Balance Inquiries Quick Reference
Staff can conduct balance inquiries in Kuali Financials (KFS).
Balance Inquiry Types
Balance Inquiries | What does it show? | Notes | |
Available Balances | Displays available balances by account by | Budget – Actuals – Encumbrances = | Use radio buttons to adjust view. |
Balances By Consolidation | Total income and total expenses on an account rolled up on a consolidation code. | Drills down into Levels ~ Balances by Object Code ~ GL Balance Lookup ~ GL | Highest level balance inquiry. |
Cash Balances Lookup | Object code 1100 (cash). | Beginning Cash + | Used for 3-ledger and 4-ledger accounts. Use the pipe to include up to 12 accounts. |
Current Account Balances | How much is available to spend based on Budget Available Balance or Cash Expenditure Authority. | Will never have all columns populated. The "Budget Record Level Code" field on an account record determines which columns are populated. | "No Budget" in this field calculates amount available based on fund balance minus encumbrances. All other choices will calculate based on budget. |
General Ledger Balance | Displays month-by-month views by object code. Can show accumulated balances. | Drills down into General Ledger Entry Lookup. | Can retrieve different balance types |
General Ledger Entry | Displays transactional detail in an account. | Defaults to the current fiscal period (month). Use * to get entire fiscal year-to-date. | Use search tools to reduce object codes shown (without the 1100/2100 offsets). |
General Ledger Pending Entry | Displays transactional detail for pending (not final/posted) entries. | Can choose Approved or All (enroute / | |
Open Encumbrances | Displays open encumbrances on an account. | Lists object code, document number | Cannot open purchase order from here – informational only. |
Account Status (Current Funds) | Lists all employees charged to a particular account. | Done at account level. | Click the Person column heading to sort by person. |
Employee Funding | Lists all accounts and amounts for a particular employee. | Done at employee number level. | No drill-down available. |
Labor Ledger View | List all accounts and amounts for a particular employee. Displays month-by-month activity (similar to General Ledger Balance). | Done at employee number level. | Drill down available. |