Spread Cash Forecast Amount

Explanation

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 or using pre-defined spread profiles. The Remaining Amount (the total amount less amounts from the cash plan snapshot) needs to be spread and sent back to the cash plan, as it represents the cash amounts not covered by other cash plan sources. 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 forecast type of the project forecast defines if it is allowed to copy cost/revenue spread or not. 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 Spread with Profile command is available from the cash forecast header (to spread all cash in and/or cash out lines) and the cash forecast lines (to spread selected lines). The following options are available to choose from when spreading with profile: 

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.

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