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The Reporting and Forecasting Tool (RAFT) shows Institute Fiscal Officers what has been charged to their Cost Objects and forecasts changes to those charges based on changes in their base budget. We have deployed and are updating RAFT Phase III. The live application, is located at

https://raft-prod-mit-edu.ezproxyberklee.flo.org/

]. h2. Release Notes ---- h3. RAFT PIII (RAFT 3) 06/20/2013 Release RAFT Version 3 makes viewing financial data and forecasting easier. It includes a host of user interface improvements and a new look. We are currently in pilot and plan to enter MIT-wide usage in the beginning of July 2013. Below is a list of some of RAFT 3's changes and enhancements. || Change \\ || Impact \\ || | New user interface \\ | Better color contrast, easier to use and understand \\ | | Persistent Left Navigation \\ | Lets users navigate to exactly the cost object or forecast they want; provides a view of person worksets (My Raft and Shared) and system-generated worksets (PI and Department) \\ | | Breadcrumbs \\ | Shows user where they are. Let's them navigate back. Also shows the current workset context (all cost objects and forecasts are in a workset context) \\ | | Alerts \\ | Tells users what issues exist with their cost objects and the people paid on those cost objects \\ | | News \\ | Tells users what is going on RAFT-wise: when is the next training, the next system outage or the next upgrade. \\ | | View and Forecast Buttons \\ | Take users right to where they want to go: To View for reconciliation; To Forecast for financial planning \\ | | New Forecast Screen \\ | Lets users see Actuals and Commitments, edit Commitments, and add Forecast line items to every Cost Object they have view rights to. \\ | | Share Forecast \\ | Lets users share a personal forecast with users of their choice \\ | | Publish Forecast \\ | Lets users copy forecasts to system-generated worksets where all Roles Authorized users can see them \\ | | People by Month Forecast \\ | Lets users forecast in a montly grid, versus an arbitrary date-based ledger line (People by Ledger) \\ | Below is the list of current RAFT 3 pilot bugs. To add new ones, please go to [Jira Bug List for RAFT3|https://jira-mit-edu.ezproxyberklee.flo.org/jira/browse/RAFTSUPPORT] {jiraissues:url=https://jira-mit-edu.ezproxyberklee.flo.org/jira/sr/jira.issueviews:searchrequest-xml/20693/SearchRequest-20693.xml?tempMax=1000|columns=title,description|anonymous=true|title=RAFT PIII Bug List} h3. RAFT P11 10/03 Release Changes: || Change || Impact || | New Grids | This is an infrastructure change which includes the following impacts: | | | * Keyboard navigation (When entering data, you can hit tab to go to the next field without having to use the mouse.) | | | * Better grid performance | | | * Better/Mutli Sorting | | | * Column reorder (only active on some screens - ex. Workset Cost Object Details page) | | New CO Balances | New Balance calculations in place. Details below | | New Workset Balances | New Workset balances in place. Details below | h4. Balance changes: We have added new balance calculations when working with a cost object or a workset (cost object group) h5. Cost Object balance changes: We have added a toggle to choose between the two balance types. The formulae used for each Balance type are: *Budget Code Balance*: Budget - (Actuals + Commitments + Forecast) = Balance for the specified date range. Which budget used is determined by the selection of the budget code in the upper right. For most users the default Budget Code will be 'COA' for Cost Object Award. *Institute Balance*: _(By Cost Object Type or Cost Collector Category Code)_ || Cost Object Type | Balance Formula || | Project WBS | Authorized Total - Expenses = Balance | | Cost Center | Institute Budget - Expenses = Balance | | Fund (Not Sponsored) (FNDNS) | Revenue + Expense = Balance | | Internal Order (all others) | Authorized Total - expense = Balance | Consolidated Balances include children h5. Workset Cost Object balance changes: We have added Insitute Balance, Institute Balance with children, Budget Code Balance, Budget Code balance with Children, and Authorized Total to the Workset Cost Object Details tab. ---- h2. RAFT II Milestones * Milestones will be added here. * Some additional release will be found on this page: [Service Transition Plan|Service Transition Plan]. h2. Learn and Contribute * We are building white papers in [How Is RAFT Made?|MITBIZINT:How Is RAFT Made?]. We welcome your wiki comments there. h2. Contacts * Please direct questions about the RAFT project or for support to raft-support@mit.edu. * You can see details for specific RAFT development teams [here|MITBIZINT:Service Transition Plan]. {panel} {div}

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RAFT PIII (RAFT 3) April 23, 2014 Release Notes

We moved an "improved forecasting screen and bug fix" release into production Wednesday night, April 23, 2014.
Changes for this release include:

Improved Forecasting Screen:

We rebuilt the forecast screen to make it faster and easier to use. Now People are in one table, all Expenses are in another, and Revenue is in its own grid, making it possible to see most of the forecast on one screen. We simplified the display of calculated indirect costs so that each grid shows its Actuals, Commitments and Forecast subtotals as separate lines. The calculated indirect costs are available by grid as well. After testing the new forecast screen, please send any feedback you have to raft-support@mit.edu.

Bug Fixes:

We made numerous fixes to the way data is fed into RAFT and the calculations RAFT makes on the data.

For upcoming changes please look in the Jira Bug List for RAFT3
Also, contact us via email at raft-support@mit.edu to request changes, or if there are reports you would like to see added.

Preview RAFT Release Notes:

Request List (Bugs/Features)

Below is the list of current RAFT 3 pilot bugs. To add new ones, please go to Jira Bug List for RAFT3

Learn and Contribute

  • We are building white papers in How Is RAFT Made?. We welcome your wiki comments there.

Contacts

  • Please direct questions about the RAFT project or for support to raft-support@mit.edu.
  • You can see details for specific RAFT development teams here.