statements for open or closed periods.

F/S Code

Field Description
Start

Select the financial statement code for the statement of cash flows that you want to create. You set up financial statement codes on the Manage Financial Statement Mappings screen.

Balance Sheet Organization

Field Description
Option

Use this drop-down list to select the range of organizations to be included on the statement of cash flows. Valid options are:

  • All: Select this option to include all valid organizations. The Start and End fields are disabled for this option. This is the default.
  • One: Select this option to include only one organization and enter the organization in the Start field. The End field is disabled for this option.
  • Range: Select this option to include a contiguous range of organizations. Enter the beginning organization for the range in the Start field and enter the ending organization of the range in the End field.
  • From Beginning: Select this option to include a range of organizations that begins with the first of all the available organization and ends with the organization that you enter in the End field. The Start field is disabled for this option.
  • To End: Select this option to include a range of organizations that begins with the organization that you enter in the Start field and ends with the last of all the available organizations. The End field is disabled for this option.

Because the statement of cash flows is derived from posted transactions to balance sheet accounts, you must generate both the balance sheet and the statement of cash flows at the same organizational level. As a result, only balance sheet level organizations are valid options. You set up organizational levels on the Manage Organization Structures screen for top-level organizations and on the Manage Organization Elements screen for the remaining organizational levels.

Start/End

Enter, or click to select, the starting and/or ending organizations for the range of organizations you want to include on this report. One or both of these fields may be disabled, depending on your selection in Option.

Create the Preliminary Statement of Cash Flows

To start the process, enter the options you want, click Create Preliminary Cash Flows Statement on the Action menu.