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Atlas Financials Upgrade RBEC OM workshop Part 3 13 October 2008. Atlas Manage Projects 9.0. Grants and Projects 8.4 Process Flow. Proposal Project Budget. Generate Award. Proposal. Project Funding / Budget Revisions. Project. Send to Commitment Control (KK). Project Transaction Table.
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Atlas Financials Upgrade RBEC OM workshop Part 3 13 October 2008
Grants and Projects 8.4 Process Flow Proposal Project Budget Generate Award Proposal Project Funding / Budget Revisions Project Send to Commitment Control (KK) Project Transaction Table Finalize Reporting
Grants and Projects 9.0 Process Flow Proposal Project Budget Generate Award Proposal Project Funding / Budget Revisions Project PC_WRAPPER Send to Commitment Control (KK) Project Transaction Table Finalize Reporting
Changes in 9.0 – Grants and Projects • New Graphically Enhanced Grants Navigation pages • New Portal Navigation Labels • Projects in 8.4 is Project Costing (PC) in 9.0 • Enhanced User Interface for Proposal Entry (new Proposal Budget page and Build Periods functionality) • Track Multiple Award Modifications per Period • New Award Funding Inquiry Page • Funded amount = Project Budget Amount • Redesigned Project Budget Page • Finalize includes Send to Commitment Control (PC_WRAPPER process) • New Commitment Control Errors page • Project Manager maintained through Project Team Page
Budget Checking: Changes to Configuration • Child Ledger Project Budgets: Track without Budget at Project Activity level in Commitment Control • Parent Ledger Project Budgets: Control at Project level in Commitment Control • Impact on already defined Project Budgets - No • Run Budget Details report at Parent Ledger level (e.g. PAR_DP)
Atlas General Ledger 9.0 • Improved Journal Processing for GLJE’s as well as GL month end closing processes • GL Journal – Projects Hyperlink has been removed and project attributes are on line level • Increased ability to inquire detail transaction from summary to detail transaction in subsystem • Enhanced features and functions to be reviewed after go-live • Chart Fields • Upload facility • Chartfield grouping • Adjustment Periods • Subsystem to GL reconciliations
GL Journal Commitment Control Default set to Actuals, Recognized and Collected. Adjustment Journal Drop down box General Ledger Journal Header 9.0
9.0 Journal Line PageProject chart fields - Hyperlink removed. No change to Ledger BalanceIncludes Journal Entry as well as entry points in sub-modules (Requisition, PO, AP Voucher)) 9.0 JOURNAL PAGE 8.4 JOURNAL PAGE
9.0 Journal Processing and Budget Checking Improvements • Journal Edit and Budget Checking is captured in the process scheduler – which means that the journal edit and budget checking process continues to edit despite system performance and timeout. • Changed from COBOL to Application Engine run COBOL program. • You are able to check the status of the process. Just like the paycycle or reports. • Better support for running multiple instances of a process in parallel
Reviewing Process Scheduler for Journal Edit & Budget Checking Processes Budget checking on PO GL Journal Edit
General Ledger – Review Financial Data Redesigned in 9.0 Additional Flexibility, Create Chartfield rule sets to capture multi or range of chart fields
9.0 Ledger Review • Allows a range of chart fields • Balance or Transactional • Order By • Subtotals
Budget Checking at Project Level for UNDP. Budget Control at Project Activity is an option on a GL Business Unit. Project Budget Checking is controlled at ledger PAR_DP Ledger CHD_DP is no longer valid for review of exceptions and balance Improved Streamline processes with Projects Module – PC Wrapper. Commitment Control Project Budgets
Budget Journal – copy journal functionality Flat File Budget Journal import capabilities for level 1 ALT_DP and ALT_DP Graphical Charting Feature on Budget overviews 9.0 Commitment Control – New Features
Atlas Treasury 9.0 • New Features and Enhancements • Enhanced Bank Statements Data Entry/Review Pages • Enhanced Auto and Semi-Manual Reconciliation • Streamlined Deal Entry Pages • Associate payment method during deal entry • Facility to Review Payment Life Cycle • IBAN • For the future: • Financial Sanctions Service • Financial Gateway • Investment Pooling
Cash Management • Control of Cash Receipts • Disbursements • Reconciliation • Cash Forecasting Liquidity and Investment Mgt • Funding for HQ and COs operations • Investment of excess cash Risk Management • Foreign exchange • Interest rates • Credit ratings • Operational issues
PeopleSoft 9.0 Treasury New Features &Enhancements • Enhanced Bank Statements Data; Entry/Review Pages • Enhanced Semi-Manual Reconciliation • Enhanced Deal Entry Pages • IBAN • Fiscal Closure (soft close at the Treasury modules level) • Financial Sanctions Service • Financial Gateway • Investment Pooling
Enhanced Deal Entry Page 8.4 9.0
9.0 Security - Exercise • Security - Reconfiguration • Security in 9.0 has been completely re-architected for all agencies/funds • Requirements submitted by all Atlas agencies according to respective ICFs • 9.0 set up is more flexible to accommodate agency-specific requirements • ARGUS was redesigned to accommodate agency-specific needs – no significant change in terms of requesting and approval new roles and changes • User Profile Conversion • User profile conversion is being done based on existing ARGUS business profiles • Special instructions are difficult to convert since they do not fit into the basic rules of the new security model • May need to be re-requested through ARGUS with approval • UNCDF and UNIFEM fall under the UNDP architecture – adjustments may be required based on individual user profiles to accommodate needs of the funds • UNFPA and UNOPS have their own conversion rules and security setup • Should not see major changes in 9.0 • Change to CO treasury to adhere to ICF – bank reconciliation and approval of AP Pay Cycle • Challenges of conforming to ICF given differing office sizes – will continue to enhance
Exercise: Login and Review Security • URL for login to test instance is: http://portal89-demo.atlas.undp.org/psp/finmtp1/?cmd=login • User IDs and Passwords were converted for all UNDP Atlas Financials Users • Contact me at ann.kenney@undp.org for User IDs and Passwords