Field Descriptions

 

 

Service Center Cost Allocation Report

Use this screen to print, for a given service center, the cost in the service center, the amount allocated, the residual, the accounts that received the service center allocation, and the amount they received. The data for this report does not come directly from the Maintain Allocation Journal screen; rather, it comes from a table created by the Compute and Print Pool Rates screen (Projects\Process\Allocations). This means that the service center you want to print must have been computed in the Compute & Print Pools Rates program before any information is available. Otherwise, the Allocation Journal Edit or Print Service Center Setup reports are the only reports available.

Print this report after running the Compute and Print Pools Rates program and before posting the Allocation Journal.

Field Descriptions

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.  Once 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.  Many users save a unique set of parameters for each different way they run a report or process.  If you select a previously saved parameter ID or parameter description, the associated saved screen selection parameters will automatically display as selection defaults.  You can change any of the associated selection defaults as necessary.

Parameter ID *

Enter, or use Query to select, a parameter ID of up to 15 alphanumeric characters.  You should choose characters for your parameter ID that help identify the type of selections you made in the screen, such as “PERIOD” or “QUARTERLY.”  

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

You can use the parameter to produce reports and run processes more efficiently because you can select the parameter ID with its previously defined screen selections.  Once the default selections display in the screen, you can override the defaults as necessary.

Description *

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

Selection Ranges

Use the fields in this group box to limit the service centers that will be printed on the report.

Pools

Option

Use this drop-down box to select the range option for your report.  The following options are available:

Start

Enter the starting pool for the range you want to include in the report. If you select All or From Beginning in the Option field, this field will be inactive.

End

Enter the ending pool for the range you want to include in the report. If you select All, One, or To End in the Option field, this field will be inactive.

Allocation Group *

Option

This field displays "One" because you can select only one allocation group.

Start

Enter, or use Lookup to select, the allocation group for which you want to print the report.

Accounting Period

Option

This field displays "One" because you can select only one accounting period.

Fiscal Year *

Enter, or use Lookup to select, a fiscal year. You can select any fiscal year, as long as the data for the fiscal year has been computed in the Compute and Print Pool Rates screen (Projects\Process\Allocations). This is a required field.

Period *

Enter, or use Lookup to select, an accounting period. You can select any period, as long as the data for that period has been computed in the Compute and Print Pool Rates screen (Projects\Process\Allocations). This is a required field.

Options

Suppress Projects

Select this check box to prevent project information from appearing in the pool base information section of the report. This check box is selected by default.