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CONTENTS
Background to the University Finance System...........................................1 The CUFS Modules ........................................................................................2 The CUFS Homepage ....................................................................................3 The Play System ............................................................................................4 Logging on to CUFS ......................................................................................5 E-Business Suite Homepage ........................................................................6 Setting up Favorites .....................................................................................7 The Navigator .................................................................................................9 Setting up a Top Ten List ...........................................................................10 Personal Profiles..........................................................................................11 The University Chart of Accounts ..............................................................14 Organisation Segment................................................................................14 Department Segment .................................................................................14 Cost Centre Codes.....................................................................................15 Source of Funds Codes..............................................................................16 Transaction Codes .....................................................................................16 Spare Code ................................................................................................18 Research Grants / Projects .........................................................................19 Project Code...............................................................................................19 Task ...........................................................................................................19 Award .........................................................................................................19 Expenditure Type .......................................................................................19 Organisation ...............................................................................................19 The Oracle Toolbar ......................................................................................21 Completing a CUFS form ............................................................................22 Keyboard Shortcuts.....................................................................................23 Folder Tools .................................................................................................24 CUFS Jargon Buster....................................................................................26 CUFS Helpdesk Information........................................................................28 Other Finance Training Courses ................................................................29
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Module
Budgets
Live
Play Income
CUFS
Expenditure Key Contacts
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iProcurement Raising Requisitions, Purchase Orders and receiving items. Inventory Stock Items and count. Fixed Assets Recording and tracking Fixed Assets.
Accounts Receivable Raising sales invoices. banking money and debt management. Cash Management Reconciliation of University Bank Accounts. Research Grants Maintains detailed information about grants.
General Ledger Collates information from all the modules. Transfers, Journals, Petty Cash
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After navigating to http://ufs.admin.cam.ac.uk, the page above will display. Box 1 contains links through to the both the Live and Play systems. You can also access information on the following: The Supplier Search and Request system Reference and training material Helpdesk contacts Key contacts Research Grants How to contact the CUFS team.
Box 2 contains the CUFS notice board. The notice board will communicate important information regarding the system, such as any planned down time or any current technical problems. Box 3 contains links through to: CUFS bulletin archive Financial Procedures Finance Staff Bureau Month-end timetable Technical installation Finance Training homepage Password problem
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Box 1 provides links to information on logging in, responsibilities in the finance system, printing from Play, reasons why you may not be able to log in and some exercises that you can print and complete for practice.
Box 2 provides further information on the Play system and details who to contact if access is required. Play users will only have access for one month at a time, as the system is refreshed every month to provide more up to date information from the Live system. Box 2 also contains the link that you will need to click on to access the Play log in screen.
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Logging on to CUFS
After selecting either the UFS Live or UFS Play link from the CUFS homepage, the following screen will display:
To login to CUFS you will need to enter your user name and password, which will have been provided by the UFS Operations team via your departmental key contact. If you do not yet have a password for the Live system, speak with your key contact to arrange access. Please note that Finance Training can only provide you with a password for the Play system. After logging in for the first time, the system will prompt you to change your password for security reasons. Your password must contain at least six characters and we suggest that you use both letters and numbers for maximum security.
After changing your password you will be directed to the E-Business Suite Homepage.
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The homepage is split into three main sections: Responsibilities Tasks Favorites (note American spelling).
A responsibility is having the ability to use a specific area of the system and within each responsibility there are various tasks that can be performed. Your responsibilities on the Live system are designated by your key contact and further information can be found on the CUFS homepage. Responsibilities on the Play system are added by Finance Training. The example in the above image shows the responsibility CAPSA AG: AP Invoice Manager. When broken down it means: CAPSA Name given to the project for setting up CUFS back in 2000. Every department in the University has a unique twoletter code. AG represents the Finance Division. You will see your own code in your responsibilities on the Live system.
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AG
AP
module,
where
Invoice Manager
Tasks within a responsibility will appear on the middle of the page when the responsibility name is selected. Setting up Favorites Favorites allow you to create a list of most commonly used tasks so that you can access them straight from the list. This will save time as you will not have to select the responsibility first and scroll down until you find the task that you need. The following steps will illustrate how to set up Favorites.
1. Begin by selecting the Edit Favorites button from the E-Business Suite Homepage. 2. Click on the drop down list to select the relevant responsibility and click on the Go button as shown below:
3. Tick the boxes adjacent to the tasks that you want to add to your Favorites list and click on the Add button.
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The selected tasks will appear at the bottom of the page in the Selected to Display section. 4. Click on the Apply button to save the changes. Your Favorites will appear on the right hand side of the E-Business Suite Homepage.
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The Navigator
When you select a responsibility from the E-Business Suite Homepage and click on the relevant task, CUFS will load and the relevant form will display. When that form is closed, the Navigator is displayed, as shown below:
The navigator displays all of the tasks within the selected responsibility. Tasks with a + symbol adjacent to them are actually sub-headings. Each subheading contains one or more tasks within it and you will need to perform any one of the following to open them: Double-click the heading. Click on the heading and click the Open button. Click on the blue + icon. Click on the heading and press the Enter key on your keyboard.
Opening a task follows the same principles as opening a sub-heading; however the most straightforward way is to double-click on the task name.
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Setting up a Top Ten List To add a task to the Top Ten List, (to save you searching for frequently used screens), you highlight the task and click on the forward arrow button .
To remove a task, highlight the relevant line in the Top Ten List and click on the back arrow button .
CARE! Some of the tasks that you select to display in your Top Ten List may change name.
Double click on the task to open the relevant form. The Top Ten List is similar to Favorites as it contains shortcuts through to tasks that you carry out on a regular basis. The main difference is that with the Top Ten list you must select the responsibility in the navigator for the list to appear. On the E-Business Suite Homepage, Favorites allow you to bypass this and takes you straight into the task.
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Personal Profiles
The Personal Profile form allows a user to change defaults within the system. This form is user specific; therefore you will only ever be able to view your own defaults. It is a one off set up and the information is stored for as long as need be. Examples of changes that you may want to make to the default settings are: Changing the default printer Changing the number of copies automatically printed Requisition and Purchase Order defaults
If you use the system mostly for running reports / checking account balances then it is advisable to leave the Concurrent:Report Copies profile as zero. This is because some reports consist of many pages and you may want to check their suitability before you print them off. All Modules Navigate Personal Profile
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When you click on Personal Profile a blank form will appear. Press F11 key on your keyboard to put the screen into query mode so that the first line goes blue and type in the word CAPSA% and press Ctrl + F11.
Note: If you are using a MAC the F11 key will not perform this action. You will need to navigate to the View menu at the top of the screen and select Query By Example Enter. After you have typed in CAPSA%, you will need to go back up to the View menu and select Query By Example Run.
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This will display the fields that you can default in your information as below: CAPSA GL profile names (five in all) can be changed by clicking in the User Value field for the relevant profile name. Enter your own relevant Chart of Account segments. Not applicable for Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable and General Ledger. It does not default in automatically; therefore you will need to select from list of values. CAPSA PO profile names relate specifically to Purchase Orders. You can enter your fax and telephone number by clicking in the user value and these will print at the top of your purchase order CAPSA PO Purchasing Limits profile name allows you to view the purchasing limits that you have been given on the system (if applicable). a) Click into the User Value field b) Click on the list of values icon c) Your limit will default in automatically
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Once you have completed the relevant fields save your work, put the form back into query mode by pressing F11 and then type in CONCURRENT% and press Ctrl F11. MAC users will need to follow the alternative actions as detailed previously. Concurrent Report Copies profile name allows you to change the number of copies set to print. This saves having to change it manually for every print request. a) Click into the User Value field. b) Enter 1 in the field. If you are running reports frequently, enter 0 in field so that it prints to screen first for you to view and then you can reprint if required.
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Save your work and put your screen back into query mode by pressing F11 and type in PRINTER% and press Ctrl F11. Printer profile name allows you to set your own printer name in the User Value column by clicking in the user value field and use the list of values to select the required printer. Not all printers are compatible with CUFS; therefore you may need to check with your computer officer. Note: All printer names are prefixed with the corresponding two letter CUFS department code.
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Can't find your printer (or even one close by) on the list? Not all printers are compatible with the University Finance System please check with your department's Computer/Technical Officer.
NB: If the user value field is greyed out this means that you cannot change the default value.
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Transactions that are entered for Research Grants require different Grant code combinations to record the type of specific information for reporting purposes. However, when the information is transferred into the General Ledger it is automatically summarised and converted into the above standard format. Organisation Segment This is used to split transactions by legal entity. Normally this will be U for departments within the University of Cambridge. Department Segment This is used to define the Department that is processing the transaction, e.g. AG for the Finance Division.
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Cost Centre Codes Cost centres allow departments to organise and group their accounts to reflect their own departmental activities, e.g. administration, laboratories, conferences, canteens or specific courses. Expenditure (and income) is allocated to the appropriate cost centre. This enables departments to monitor income and expenditure, in some instances comparing to budget, for their specified cost centres. Each department has automatically been set up with a standard set of cost centres; other cost centres specific to the Department can be added. The Cost Centre code comprises four characters: the first two replicate the department code and the final two are selected by the department. The department then chooses a suitable description for each cost centre to identify the particular activity it represents. Examples of some of the Finance Divisions cost centres are given below:
DO NOT USE! The system uses this code when it transfers data from the Research Grants Module to the General Ledger.
The exception to the rule. Trust Funds If your department holds any trust funds then you must use the two specific cost centres: ZZYA ZZYB
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Source of Funds Codes Funding for the Universitys activities comes from many different sources. The University has a responsibility to its sponsors, donors and government funders to separate, manage and report (in most cases) on the activities based upon the source of funds. Sources of Funds are represented by four characters, which are the same across all departments; although some departments will have unique sources of funds from any other. Listed below are the most common Sources of Funds but for more detailed information refer to Financial Procedures Manual Chapter 3.
Chest/Centrally allocated funds Other Charges (Non-Payroll) Self Supporting Activities External Trading Internal trading General Reserves General Donations Specific Donations Research Grants
Transaction Codes Transaction Codes are used to describe the type of expenditure or income e.g. a book or room hire charges. Accurate selection of transaction codes is important for reporting and control purposes. The code consists of four characters. The first identifies the broad transaction category, the next three categorise the transaction in more detail. E.g. If you were ordering some box files you would select transaction code ESBC E: S: BC: Expenditure on Consumables account Stationery and Office Supplies Box Files
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The first character of the transaction code There are a number of broad categories but the ones you will most commonly use are: E L Consumables Expenditure Other Operating Income
The majority of the time you will be selecting a code that relates to either expenditure or sales/fees. There are long lists for each, but as with sources of funds there is a logical sequence behind them and you may find the following paragraphs helpful. These are also available in Chapter 3 of the Financial Procedures manual at the following link: http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/offices/finance/procedures/ 1. Expenditure transactions codes starting with E*** A Audio-visual and Multimedia B Library and Publications C Catering Supplies and Services D Medical, Surgical and Nursing Supplies and Services E Agricultural/Fisheries/Forestry/Horticultural Supplies and Services F Furniture, Furnishing & Textiles H Cleaning Materials & Equipment, Janitorial supplies J Utilities K Computer L Laboratory & Animal House Supplies and Services M Workshop & Maintenance Supplies (Lab and Estates) P Printing Q Telecommunications, Postal and Mail Room Services R Professional & Bought in Services S Stationery & Office Supplies T Travel & Transport (incl. Vehicle hire and subsistence) U Safety & Security V Vehicles (Purchase, Lease, Contract Hire) W Estates & Buildings X Miscellaneous/unclassified
2. Other Operating Income codes starting with L*** L codes can broadly be categorised as:
LA..
LB.. LC.. LD.. LE.. LF.. LG.. LH.. LJ.. LK.. LL.. LM.. LN.. LP.. LR.. LZA. LZB. LZD. LZE.
Catering Health & Hospital Authorities Released from Deferred Capital Grants Transfer from Camb. Assessment General Donations University Companies VAT Rebate Room Hire Other Discount Taken Property Income Press & Publications Income Pensions Income Computer Related Sales Overhead Recovery Labour Recovery Trust Fund Recovery Research Grant Revenue
Spare Code There is a spare field at the end of the coding string in case the University decides to expand the accounting code structure in the future. The field must be populated; 0000 (four zeros) is the only choice for this segment
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Project Code Linked to an award, the project code represents the project activity and has the department code in the first four digits, i.e. ZZAG/T99 (ZZ being the department code). Task Projects are broken down into separate tasks to make the project easier to manage. Each task will have its own unique name. They could be described as work parcels. Award The award represents the specific funding from the sponsor. Each award is given a unique number and this is issued by Research Services. It will start with RG followed by 5 digits. (e.g. RG12345) Expenditure Type The category heading that the item falls under, picked from the List of Values. These are broad headings such as Travel, Equipment, Staff, Other Costs etc. Organisation Simply your department or sub-department code.
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A General Ledger account code will generate automatically from the above information. Do not manually type in a GL code for a grant/project.
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Creates a new record. Allows you to search for information within a form. Displays the Navigator. Saves any pending changes. Displays other responsibilities (only available within the Navigator Window). Do not use Closes the form (screen) you have open. Cuts the description of the field you are currently clicked in.
Cut Copies the description of the field you are currently clicked in. Copy Pastes the description you have just cut or copied. Paste Clear Record Delete Record Edit Attachments Folder Tools Window Help Clears all data relating to current record in window. Deletes the current record from the database. Opens the Editor window for the current field. Opens the Attachments window. Displays the Folder tool palette. Displays general help for the current application.
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Keyboard Shortcuts
If you prefer to use the keyboard instead of the mouse, some of these keyboard shortcuts will benefit you when navigating around a form.
List of Values: Save: Edit: Exit Clear Field: Clear Record: Clear Form: Duplicate Field: Duplicate Record: Query Enter: Query Run:
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Folder Tools
The Folder Tools facility allows a user to customise the order in which fields appear on a CUFS form. Not all forms can be customised in this way; only ones that have the icon visible on the top left hand corner of the form:
Before you begin to create a new folder, it is beneficial to drag and drop the fields into the desired order. E.g. in the above example, if you wanted the Invoice Amount field to appear next to the Invoice Date field, you would need to click on the text Invoice Amount, drag it in between Invoice Date and Invoice Num and release the mouse. To Create a New Folder:
1. Select New from the Folder menu and the following screen will display:
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2. Give your folder a name in the Folder field. (E.g. Olivers invoices) 3. Select Never in the Auto query section. 4. Select Open as Default if you require this to occur, i.e. if you always
this.
6. Click the OK button. Next time you open the form, it will open as per your
as shown below.
8. Customise your folder by moving, adding, removing and resizing columns
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CUFS Jargon
AP AR Award CAPSA Category Chart of Accounts Cost Centre CRSid CUFS Distributions Expenditure Type Favorites Folder Tools General Ledger (GL) iProc Navigator Personal Profile Preferences
Translates to .
Accounts Payable module. Paying supplier invoices. Accounts Receivable module. Raising sales invoices and accounting for income. Represents specific funding from research sponsor. Name given to set up Oracle in 2000. Code given to classify goods and services purchased. University account code structure. Reflects each activity within the department. User identity; usually comprised of your initials followed by two or three digits. Cambridge University Finance System. Process of charging expenditure or allocating income. The category heading used to classify expenditure when coding to a project. Set up on the E-Business Suite Homepage to create shortcuts through to frequently used tasks. Allows you to customise the look of some forms. Heart of the accounting system that collates information on all processed transactions. The iProcurement module for all your purchasing needs Screen that displays all of the tasks available within the selected responsibility. Used to store specific defaults such as your printer and telephone and fax numbers. Used to store project codes to override the system defaults when coding purchase orders and requisitions. Represents the research activity that the sponsor is funding. Ability to use a specific area of the system. Used to distinguish where funds have originated from. Splits a project in to manageable work parcels. Describes the type of item that is being purchased or sold. List of frequently used tasks that displays on your
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Project Code Responsibility Source of Funds Task Transaction Code Top Ten List
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Navigator screen. It is specific to each responsibility. University Finance System. Unit of Measure. The % symbol, used to assist when searching for information.
You may use the following spare lines to include any other jargon.
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Buying Via iProcurement This course is for Requisitioners and Buyers. Course length varies depending on whether you are a requisitioner or buyer. During the course you will have the opportunity to use the Marketplace, raise requisitions and orders for internal and external suppliers, correct any errors made and run relevant reports. New User Payables This is a monthly course and lasts a day and a half. During the course you will pay internal and external suppliers, deal with credit notes and expenses and run relevant reports. There are certain task within this module that you must receive training on before you are given the access in the Live system. Accounts Receivable (Income Collection) This is run every other month and lasts a day and a half. It covers raising internal and external sales invoices, credit memos, creating receipts and banking money. Introduction to Debt Management (Accounts Receivable module) This is run twice a year and is a one day course which covers how to view and prioritise your departments debt, recovery methods and timetable and utilises the tools on CUFS to assist in debt recovery. Introduction to General Ledger This is a half day course that is run every other month and provides an overview of the general ledger, chart of accounts and introduces the concept of departmental budgets and entering manual journals. Reporting in the General Ledger - This is a half day course that is run every other month. This course is aimed at current users of the University Financial System who are responsible for monitoring their own accounts or running reports for their managers. Fixed Assets This course is run once a year. The morning provides you with information as to what the University deems to be a fixed asset, how we record them and how we dispose of them. There is an optional afternoon workshop.
For further information on these courses and to view the latest available dates, visit http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/offices/finance/training/.
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