Create A New Report

Create A New Report

To Create a New Expense Report:

  1. Click on Expense on the top navigation bar.

  2. Click on Create a New Report



  3. Note: If you have more than one report type available to create, you will see a drop down menu to chose from. Contact your system administrator if you are unsure of which type of report to use.

  4. If you only have one report type, the system will take you directly to the report Cover Page.

  5. Fill in the Purpose, Start Date, End Date, and any required fields on the report cover page. Required fields are marked with an asterisk *. (Fields may vary depending on the businesses' requirements and/or type of report)

  6. Distribution - This will vary based on your company requirements and set up

    1. Expense Code

      1. Direct - If the charges need to be charged to a specific Client, Project, or Task. The field names will vary per client.

      2. Indirect- If the charges do not need to be charged to a specific client, project, or task. This may require a Company or Department information. The field names will vary per client.

    2. Distribution 

      1. For Direct Expenses, enter in the required information determined by your company. For example this could be ClientProject, and Task.

      2. For Indirect Expenses, enter in the required information determined by your company. For example this could be Department.

      3. If you know the values or named for each field you may type them into the field directly. If not you may use the 

        icon to search for the information.

      4. Version 9.0 and higher: Viewing Attachments and Links attached to WBS

        On the WBS search results window, attachments and additional info are indicated by icons next to the WBS entry.

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      5. Paper Clip Icon - Indicates that an attachment or link has been added to this WBS level.

        • If an attachment was uploaded: Selecting the paper clip will open the attached file.

        • If a URL was linked: Selecting the paper clip will take you directly to the URL in a new browser tab.

      6. Question Mark Icon - Displays the note added in the Message field under the shared info tab

    3. Allocation

      1. This will default to 100%

      2. If the expenses need to be distributed evenly to multiple distributions, there is an option to automatically calculate the split. Click on Distribute Evenly on the task bar.

      3. If the expenses need to be split by a specific percentage, this can be done by clicking in the Allocation % field for the line and a percentage amount can be entered. Make sure that the total Allocation % is 100%.

  7. To add a new line to the distribution, click on Add on the task bar.

  8. A notes field is available on each distribution line if needed.

  9. To save, click on Create Report

  10. The system will automatically take you to the Expenses screen where you can now Add Expenses to the report.

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