Enter, or click to select a parameter ID of up to 15 alphanumeric characters. Choose characters for your parameter ID that help identify the type of selections you made in the screen.

When you save your record, all the selections made in the screen are stored with the parameter ID. Later, you can retrieve the parameters using Query.

You can use the parameter to run the process more efficiently because you can select the parameter ID with its previously defined screen selections. After the default selections display in the screen, you can override the defaults.

This field displays the date and time commitments were last calculated. When you run the Commitment Inquiry/Report, the information that displays in the report is exactly what was available as of this date and time.

Click to calculate commitments, including expense report, expense authorization, and advance amounts. For an expense amount to be included in the commitments calculation, the following configuration settings must be enabled:

• The Commitments check box must be selected for that expense type on the Expense Types tab of the Expense > Settings > Expense Report Types screen.
• From the Commitments section of the Miscellaneous tab in the Expense > Settings > Expense Configuration screen, select either Approved or Submitted as the status for including expense authorization or expense report amounts.
  • If you select Approved, amounts from expense authorizations and expense reports with a status of Approved are included.
  • If you select Submitted, amounts from expense authorizations and expense reports with a status of Approved, Submitted, and Under Review are included.