This function is used to:

  • create and enter commitments or pre-commitments, 
  • view those generated by the purchasing module.

Commitments and pre-commitments can be viewed in analytical balance inquiry mode. They make it possible to take into account the expense commitments associated with the purchase requests and the orders for budget control.

SEEINFO Upon commitment import, only the import on creation is possible (as opposed to the import on update).

In the case of a company having several ledgers managing commitments, the latter are generated on all the ledger checked 'Commitments'.

SEEINFO Upon generation of commitments/precommitments, when a manual ledger is associated with an automatic ledger, only the manual ledger is updated.

Prerequisites

SEEREFERTTO Refer to documentation Implementation

Screen management

Entry screen

Commitments are entered in a screen subdivided into two masks: a header mask (CMM0) and a detail mask (CMM1).  When the title of the commitment mentions "automatic commitment", the latter has been generated by a purchase request or an order. Reversal is also generated automatically upon order (for pre-commitments) or upon validation of the purchase invoice (for commitments).

Journal header

  • Commitments/Pre-commitmentss - Expense/Revenue
  • Site
  • BP
  • Date
  • Currency
  • Internal reference

Line information in the Grid

For each line of the commitment, the following information needs to be entered:

  • Site concerned,
  • Amount,
  • The analytical account(s) of the commitment,
  • A reference (optional),
  • Analytical postings,
  • If the case arises, a quantity in non-financial units.

Reports

By default, the following reports are associated with this function :

  COMMITMENT : Commitment listing

This can be changed using a different setup.

Specific Buttons

Currency

In the event of the ledger keeping currency being different from the currency of the commitment, this button will make it possible to display the amount in the ledger keeping currency.

Error messages

In addition to the generic error messages, the following messages can appear during the entry :

"Budget overrun or budget overrun in qty"

If budget control is activated for the function, the specified budget is exceeded in amount or in quantity. The message can be critical depending on the setups and user rights.

Tables used

SEEREFERTTO Refer to documentation Implementation