Inquiring on Commitments and Encumbrances

Use this procedure to inquire online or report on commitments and encumbrances.

Note: You can use Lawson Report Writer (RW) to create customized reports of the General Ledger encumbrances and commitments. Use data dictionary suffixes of: ENC (encumbrance amounts), ENU (encumbrance units), CMT (commitment amounts), and CMU (commitment units).

To inquire on commitments and encumbrances

Access Commitment Analysis (GL94.1).

Use this form to display a wide range of commitment and encumbrance information. Select organization, account, and period inquiry criteria. Use the Drill Around feature to display additional information. Use the following table to help you navigate from the main form.


To display	Choose
Account detail for budgeted totals, expenditures, commitments or encumbrances, and remaining budget	Account to access Account (GL94.2)
Commitment account detail for individual encumbrances and commitments	Detail in the line item on GL94.2 to access Commitment Account Detail (GL94.6) Use the buttons across the top to view detail information about Encumbrances, Commitments, Expenditures, Posted Budget Transactions, and All Budget Transactions for the account.
Account totals for budgeted totals, expenditures, commitments or encumbrances, and budget balances	Totals to access Account Totals (GL94.3)
Accounting unit detail for budgeted totals, expenditures, commitments or encumbrances, and budget balances	Acct Unit to access Accounting Unit (GL94.4)
Commitment accounting unit detail for individual encumbrances and commitments	Detail in the line item on GL94.4 to access Commitment Acct Unit Detail (GL94.7) Use the buttons across the top to view detail information about Encumbrances, Commitments, Actuals, Posted Budget Transactions, and All Budget Transactions for the accounting unit.
Accounting unit totals for budgeted totals, expenditures, commitments or encumbrances, and budget balances if you select the same accounts and accounting units that you have assigned to a budget edit group Note: Use this option to view remaining budget dollars for the budget edit group.	Totals on GL94.4 to access Accounting Unit Totals (GL94.5)