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Last Updated: 2023-06-23
Define a Time Span Profile

Define a Time Span Profile

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Process: Cash Forecast Reporting
 domain in the Cash Management functional area.
To define the columns of your cash forecast reports, create a time span profile. A time span profile can have any combination of time you would like to report on.
  1. Access the
    Create/Edit Time Span Profile
     task.
  2. As you complete the task, consider:
    Field
    Description
    Name
    Assign a unique name for easy selection during prompting.
    Inactive
    Select to make the time span profile unavailable to use in any future cash forecast report definitions. It will no longer display as an option in prompts. You can still generate cash forecast reports where the time span profile is already in use.
    Order
    Place the time types in the order that you want Workday to display them. Workday sequentially strings together each time type without overlap. Example: If a daily time type ends on Tuesday, and the next time type is weekly, it will begin on Wednesday.
    Time Type
    Day, week, month, quarter, or year. You can add one or more types of time to a time span profile.
    Processing Duration
    A
    Specific Quantity
     of the selected
    Time Type
    , which you then enter in the
    Quantity
     field, or the logical end of the selected
    Time Type
    : end of week, end of month, end of quarter, end of year.
  3. (Optional) Test the time span profile.
    1. As a related action on the time span profile, select
      Time Span Profile
      Test
      .
    2. To edit, select
      Time Span Profile
      Edit
      .
After you create time spans, you can use them to help define the scope (visually, the columns) of your cash forecasting report definitions.
To define a time span profile for a quarter, select a
Time Type
 of
Quarter
 and
Processing Duration
 of either a
Specific Quantity
 of quarters or
End of Year
. The cash forecast report in which you use this time span will have a column for each quarter.
  • Set up cash forecast report definitions.
  • If you are using Cash Forecasting with Worksheets, select a time span profile when you generate a cash forecast.