Costpoint Online Help

Using the Help Search
Using the Help Search
  • Phrase:Returns all topics that contain the exact phrase in the search criteria. Use quotation marks around the phrase.
    Ex."system administration"
  • And:Returns all topics that contain all the words in the search criteria, in any combination. Insert a plus sign between all words in the search criteria.
    Ex.system + administration
  • Or:Returns all topics with any combination of words in the search criteria. This is the default.
    Ex.system administration
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Prompts

Select values for the required prompts to run the PO Commitments Detail report.

Prompt Message

Description

Company

Select the company to include in the report.

Inquiry Method

Select By Period to show commitments for the fiscal year, period, and subperiod entered in the prompts. Use this option if the Print/Compute Purchasing Commitments was calculated By Period End Date.

Select Real Time to show commitments for all purchase requisition/purchase order activity in Costpoint, regardless of the transaction dates. Use this option if the Print/Compute Purchasing Commitments was calculated by Real Time.

Fiscal Year

Enter the fiscal year to use for the report. This option displays only if you selectedBy Period for the Inquiry Method prompt.

Period

Select the period to use for the report. This option displays only if you selected By Period for the Inquiry Method prompt.

Subperiod

Select the subperiod to use. This option displays only if By Period is selected for the Inquiry Method prompt.

Project starts with

In the Keywords field, enter a portion of one or more project IDs and click Search to list projects to include on the report. Then, select a project.

To narrow the search, select an option in the dropdown list. If you search by name, use one of the Contains... options, rather than the Starts with... options.

Account

In the Keywords field, enter a portion of one or more account IDs and click to list accounts to include on the report.

To narrow the search, select an option in the Starts with any of these keywords drop-down list. If you search by name, use one of the Contains... options, rather than the Starts with... options. If applicable, click the right-arrow to move your selected results to Choices.

Organization

In the Keywords field, enter a portion of one or more organizations and click to list organizations to include on the report.

To narrow the search, select an option in the Starts with any of these keywords drop-down list. If you search by name, use one of the Contains... options, rather than the Starts with... options. If applicable, click the right-arrow to move your selected results to Choices.

Note: To optimize the display of project IDs in the Project starts with field, this prompt's screen limits the number of project IDs returned to 1000. Because of this, you should enter as much of the project ID as possible when you search for projects. If your search is too general, the projects you want may not be included in the 1000 that are returned.