Enter Cash Flow Forecast Category

Explanation

This activity is used to define cash flow forecast categories and cash flows forecast IDs that should be connected to those forecast categories. Cash flow forecast categories are used to group forecasted cash flows for the purpose of analyzing/comparing similar forecasts. A cash flow forecast category could have many cash flow forecast IDs. A cash flow forecast created on a specific date is saved against a cash flow forecast ID, which in turn may have many versions.

For example, you could define a cash flow forecast category called Monthly Cash Flow Forecast to group all your monthly cash flow forecasts together. This cash flow forecast category could have cash flow IDs such as 201101, 201102, 201103, etc; one cash flow forecast ID for each monthly cash flow forecast you plan to create.

Cash Flow Forecast Category is defined as a dimension to the Cash Flow Forecast information source. This is used in IFS Business Analytics when designing reports on cash flow forecasts based on Microsoft Excel.

Prerequisites

This activity has no prerequisites.

System Effects

As a result of this activity, a cash flow forecast category with several cash flow forecast IDs will be available in the system to be used when creating cash flow forecasts.

Window

Cash Flow Forecast Category

Related Window Descriptions

Cash Flow Forecast Category

Procedure

To enter a cash flow forecast type:

  1. Open the Cash Flow Forecast Category window and create a new record in the header.
  2. Enter an ID in the Cash Flow Forecast Category field and a description in the Description field.
  3. Create a new record in the table to define a cash flow forecast ID to be connected to the cash flow forecast category.
  4. Enter an ID in the Cash Flow Forecast ID field and a description in the Description field.
  5. Save the information.