Use this activity to connect or disconnect a cash plan snapshot to a project
cash forecast. In the dialogue, select which cash plan and snapshot to connect.
Only snapshots in status Ordered can be connected.
A cash plan snapshot holds information about objects in various parts of the
system that are used for cash planning, for example sub contracts, purchase
orders and invoices. The snapshot details include information about the cash
amount, currency and date, as well as project, sub project, activity and cost/revenue
element information.
When a snapshot is connected to the cash forecast,
the matching process tries to find an exact match (the combination of sub project,
activity, cost/revenue element and currency) between the snapshot lines and
the forecast lines and adds the snapshot amounts to the Total From Cash
Plan column. Remaining Amount is calculated as
Total Amount less Total From Cash Plan. The
Total Amount can be updated if needed. The Remaining
Amount needs to be spread and sent back to the cash plan, as it represents
the cash amounts not covered by other cash plan sources.
If the
Project Setup Parameters is defined with Cash Forecasting
in Multi Currency set to on, the Transaction Currency
and Transaction Currency Amount from the cash plan snapshot
details will be used in the matching process. If the Cash Forecasting
in Multi Currency is off, the Accounting Currency
and Accounting Currency Amount from the cash plan snapshot
details will be used in the matching process.
If no match is found an
exception line is added to the cash forecast, displaying the values from the
cash plan. To handle the exceptions, new forecast lines with appropriate sub
project, activity, cost/revenue element and currency from the snapshot lines
needs to be created. When this is done the application will match the snapshot
line with the new forecasted line and update the amounts.
When a snapshot
has been connected to a forecast it is possible to disconnect it and replace
it with a new snapshot.