Committed expenditure
The total approved expenditure of any outstanding purchase orders raised for an account/analysis code combination.
It represents the amount committed to spend for that account/analysis.
When a purchase order is approved, the committed expenditure is reserved from the available budget.
It remains reserved until the corresponding purchase invoice is matched to the order, at which time it is converted to an actual expenditure amount.
Committed expenditure is used as part of commitment checking in purchase orders and can also be used as part of expenditure checking in ledger entry and purchase invoices.