Virtual - GL 2: Reporting in the General Ledger

Updated

This course provides users the opportunity to run General Ledger reports and how to interpret them when managing departmental funds.

Departmental accounts staff and those responsible for managing departmental finances.

Your booking will remain 'provisional' until you have completed the following prerequisites:

• GL Part 1 [via virtual Teams- https://training.cam.ac.uk/fin/course/fin-virt-gl1]

Or on-demand online- https://www.vle.cam.ac.uk/course/view.php?id=202072

• Cognos Introduction [via virtual Teams- https://training.cam.ac.uk/fin/course/fin-virt-cognos-mc]

Or on-demand online- https://www.vle.cam.ac.uk/course/view.php?id=202191

• Have a CUFS Live GL responsibility [via your Key Contact- https://ufs.admin.cam.ac.uk/files/key_contacts.pdf]

Number of sessions: 2

• Generate and discuss the standard reports required for monitoring departmental finances
• Look at common items that appear on reports and what they mean
• Discuss some of the common mistakes to look out for when reviewing departmental accounts
• In UFS, copy, re-print and cancel reports that you have set to run
• Use basic Cognos tools

To run various General Ledger reports, using both Cognos and UFS, to monitor departmental accounts and interpret the data.

The course will run as a webinar with demonstration, presentation, individual exercises and discussions

• General Ledger
• Reporting