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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 are working on RAFT Phase II. The live application, Phase I, is located at https://mv-ezproxy-com.ezproxyberklee.flo.org/.
Release Notes
RAFT PII Release 10/03 Release
Changes:
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New Grids |
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New CO Balances |
New Balance calculations in place. Details below |
New Workset Balances |
New Workset balances in place. Details below |
Balance changes:
We have added new balance calculations when on a cost object or when looking at a workset (cost object group)
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
Cost Object Type |
Balance Formula |
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Project WBS |
Authorized Total - Expenses = Balance |
Cost Center |
Institute Budget - Expenses = Balance |
Fund (Not Sponsored) |
Revenue + Expense = Balance |
Internal Order (all others) |
Authorized Total - expense = Balance |
Consolidated Balances include children
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 Summary screen.
RAFT II Milestones
- Milestones will be added here.
- Some additional release will be found on this page: Service Transition Plan.
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.