Collaborative Planning Management Reporting

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1 Document review management Collaborative Planning Management Reporting user guide Created by Optimum Technology Transfer Ltd Version: [****]

2 Copyright notice Optimum Technology Transfer Limited 2010 We take the theft of our original work very seriously and draw to your attention that this work is protected under UK copyright law. All documents and information contained within this document are the property of Optimum Technology Transfer Limited. Customers or end users of this material may save and use information contained therein only for personal and internal business use only. No other use, including reproduction, retransmission, or editing, of Optimum Technology Transfer Limited s information may be made. Any unauthorized broadcasting, copying, republishing or re-redistribution is strictly prohibited and will constitute an infringement of copyright of Optimum Technology Transfer Limited. Conventions used in this document Note: something for you to take note of. For example: Every Customer must have at least one address. Tip: a shortcut or tip to help you work quickly. For example: Remember you can double-click to activate a calendar in a date field. Important: something important for you to be aware of. For example: Always review the Period selection when using transaction drill down screens Warning of consequences usually of omitting a step. [***] keyboard for example press [Enter], press [Shift]+[F3], press [F12] Menus Navigation through menus is indicated with. For example: Select Edit Paste Special Paste Picture means select Edit menu, then Paste Special from the edit menu, then Paste Picture from the Paste Special options. Version 1.1

3 Contents Collaborative Planning... 1 Logging In... 1 Navigation... 2 Enquiring... 4 View... 6 Outline view and Links... 7 Exporting to MS-Excel... 9 Appendix 1 Chart of Accounts Version 1.1

4 Revision history Version Date Summary of changes Author /11/10 Original A Fletcher /01/11 Added notes on chart of account A Fletcher Version 1.1

5 Collaborative Planning Logging In URL Collaborative Planning is a budgeting, forecasting and reporting tool. This is a web base application which can be easily used throughout the University. Initially the University will use Collaborative Planning to view and report on research grants and external funded projects, actual, commitment and variance information, and provide monthly management reports. The data held in Collaborative Planning is updated from e5 daily. 1. Open the Collaborative Planning web page to display the login screen. 2. User name: enter your collaborative planning user name. This is case sensitive and is usually your Novell user name in capital letters. 3. Password: enter your collaborative planning password. This is case sensitive. The first time you login you will be asked to change your password. Enter your new password and click Change Password. 4. Your Collaborative Planning workbench will be displayed. If at the first login you have not changed your password, you should click on side of the CP tool bar. My Account to change it. This is shown on the right hand Logging Off Click Logoff at the top right of the workbench and then close your browser. Version 1.1 1

6 Navigation Click on My Account to change password Tool Name Description Workbench Main menu Returns the user to the workbench and to the highest element that the user has access to. Displays the main menu. Communications My Account Function that allows a user to view massages from other users. Message can contain reports or a collection of reports called a report pack. Allows a user to change their password. Logout Logout of Collaborative Planning Help Opens the Collaborative Planning help. Models A model defines what data will be displayed and how it will be displayed. Different models are displayed as tabs at the top left of the workbench. Click the tab to move from one model to another. 2 Version: 1.1

7 In the above example there are 3 models shown: Externally Funded Projects CC Externally Funded Projects by PI Management Reporting Shows the current financial position for Externally Financed Projects by Cost Centre As above but grouped by Principal Investigator Shows the financial position for a school, division or cost centre in the same format as the monthly management accounts. This model is split into months as shown below. You will only be able to see the models which you have been given access to. When you log into collaborative planning you will see the highest point of the model hierarchy that you have permission to see. You can click the hierarchy to drill down. In the example above the highest part of the hierarchy we have permission to see is REVENUE Revenue Cost Centres which is the whole University. Users within a planning unit will normally only see their planning unit, department or cost centre. The small coloured squares and status information can be ignored as this relates to budget setting which is not in use on these enquiry models. Version 1.1 3

8 Enquiring Click on the highest point of the hierarchy to go down to the next level and continue clicking until reaching the point on the hierarchy that you wish to enquire on: Click on review Review At the appropriate point on the hierarchy click Review to display the default view for the enquiry. The first time you review a model you may be presented with a pop up box headed Maintain Profiles with a list of views available. If this shows, highlight one of the views and click OK The view below shows the enquiry in the Management Accounts format. The first forecast for the year is done in January, and hence the variance to forecast figures shown below are meaningless. 4 Version: 1.1

9 Note: Income is shown as negative (in brackets) and expenditure is shown as positive. Favourable variances are shown as positive figures and unfavourable variances are shown as negative (in brackets). Version 1.1 5

10 View Click here to change the view View A view determines the columns of data and calculations that are displayed; within a model you can have different views. To select a different view, click on the View drop down box to the left of Profiles. 6 Version: 1.1

11 Outline view and Links Click on LHS of CP toolbar to return to earlier part of structure Click A to display all levels Outline View To expand the information displayed, click the plus. Alternatively use the numbered list which will expand to that level. To expand all levels click A. CP Toolbar The left handside of the CP toolbar shows the structure you have followed to view the data. You can click a section of this bar to return to that part of the structure. In the above example; /REVENUE/P. Click P to return to the initial list of departments within Planning Unit P (CS). The buttons on the right handside are explained on page 2. Transaction drill down Management Reporting Model To view the transactional data which constitute the balances you must use the view within this model named Management Accounts Report with Activity (Drill Down) and be viewing at the cost centre level. To see the transactions right click the cell and choose Finance system cell data. Version 1.1 7

12 CP is updated daily from e5. If a transaction has been added since the last update, the difference will be shown here If you get an error message Can t drill down Cost Centre is not a leaf then you are not at the cost centre level or you have not selected the correct view which shows the activity code. To be able to drill down to the transaction, you need to have the nominal code, cost centre and activity code. Tip: Click the View Resize columns to automatically resize all the columns to the best fit. 8 Version: 1.1

13 Exporting to MS-Excel Excel You can download and save the information from Collaborative Planning in to MS-Excel. Within MS-Excel this will usually be displayed in outline view. 1. Click Excel button. 2. Click Browse to choose the folder. The folder defaults to My documents. 3. Enter file name and click Save 4. Click OK to open and load MS-Excel. Version 1.1 9

14 Transaction Drill down can also be exported to Excel. 1. Click File. 2. Click Export. 3. Browse to choose the folder. The folder defaults to My Documents 4. Enter File Name and click OK 5. Export Complete window is shown. Click OK. 10 Version: 1.1

15 Appendix 1 Chart of Accounts Account Key Nominal, Cost centre and Activity codes make up the Account key. This information must be entered for every e5 transaction such as journals, sales invoices and purchase orders. Nominal code Nominal Codes indicate the type of income, expenditure or balance sheet posting, for example travel, research grant income or salary costs. Access to some codes can be restricted for posting and/or enquiry purposes. A nominal code is the basis of every transaction in e5. This is a mandatory field comprising of four digits. Nominal codes are grouped within the following ranges: Balance sheet Income Operating Costs Depreciation and Interest Payable Overheads Payroll Costs Pension and Restructuring Costs Cost Centre Cost centre codes are five digits and are mandatory. Each academic school and the corporate services will have a range of cost centre assigned to them. If any income or expenditure is generated, it will be posted against their cost centres. For example, School of Life Sciences. Only a balance sheet nominal should be used with a balance sheet cost centre -i.e nominals in range should be used with cost centres in range Activity This is a six digit code and is mandatory. The activity code is used when a further level of analysis is required by the School. Some Activity codes such as Research grants can only be used with specific cost centres. All Externally Financed Project Cost Centres should have an activity code starting C,D,H,R or S. Activity code examples; R00980 Cancer Research UK, Music Activity code is a mandatory field if this level of coding is not required you must still enter a code. The Activity code is for N/A. Analysis Key Other and Payroll codes make up the Analysis key. This information is optional but should be entered when required. Other The Other code is used when another level of analysis is required against the cost centre. For academic schools this code may represent an individual. Version

16 Payroll This field is populated with an employee s payroll ID for additional reporting/analysis. This field is also used to record details of the course for a tuition fee which has been raised via the SAINT system interface. Example of coding 12 Version: 1.1