Manage Cash Projections

In the Cash Projections Viewer workspace, you can create, view, recalculate, and delete cash projections. You can also generate projection graphs and projection logs.

View Cash Projections

In the Cash Projections Viewer, you can view existing cash projections.

To view cash projections:

  1. In Accounting Center, in the left navigation pane, click Reports > Cash Projections Viewer. 
    You see the Cash Projections Viewer workspace. 

  2. In the Search Details pane, search for a specific cash projection. 
    In the grid, you see the cash projections that met your search criteria. The icon to the left of each row identifies the current processing status of the cash projection.

    Cash Projections Viewer results
  3. Click the cash projection you want to view.

  4. Click one or more of the following tabs to view additional information for the selected cash projection: 
    - Projection Summary. Provides an overview of the cash position for the period requested, by date and currency. The tab shows the Account, Currency, Effective Date, Cash Receipts, Cash Disbursements, Cash Balance, and Balance Type.
    - Projection Detail. Displays all activity and includes details for each transaction. The Current Balance appears in bold, followed by Activity for each currency.
    - Projection Errors. Lists errors that occurred while the system generated the projection. If no errors occurred, you see a message: Query Returned No Data.

Recalculate Cash Projections

In the Cash Projections Viewer workspace, you can recalculate a cash projection. 

Be aware that when you recalculate a projection, you delete all manual adjustments for that projection.

To recalculate a cash projection:

  1. In Accounting Center, in the left navigation pane, click Reports > Cash Projections Viewer. 
    You see the Cash Projections Viewer workspace. 

  2. In the Search Details pane, search for the cash projection you want to recalculate. 

  3. In the grid, click the cash projection you want to recalculate.

  4. On the Cash Projections Viewer tab, in the General group, click Recalculate Projection.
    In the grid, the status of the cash projection changes to the Request Processing icon (yellow cog) to indicate that it is processing. When processing completes successfully, the status changes to Processed Successfully (green circle). You can view the recalculated results. 

Delete Cash Projections

In the Cash Projections Viewer workspace, you can delete one or more cash projections.

To delete a cash projection:

  1. In Accounting Center, in the left navigation pane, click Reports > Cash Projections Viewer. 
    You see the Cash Projections Viewer workspace. 

  2. In the Search Details pane, search for the cash projection you want to delete. 

  3. In the grid, click one or more cash projections that you want to delete.

  4. On the Cash Projections Viewer tab, in the General group, click Delete Projection.
    You see a Confirmation dialog box, with a message confirming you want to delete the selected projections.

  5. Click Yes.
    You no longer see the cash projection in the grid.

Generate Graphs for Cash Projections

In the Cash Projections Viewer workspace, you can create a color graph of cash projection data for a cash projection.

To generate a graph for  a cash projection:

  1. In Accounting Center, in the left navigation pane, click Reports > Cash Projections Viewer.
    You see the Cash Projections Viewer workspace. 

  2. In the Search Details pane, search for the cash projection for which you want to generate a graph. 

  3. In the grid, click the cash projection.

  4. On the Cash Projections Viewer tab, in the General group, click Generate Graphs.
    You see the Projection Graphs tab. It contains four graphs that represent the projection data.

    Cash Projections Viewer - Projection Graphs tab

Show Projection Logs

In the Cash Projections Viewer workspace, you can view a projection log of activity for a cash projection.This option is available if you selected the Write log on calculate projection check box when you set up projection preferences. 

To show projection logs for a cash projection:

  1. In Accounting Center, in the left navigation pane, click Reports > Cash Projections Viewer. 
    You see the Cash Projections Viewer workspace. 

  2. In the Search Details pane, search for the cash projection for which you want to show logs. 

  3. In the grid, click the cash projection.

  4. On the Cash Projections Viewer tab, in the General group, click Show Projection Logs.
    You see the Projection Logs workspace. For each row in the grid, you can view the Field Type, Field Attribute Description, and Update Date.

    Projection Logs workspace