Commitment Rules Tab

This section includes the fields and descriptions for the Commitment Rules tab.

Commitment Island

Field	Description
Check Comm. Amount	In this field, you can specify whether Maconomy is to check the amounts on purchase orders against the budget. You can choose from the following values: No — Maconomy does not check the amounts being committed. Year to Date — The check is made against the budgeted, actual, and committed amounts from the beginning of the fiscal year to today’s date. Year Total — The check is made against the budgeted, actual, and committed amounts for the whole year. If you select “Year to Date” or “Year Total,” you must also specify a budget type.
Budget Type	In this field, specify the budget type against which committed amounts are to be checked.

Field

Description

Check Comm. Amount

In this field, you can specify whether Maconomy is to check the amounts on purchase orders against the budget.

You can choose from the following values:

No — Maconomy does not check the amounts being committed.
Year to Date — The check is made against the budgeted, actual, and committed amounts from the beginning of the fiscal year to today’s date.
Year Total — The check is made against the budgeted, actual, and committed amounts for the whole year.

If you select “Year to Date” or “Year Total,” you must also specify a budget type.

Budget Type

In this field, specify the budget type against which committed amounts are to be checked.

See the chapter “Getting Started” for a description of the fields in the User island.