Operating budgets > Approval management > Approval cancellation 

This function makes it possible to cancel an approval done to quickly, updating the approved elements in their situation before approval, especially:

  • Objects' return to "Entered" status,
  • Approval date reset,
  • Approved amount reset.

There are two approval cancellation types :

  • Simple cancellation, object after object,
  • Multiple cancellation, by selecting several objects.
Cases of forbidden approval cancellation
  • On a budget line that includes purchases,
  • On a fiscal year budget that includes approved budget lines,
  • On an envelop that includes approved fiscal year budgets.

SEEINFOThe cancellation of an approval generates a cancellation savings in the approval table.

Prerequisite

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Screen management

This screen is comprised of two parts: The first part provides access to a set of selection criteria, the second part is used to display in a grid all the objects selected with respect to the entered criteria.

The maximum number of lines authorized by selection is 500. In the case of an overrun, a "full grid" message indicates that the selection exceeds the 500 lines authorized. When clicking on "OK", the first 500 lines are displayed. To decrease the selection, the following selection criteria should be used: Project, responsible entity ranges, approval entity ranges, envelope ranges.

The button "Check/uncheck all" is used to select, in a single operation, all the budget objects originating from the selection. This action can be canceled by the same button.

Entry screen

Presentation

The screen header information is used to specify the main selection criteria for the inquiry being used: Company/site, period in which the selected objects are registered.

Additional criteria can be associated to decrease the population of the objects to be inquired: Project, responsible entity ranges, approval entity ranges, envelope ranges.

The activation of the key "Display/Refresh" displays the list of budget envelops, as well as the list of their budgets and lines, that correspond to the selection in the table.

If the criteria entered do not end on any selection, a message "No record for these selections" is displayed and informs the user who has to modify these selection criteria.

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Fields

The following fields are present on this tab :

Block number 1

  • Company/Site (field CFY)

Site or Company code, to be entered or selected from the list. This code is used to select all envelopes, budgets and budget lines that have the status "Approved" in this company, so as to cancel their approval.

If the information entered corresponds to a company, the selection displays all the objects defined for the company, including those defined for the sites of this company. If the information entered corresponds to a site, the selection only displays the budget objects defined for this site.

  • field INTCFY

Description associated with the Site and Company codes.

  • Period start (field DATSTR)
  • Period end (field DATEND)

Criteria

Selection criteria used to to refine the search. Only envelopes, approved budgets and budget lines of this project that do not include purchases, are submitted for cancellation of the approval.

Only the projects, containing at least one attached envelope, linked to the entered company or site (directly, by their location, the company groups or their location groups) are displayed in selection.

  • Responsible entity from (field ENTMSTR)
  • Responsible entity to (field ENTMEND)
  • Approval entity from (field ENTASTR)
  • Approval entity to (field ENTAEND)
  • Envelope from (field ENVSTR)
  • Envelope to (field ENVEND)

Block number 3

  • Display/Refresh (field SEARCH)

After entry of the company/site code or the selection criteria, this button is used to trigger the display of the envelopes, budgets and lines of status "Approved" with no purchases, meeting the selection criteria.

  • Check/Uncheck all (field COCHER)

The button "Check/uncheck all" is used to select, in a single operation, all the budget objects originating from the selection. This action can be cancelled by the same button.

Grid Details

  • Cancel (field ANU)

This field is used to select the envelope, the budget and its budget lines in order to cancel the approval.

It is possible to select for cancelling the approval:

  • A budget line, without selecting its budget and its envelope,
  • A budget, if its budget lines are not approved, without selecting its envelope,
  • An envelope, if its budgets and its lines are not approved.

It is possible to select them all at the same time in order to cancel the approval:

  • An envelope, selecting automatically its budgets and its budget lines,
  • A budget, selecting automatically its budget lines.
  • Level (field NIV)

Description of the object level submitted for cancellation of the approval: Envelope, budget fiscal year and budget line.

Code of the budget envelope submitted to cancellation of the approval.

  • Description (field ENVINT)

Description associated with the budget envelope code.

  • Fiscal year (field INTFIY)

The budget account, originating from the budget line, cannot be modified.

  • Amount (field AMT)

Budgeted amount of the envelope, the budget, the budget line.

This code is used to identify the management currency for envelopes, budgets and budget lines. It is managed in the currency table.

Code of the project, of the envelope assignment taken automatically from the envelope when it is attached to a project.

Entity responsible for the management of the envelope, its budgets and budget lines.
Information that cannot be modified, originating from the envelope and that is propagated to the budgets and budget lines.

Expense-consuming entity. Information that cannot be modified originating from the budget line.

  • Lot (field LOT)

Identification code of the lot defined in the project

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Envelope

This button makes it possible to access the envelope and its budgets in order to inquire or modify them.

Line Entry

This button makes it possible to access directly to the budget line in order to inquire or modify it.

 

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Error messages

The only error messages are the generic ones.

Tables used

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