This activity is used to distribute the forecast cash amounts into the specific
time periods when they are most likely to occur. It is possible to spread the
amounts into accounting periods manually. The last day of the accounting period
will be used as the cash flow date when the project cash forecast is included
as a source in a cash plan snapshot.
If a new project cash forecast
is created by copying from an existing cash or project forecast, the spread
details will be copied from the selected cash forecast. When copying from a
project forecast to a cash forecast, the cash forecast spread period is determined
by the Cash Spread Offset Periods Override
defined in the PCE Code Part tab in the Project Setup
Parameters page or the Cash Spread Offset Periods
defined in the Define Cost/Revenue Element Settings page.
The cash forecast spread amounts can be viewed and modified in Cash
Forecast Spread Details and in Forecast Spread Line Details.
If a cash plan snapshot has been connected to the cash forecast, the
amounts from the cash plan snapshot are also displayed, distributed by accounting
period, in the Cash Forecast Spread Details and Forecast
Spread Line Details pages. The remaining amount on the cash forecast
line needs to be spread and sent back to the cash plan, as it represents the
cash amounts not covered by other cash plan sources.
A project cash forecast line with a Remaining Amount should exist.