Viewing Financial Summary


You are a contract administrator who wants to determine the profitability of a contract that is billing a project. You want to review a summary of the invoice and revenue amounts of the contract at a high level.


Steps:

  1. The financial summary for a contract is a real-time view of the contract and its lines.

     

    The financial summary helps you analyze the financial performance of a contract with respect to contract billing and revenue recognition. You can know the performance of the whole contract and each of its lines. You can identify the profit-making and loss-making components of the contract.

    Step 1
  2. View the financial summary for a contract that is billing a project.

    Step 2
  3. Type in the contract number in the contract search box.

     

    Enter the desired information into the Number field. Enter

     a valid value
     e.g.
     "FS/SPL/0801"
    .

    Step 3
  4. Click the search link.

     

    Click the Search Contracts link.

    Step 4
  5. The search results appear. Select the contract you want to view the financial summary for.

     

    Click the FS/SPL/0801/EUR link.

    Step 5
  6. The contract opens and you can see the Financial Summary link under the Header.

     

    Click the Financial Summary link.

    Step 6
  7. The Financial Summary region appears, with the summary on top.

     

    Point to the Financial Summary field.

    Step 7
  8. The financial details appear below, under three tabs: Summary by Period, Invoices, and Project Details.

     

    Point to the Contract FS/SPL/0801/EUR: Financial Details field.

    Step 8
  9. The Summary by Period tab shows the financial summary by the financial period.

     

    Point to the Summary by Period tab.

    Step 9
  10. The Invoices tab shows the invoices for the contract.

     

    Point to the Invoices tab.

    Step 10
  11. The Project Details tab shows the project details for each line of the contract.

     

    Point to the Project Details tab.

    Step 11
  12. View the Summary by Period tab in detail.

     

    Point to the Summary by Period tab.

    Step 12
  13. The default view for summary by period is from Inception to Ledger Period over a Ledger Period trend, displayed in contract currency.

    Step 13

  14. View the financial summary over different periods, trends, and currencies.

    Step 14

  15. Change the trend to quarter.

     

    Point to the Quarter list item.

    Step 15
  16. Refresh the view.

     

    Click the Refresh button.

    Step 16
  17. The financial summary by period appears with a quarter trend.

     

    Point to the graphic.

    Step 17
  18. Select a different period from the To list. Select Quarter in place of Ledger Period.

     

    Point to the Quarter list item.

    Step 18
  19. When you select Quarter from the To list, the Quarter listbox is automatically populated.

    Step 19

  20. Select Q3 2010 from the quarter list.

     

    Click the Q3 2010 list item.

    Step 20
  21. Refresh the view.

     

    Click the Refresh button.

    Step 21
  22. The financial summary appears from inception to Q3 2010.

     

    Point to the graphic.

    Step 22
  23. View the financial summary for one of the contract lines. Click Line 1 of the contract.

     

    Click an entry in the Line 1 row.

    Step 23
  24. Click the Summary by Period tab.

     

    Click the Summary by Period tab.

    Step 24
  25. The financial summary for Line 1 appears from inception to Q3 2010 with a quarter trend.

     

    Point to the graphic.

    Step 25
  26. View the summary in a different currency. Select Ledger Currency from the Display As list.

     

    Click the Ledger Currency list item.

    Step 26
  27. Refresh the view.

     

    Click the Refresh button.

    Step 27
  28. The revenue and profit for Line 1 appear in ledger currency.

     

    Point to the graphic.

    Step 28
  29. Scroll down to see more details.

     

    Click the arrow.

    Step 29
  30. The cumulative profit and margin for Line 1 appear.

     

    Point to the graphic.

    Step 30
  31. View the financial summary for Line 1 over a different financial period.

    Step 31

  32. Select Fiscal Year from the To list.

    Step 32
  33. Refresh the view.

     

    Click the Refresh button.

    Step 33
  34. The financial summary for Line 1 appears from inception to 2011 with a quarter trend.

    Step 34
  35. Scroll down for more details. The cumulative profit-margin graph appears.

     

    Point to the graphic.

    Step 35

This concludes the demo on viewing the financial summary for a contract.

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