Commitments
About this report
Information
Data Sources: SAP Finance, EdBuy
Updated: Daily (refreshed at the end of each day)
Designed for
The Commitments report provides schools with an integrated view of all orders that have a commitment value or if the invoice is still being processed. It is found within the Finance (Schools) app for school leaders, SAMs and BMs.
Benefits
How can I use this report?
This report allows users to view their commitments instead of using the School PO/ Commitment Details report in SAP (which does not currently include EdBuy). Information from SAP and EdBuy is combined in this report so users can reconcile the account balances for the portions of commitments missing in SAP.
What should I look for?
A table of all purchase order details is included with a summary of values and a comparison chart. The columns in the table can be sorted (by name or value) and the report can be filtered by vendor name.
Note: Purchases made with PCards are excluded as they fall under the separate acquittal process.
Using the report
Select results with slicers
The slicers allow selections to be made in order for the desired information to be displayed in the chart and tables.
For all of the slicers, a blank selection will be treated in the same way as selecting all of the options for that slicer. For example, not selecting a school will display the results of all schools the user has access to.
Note: The Year slicer will select all items from a calendar year as determined by the Approval Date.
View the charts
Your selections will automatically be applied to the charts available on this report.
Summary
The summary values give an immediate view to the totals of Purchase Order, Commitment, To be Delivered and To be Invoiced values.
These match the totals of the corresponding columns in the table and will update when different selections are made in the slicers or when individual lines are highlighted on the table.
Values comparison graph
These values are also represented in the bar graph in the top right of the report, along with the colour code legend:
Purchase order and commitment details
The table across the bottom of the report includes all details for each purchase order, with each line item as a row of the table. Use the scroll bar to see all columns in the table:
A line item is included in this table if either the Commitment value is greater than 0 or the To Be Invoiced value is greater than 0.
In the case of orders that have been split between different internal order numbers, the line item is shown for each internal order number with the portion of the split as per the order.
Cross-highlight:
Each line of the table is interactive and the rest of the report is responsive. Select one item of interest and the other visuals will update automatically to reflect this selection as a highlighted value:
Other tips:
Selecting this again or selecting the white background will remove the highlight.
Multiple lines can be selected by holding CTRL + selecting.
Sort columns (by value or name) by selecting the header
Export the results
The information from within this report can be exported easily. Hover over a chart or table and select the ‘More options’ ellipsis icon once it appears. Then select ‘Export data’.
This will bring a confirmation box to download the current names in the table as spreadsheet for editing and printing.
Reset to default
If you wish to remove selections you have made and return to the initial view, select ‘Reset to default’ from the top right of the window:
Need further help?
- Other guides are available in the Digital Learning Centre.
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