A User May Build Or Retrieve Three Types of Queries

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A User May Build Or Retrieve Three Types of Queries

Budget query by organization hierarchy The Budget Query by Organization Hierarchy option allows users to review budget information for organizations:A query can be saved as a template on each screen. However, each time a query is saved, only the informationIntroduction entered and queried up until that point is saved. A user can enter a query and save it on •Theeach Budget screenHierarchical underQuery a option differentStructure permits name, the creating Finance several Self-Service templates, user each to access with itsthe own same detail information or path. they •would reviewSpecific online Funds, using high-level the FGIBDSR Organizations, or FGIBDST Accounts, forms, and for Programs Budget Status. As is also true for •those onlineFund forms, Type the data selected through a Finance Self-Service query can be downloaded to a •MicrosoftThis functionalityAccount Excel spreadsheet.Type enables the user to save the query and retrieve it later for quick reference or •customizing.Revenue Queries Accounts may be saved as ‘Shared’ or ‘Personal.’ Other users may access ‘Shared’ Aqueries; user may ‘Personal’ build or queries retrieve may three be types accessed of queries: only by the User who created them. The levels of this type of query include •Note: YouBudget can useQuery the byDelete Account Finance Template link to delete your personal templates. • Organizational Hierarchy • Budget Query by Organizational Hierarchy • External Account Type (Levels 1 and 2) •User-calculated columns • AccountBudget Quick Detail, Query Transaction Detail The detail screen provides the capability to add “user calculated columns” to a query. The user may • Document Detail add, subtract, multiply, divide, or get a percentage of any two Operating Ledger Columns, choose •Users mayView choose the Document. from the following Operating Ledger Data for Budget Query by Account and Budgetwhere they Query should by Organizational be displayed, andHierarchy: name them. These columns may be removed, saved, or added from a query or template at any time. • Adopted Budget •Note: TheBudget User AdjustmentsCalculated columns cannot be downloaded into Excel because they are just •calculations.Adjusted Budget • Temporary Budget •Budget Accountedquery by account Budget •The BudgetYear Query to Date by Account option allows a user to review budget information by account for the •Fiscal Period,Encumbrances Year to Date, and Commitment Type by • Reservations • SpecificCommitments FOAPAL/Index values • AAvailable Specific Balance. Organization • All Organizations • Grant •ComparisonFund Typequeries When• usersAccount choose Type their desired parameters, they may select a Fiscal Period and Year to compare• Revenue to the required Accounts. Fiscal Period and Year. (Budget Quick Query only shows one fiscal year). With this selection, all the details that are retrieved will be placed next to the corresponding comparison Fiscal Period. There are four levels to a Budget Query by Account: Account Detail, Transactions Detail, DownloadingDocument Detail, query and data View to the a spreadsheet Document. Users can download budget query data to a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet and then edit it, according to their reporting needs. Step Action Follow1 theseClick steps Budget to complete Queries the from process. the Finance Menu to navigate to the Budget Query Page.

Budget quick query 2 Under "Create a New Query," click the drop-down Type menu to view values. Select The BudgetBudget Quick Status Query by mimicsAccount the to outputview budget one sees information from Banner for Baselineorganizations form detailed(FGIBDST). by Used to reviewaccount. budget You mayinformation wildcard by either Adjusted or both Budget, the organization Year to Date, or accountCommitments, (as well and as other Availablevalues, Balance exc. by Chart). This does not work with hierarchical organization or account codes. Select Budget Status by Organizational Hierarchy to view summarized budget information • specificusing actual FOAPAL/Index or hierarchical values organization or account codes. Select Budget Quick Query to • aview specific summarized organization budget information for organizations. This does not work with • allhierarchical organizations organization or account codes. • grant • revenue accounts.

The levels of this type of query do not allow any type of query for: Account Detail, Transaction Detail, Document Detail, or View the Document.

©SunGard 2004-2005 Finance Self Service Page 19 Step Action 8 Enter the appropriate parameters for your query. Note: You must choose either a valid organization or a valid grant and chart of accounts to retrieve any data.

Step Action 3 After selecting a query type, click the Create Query icon. 4 Check the appropriate checkboxes for your query.

5 Enter a name for your query in the Save Query As field. Note: Do not use the following non-standard characters in your query name. They are the semicolon (;), slash (/), 9 Saveampersand Query (&),as ______at sign (@), and question to save markthe entire (?). query for reuse. 10 Check the Shared checkbox. 116 ClickCheck the the Submit Shared Query checkbox. button. 127 TheClick page the will Continue refresh button. and display the results of your query, along with the parameters that were selected.

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