ORACLE CM USER MANUAL

ORACLE FINANCIALS USER GUIDE

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Cash Management

Author: Oracle Implementation Team

Creation Date: November 1, 2001
Last Updated: November 12, 2001
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1.1. Creating Cash Forecast Templates

1.2. Generating Cash Forecasts from Templates
1.3. Modifying Cash Forecast Templates
1.4. Modifying Cash Forecasts
1.5. Exporting Cash Forecasts to Spreadsheet
1.6. Viewing Cash Forecasts
1.7. Cash Forecasting Reports

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Creating Cash Cash To create a cash forecast template:
Forecast Template Forecasting>
Forecast 1. Navigate to the Forecast Templates window.
Template 2. Choose New in the Find Forecast Templates
window, or close or minimize the Find Forecast
Templates window. (The Forecast Templates
window is behind the Find Forecast Templates
window.)
3. Enter a unique name for your template.
4. Enter a forecast period type of Days or GL Periods
in the Forecast By field.
5. (Optional) Enter a description for your template.
6. Choose Include or Exclude in the Overdue
Transactions field to determine whether to include
or exclude open transactions that have a cash
activity date before the forecast start date. Overdue
transactions are collected into one forecast period,
displayed as the Overdue column in the Cash
Forecast Amounts window and the Cash Forecast
Report.
7. If you chose to include overdue transactions, you
must enter a value in the Cut-off Period field. The
cut-off period determines how far back to include
overdue transactions. Transaction volume increases
with an increase in the cut-off period. If you choose
a cut-off period that is very long and you are
including many historical transactions, then the
forecasts may take longer to generate.
8. Choose a transaction calendar in the Business
Calendar field. If you do not choose a calendar in
this field, then cash activity dates used in
forecasting can be non–business days.
9. Choose the Columns button. The Forecast
Template Columns window appears, where you
enter forecast period ranges.
10. Enter a Column Number to specify the sequence
of the columns (forecast periods). Values must be
integers between 1 and 999. The Column
Number indicates the sequence of the columns in
the forecast. You can define up to 80 columns in a
forecast template.
11. Enter the From and To specifications as periods
or days, depending on what you entered in the
Forecast by Field. The values must be integers
between 1 and 999. The “From” value must be
less than or equal to the “To” value. These
numbers define the forecast periods by indicating
the specific date or period ranges for each column.
When submitting a forecast you specify GL Periods

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or Days, depending on the forecast template. If you
submit by GL period you specify a start period; if
you submit by Days, you specify a start date.
12. Close, move, or minimize the Forecast Template
Columns window.
13. Choose the Rows button on the Forecast
Templates window. The Forecast Template Rows
window appears.
14. Enter Rows. For each row enter the following:
• Enter a Row Number to specify the sequence
of the source types. Values must be unique
integers between 1 and 999. The Row Number
indicates the sequence of the rows (source
types) in the forecast.
• Select the Source type. Enter relevant selection
criteria for the source type chosen.
15. Save your work. Cash Management validates
required fields now.

Attention: You can add or delete rows and columns

in a template, but your action will affect all cash
forecasts previously generated using that template.
Adding rows and columns to a previously–defined
template generates forecast amounts of zero for the
new cells in existing forecasts. Deleting rows and
columns eliminates forecast amounts for the deleted
cells.

Generating Cash Cash Forecasting To create a cash forecast using the Submit
Forecast > Forecasts. Forecast window:

1. When you are on the Cash Forecasts screen select

the record of an existing cash forecast or choose
New
2. Choose Submit Forecast from the Oracle
Applications Tools menu. The Submit Forecast
window appears.
3. Enter the appropriate parameters and press Submit
to generate a new cash forecast. Cash Management
automatically generates the Cash Forecast
Execution Report, which indicates if the Submit
Forecast program produced any errors. You can
also print this report later using the Submit Request
window. Cash Management also generates the
Cash Forecast report if the Submit Forecast
program produced no errors.

To create a cash forecast using the Submit Request

window:

1. Navigate to the Submit Request window.

2. Choose Request in the Type field.
3. Choose Cash Forecasting by GL Periods or Cash

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Forecasting by Days in the Name field, depending
on the template you want to use. The Parameters
window appears.
4. Enter the parameters and press OK.
5. Select any print or run options.
6. Choose Submit.
Cash Management automatically generates the
Cash Forecast Execution Report, which indicates if
the Submit Forecast program produced any errors.
You can also print this report later using the Submit
Request window. Cash Management also generates
the Cash Forecast report if the Submit Forecast
program produced no errors.

Suggestion: Consider using report sets if you

routinely generate a given set of cash forecasts.
Modifying Cash Cash To query existing cash forecast templates:
Forecast Template Forecasting>
Forecast 1. Navigate to the Forecast Templates window. The
Templates Find Forecast Templates window appears first for
you to enter search criteria.
2. (Optional) Enter a partial or full Template Name.
3. (Optional) Select a forecast period type in the
Forecast By field.
4. Choose Find. The Forecast Templates window
appears. Cash Management displays all cash
forecast templates that match your search criteria.

To modify a cash forecast template:

1. Query an existing cash forecast template (see

above).
2. If no cash forecasts exist based on a template, you
can modify any of the information for the cash
forecast template.
3. Add or delete columns or rows.
4. Save your work.

Attention: Adding columns and rows generates

forecast amounts of zero for the new cells.

Modifying Cash Cash To query existing cash forecasts:

Forecast Forecasting>
Forecast 1. Navigate to the Cash Forecasts window. The Find
Cash Forecasts window appears first for you to
enter search criteria.
2. (Optional) Enter a partial or full Template Name, or
a partial or full Forecast Name. Enter a forecast
period type in the Forecast By field. If you enter a
forecast period type, you can then select From and
To values for a Start Period or Start Date.
3. Choose Find to find all cash forecasts that match
your search criteria. The Cash Forecasts window

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appears, with a row showing each forecast and its
Forecast Name, Template Name, Start Date, Forecast
By, and Description. Within the Cash Forecasts
window, you can show, hide, and move fields, and
make them wider, narrower, or change their prompt.
You can save your changes as folders for yourself
or others to use. Choose the Requery button to find
all existing cash forecasts without using any search
criteria. (Choose the Find button on the tool bar to
bring up the Find Cash Forecasts window again.)

To modify header level information on an existing

cash forecast:

1. Query an existing cash forecast (see above).

2. Choose Open to view cash forecast definition
information. The Cash Forecast window appears.
3. You can change the name and description of the
cash forecast. All other cash forecast definition
information at this level is restricted from update.
4. If you are proceeding to the Cash Forecast
Amounts window, choose how you want to view
amounts by making a selection in the Factor field:
• Units. Displays amounts as calculated.
• Thousands. Displays forecast amounts as
multiples of a thousand (1,000 = 1.00).
• Millions. Displays forecast amounts as multiples
of a million (1,000,000 = 1.00).
• Billions. Displays forecast amounts as multiples
of a billion
(1,000,000,000 = 1.00).
5. If you are proceeding to the Cash Forecast
Amounts window, you may choose to check the
Display Forecast Summary check box to show the
Cash Inflow, Cash Outflow, Net Cash summary,
and GL Cash Position fields in the Cash Forecast
Amounts window.
5. Save your work.

Exporting Cash Cash 1. Navigate to the Cash Forecasts window.

Forecasts to Forecasting> 2. Query the cash forecast you want to export.
Spreadsheet Forecast 3. Choose the Review button. The Cash Forecast
Amounts window appears
4. Choose Export... from the File menu. The Export
Data window appears.
5. Select the To Microsoft Excel option to export your
cash forecast to an Excel Spreadsheet.
6. Choose whether to check the Autosize all
columns check box. Checking this check box
ensures that Excel will display all records in
correctly sized columns. If you do not autosize all
columns Excel may display ”#####” when the
record for a cell exceeds the default column size.
However, if you do autosize all columns and your

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data contains very large entries, the columns
created in Excel may be excessively wide and
difficult to read. Select the To Microsoft Excel option
to export your cash forecast to an Excel
Spreadsheet. Choose whether to check the
Autosize all columns check box. Checking this
check box ensures that Excel will display all records
in correctly sized columns. If you do not autosize all
columns Excel may display ”#####” when the
record for a cell exceeds the default column size.
However, if you do autosize all columns and your
data contains very large entries, the columns
created in Excel may be excessively wide and
difficult to read.
7. Choose the Export button. Cash Management
exports all selected records, excluding summary
rows, and opens Excel. Excel automatically displays
your forecast.
8. You can make any modifications to your
spreadsheet in your spreadsheet application. You
should name and save your spreadsheet to a
directory on your PC or Network.

View Cash View>Forecasts 1. Navigate to the View Cash Forecasts window. The
Forecast Find Cash Forecasts window appears first for you to
enter search criteria.
2. (Optional) Enter a partial or full Template Name, or
a partial or full Forecast Name. Enter a forecast
period type in the Forecast By field. If you enter a
forecast period type, you can then select From and
To values for a Start Period or Start Date.
3. Choose Find to find all cash forecasts that match
your search criteria. The View Cash Forecasts
window appears. Within the View Cash Forecasts
window, you can show, hide, and move fields, and
make them wider, narrower, or change their prompt.
You can save your changes as folders for yourself or
others to use.
Choose the Requery button to find all existing cash
forecasts without using any search criteria. (Choose
the Find button on the tool bar to bring up the Find
Cash Forecasts window again.)
4. Choose Open from the View Cash Forecasts
window to view cash forecast definition information.
The View Cash Forecast window appears.
5. If you are proceeding to the View Cash Forecast
Amounts window, choose how you want to view the
amounts by selecting a Factoring format:
• Units. Displays amounts as calculated.
• Thousands. Displays forecast amounts as
multiples of a thousand (1,000 = 1.00).
• Millions. Displays forecast amounts as multiples
of a million (1,000,000 = 1.00).
• Billions. Displays forecast amounts as multiples

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of a billion (1,000,000,000 = 1.00).
6. If you are proceeding to the View Cash Forecast
Amounts window, you may choose to check the
Display Forecast Summary check box to show the
Cash Inflow, Cash Outflow, Net Cash summary,
and GL Cash Position fields in the Forecast
Amounts window. (Keeping these fields hidden
helps speed navigation performance for very large
forecasts.)
7. Choose the Review button from the View Cash
Forecasts window to view cash forecast data. The
View Cash Forecast Amounts window appears.
Within the View Cash Forecast Amounts window,
you have limited folder capabilities; you can show,
hide, and move fields, and make them wider,
narrower, or change their prompt. You cannot,
however, save folder information.
Cash Forecasting Other>Concurrent To submit a standard request or request set from
Reports the Submit Request window:

1. Navigate to the Submit a New Request window.

2. Choose either Request or Request Set. Choose
OK to open the Submit Requests window.
3. Enter the name of the request or request set that
you want to submit.
4. If the request or request set has parameters, enter
the parameters in the Parameters window. Choose
OK to save the parameters. If your request has
parameters, you can see detailed information on the
parameters in the Selected Report Parameters
section of the request description, or in Common
Report Parameters.
5. Choose Submit to submit your request. You can
review the status of your request in the Concurrent
Requests Summary or the Requests window. If
your request has output, you can see detailed
information on it in the Selected Report Headings
section of the request description, or in the
Common Report Headings help document.