Creating A CEC Transaction to Close an Award

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Process:

This Job aid will take you through the process of creating a CEC transaction to close an award(PO/CT) transaction. This is primarily used to close awards prior to the roll/lapse at the fiscal year end. This will close the award without changing the amount of the award.

a. Select Purchase Order.

PO entered in search field

2. Enter Transaction ID.

Financial Transaction screen with Transaction ID and Search highlighted

3. Select the PO.

a. Expand the vertical 3 dot menu on the right side of the page and select Copy Forward under the Primary Actions menu.

Copy Forward option highlighted under Primary Actions menu section

4. Select CEC from the Target Transaction Code list. 

Copy Forward screen with OK and Transaction Department highlighted

5. In the new CEC Transaction, select the Header tab.

a. Transaction Name.

b. Transaction Description.

CEC screen with transaction name and description fields highlighted in Header tab

6. In the Vendor Section:

a. Select the General Information Section.

7. Select the Disbursement Options section.

CEC Screen with address code highlighted on Vendor tab
CEC screen with disbursement format highlighted on Vendor tab

8. Select the Commodity Tab.

CEC screen with Quantity and Contract Amount fields highlighted

9. Select References section.

CEC screen with reference type select input options list expanded

10. Select the Accounting tab.

CEC screen with event type, sub total, total tax, and use tax fields highlighted on Accounting tab

11. Select Reference section. 

CEC screen with reference type and referenced account fields highlighted on Accounting tab

12. Validate the transaction again to confirm all errors are corrected.

13. If you receive (A1495) Error Message.

Error message alert highlighted with error styling applied to referenced transaction code field

14. Go to the Posting section and review the posting lines. Posting code P006 should have a debit amount that equals the remaining open amount from your award transaction and posting code P005 should have a credit for the same amount.

15. Attach the necessary backup documentation and Submit.