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**destination** - Code used to determine where material is being shipped.\\ | **destination** - Code used to determine where material is being shipped.\\ | ||
**difference report** - Difference reports, use saved versions of a report format to calculate the difference in records between two versions of the same report printed at two separate times.\\ | **difference report** - Difference reports, use saved versions of a report format to calculate the difference in records between two versions of the same report printed at two separate times.\\ | ||
- | **differential** - \\ | + | **differential** - An adjustment to the market price of material. Added into the final price/ |
**disbursements** - Payments made by you.\\ | **disbursements** - Payments made by you.\\ | ||
**divisions** - An internal structure for using CATS. A division has a separate general ledger and its own departments.\\ | **divisions** - An internal structure for using CATS. A division has a separate general ledger and its own departments.\\ | ||
- | **double-entry bookkeeping** - CATS uses double-entry bookkeeping. This means that all entries, including invoices, have a debit to one G/L number and a credit to another G/L number. Even invoices work this way: $36,345.75 is added to G/L # 11000, for accounts receivable. -$36,345.75 is put against the sales G/L# 40000. Receipts, disbursements, | + | **double-entry bookkeeping** - CATS uses double-entry bookkeeping. This means that all entries, including invoices, have a debit to one G/L number and a credit to another G/L number. Even invoices work this way: $36,345.75 is added to GL # 11000, for accounts receivable. -$36,345.75 is put against the sales GL# 40000. Receipts, disbursements, |
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**hedges** - In CATS, you can have entries that attached to contracts that hedge the price of a future trade. These are referred to as hedges. They are against a specific futures month and price, usually made via a broker.\\ | **hedges** - In CATS, you can have entries that attached to contracts that hedge the price of a future trade. These are referred to as hedges. They are against a specific futures month and price, usually made via a broker.\\ | ||
+ | **hold feature** - This feature will create a hold for a specific account, with no sale created.\\ | ||
**HTML printing** - Print to a spreadsheet, | **HTML printing** - Print to a spreadsheet, | ||
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**insurance reports** - Type of traffic report.\\ | **insurance reports** - Type of traffic report.\\ | ||
**intend report** - A report of just items with Intend status.\\ | **intend report** - A report of just items with Intend status.\\ | ||
- | **inventory** - For the purposes of accounting, inventory is material that has a purchase invoice but no sale invoice.\\ | + | **inventory** - The Charged units are more than the Billed units. Only applies to Purchase contract items. This is for the purposes of accounting.\\ |
**inventory transactions report** - A list of all transactions (invoice items) for the current year.\\ | **inventory transactions report** - A list of all transactions (invoice items) for the current year.\\ | ||
**invoice** - Invoices allow you to manage your inventory, costs, and other items in CATS. \\ | **invoice** - Invoices allow you to manage your inventory, costs, and other items in CATS. \\ | ||
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**ledger scan** - All invoices and transaction history for the current financial year\\ | **ledger scan** - All invoices and transaction history for the current financial year\\ | ||
- | **liquidate** - \\ | + | **liquidate** - To remove a trade from the list of open trades. The open trade is moved to a list of liquidated trades for a price you are input.\\ |
**loan** - \\ | **loan** - \\ | ||
**location field** - \\ | **location field** - \\ | ||
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- | **on account invoice** - \\ | + | **on account invoice** - A G/L entry that appears as an open invoice on reports and for a counterparty account, used to indicate a credit due to overpayment of invoices.\\ |
- | **open futures position report** - \\ | + | **open futures position report** - A list of all open futures trades in the system in report format.\\ |
**open invoice report** - \\ | **open invoice report** - \\ | ||
- | **open position** - \\ | + | **open position** - For **'' |
**open shipment** (report type) - A traffic report type that shows you all items with no Vessel/Ship code in the Location 3 field, that is not in WH.\\ | **open shipment** (report type) - A traffic report type that shows you all items with no Vessel/Ship code in the Location 3 field, that is not in WH.\\ | ||
**option calculator** - \\ | **option calculator** - \\ | ||
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**password** - A string of characters that allows access to a computer, interface, or system.\\ | **password** - A string of characters that allows access to a computer, interface, or system.\\ | ||
**payment instructions** - How payment is requested/ | **payment instructions** - How payment is requested/ | ||
- | **period** - A specific time frame.\\ | + | **period** - In CATS, a **period** is an accounting period, usually a month long, that may be isolated. Certain actions can only be performed on transactions during the same period as the date of the transaction.\\ |
**position** - \\ | **position** - \\ | ||
- | **posting** - \\ | + | **posting** - Posting a transaction (including invoices) moves the transaction from a pending file to the General Ledger, where it will now affect the G/L numbers associated with it. Once a transaction is posted, you can review both sides of it in the General Ledger.\\ |
- | **price-fixing** - \\ | + | **price-fixing** - A trade that takes fixes the price on a contract item, partially or fully. Each lot represents a lot on the exchange. When you enter a price fixing, you enter the price agreed upon and CATS adds the differential to get the fixed price.\\ |
- | **price** - \\ | + | |
**prime rate** - Uses a table of interest rates for a date range to calculate interest on a G/L Account, on a single amount, or on a list of amounts and dates.\\ | **prime rate** - Uses a table of interest rates for a date range to calculate interest on a G/L Account, on a single amount, or on a list of amounts and dates.\\ | ||
- | **print** - \\ | + | **print |
- | **product** - \\ | + | **product** - The highest level of classification for material in CATS. Examples of products are Coffee, Rubber, Cocoa, Meats.\\ |
- | **production** - \\ | + | **production** - Also called **processing** or **tolling**, |
- | **profit** - \\ | + | **profit** - Typically defined as sell price minus buy cost.\\ |
**proforma invoice** - An invoice for material with no final weight.\\ | **proforma invoice** - An invoice for material with no final weight.\\ | ||
- | **proof amount** - \\ | + | **proof amount** - The amount left over when applying money to invoices, G/L numbers, or accounts. The proof amount is applied to on account invoices or G/L numbers to balance the transaction.\\ |
**provisional invoice** - An invoice for material with no final price.\\ | **provisional invoice** - An invoice for material with no final price.\\ | ||
- | **posting** | + | |
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- | **' | + | **' |
- | **quantity** - \\ | + | **quality** - A coded field that can be used to further identify material.\\ |
- | **'?' | + | **quantity** - Amount in contract units. |
+ | **'?' | ||
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**ratio** - \\ | **ratio** - \\ | ||
- | **receipts** - \\ | + | **receipts** - Receipts are used to apply payments received by you to your sales invoices, to a counterparty account, or to a general ledger account.\\ |
**recover an allocation** - The recover feature is used to remove inventory from a sale contract. We refer to this act as recovering a location screen or removing an allocation.\\ | **recover an allocation** - The recover feature is used to remove inventory from a sale contract. We refer to this act as recovering a location screen or removing an allocation.\\ | ||
**reversal (invoice)** - This type of invoice is simply a complete opposite of the original invoice that effectively negates the first invoice. For a purchase, this means removing units and weight from inventory and removing the amount due. For a sale invoice, this means returning units and weight to inventory and removing the amount credited.\\ | **reversal (invoice)** - This type of invoice is simply a complete opposite of the original invoice that effectively negates the first invoice. For a purchase, this means removing units and weight from inventory and removing the amount due. For a sale invoice, this means returning units and weight to inventory and removing the amount credited.\\ | ||
**reindexing process** - \\ | **reindexing process** - \\ | ||
- | **remarks** - \\ | + | **remarks** - A remark is a note that can be included in an edit field. You can save a remark and import it into a field. This will help you from having to type the same text over and over again. |
**report formats** - \\ | **report formats** - \\ | ||
**reports** - \\ | **reports** - \\ |