CGI Advantage Chart of Accounts (COA) elements defined at your installation are used to identify and classify all financial and budget data stored in CGI Advantage. Some of the Chart of Accounts elements that can create a budget structure include Fund, Cabinet, Appropriation Category, Department, Appropriation, and either Revenue Source or Object.
Which Chart of Accounts elements and rollups will be used and how they will be used is established before implementation with the gathering of current and near future needs from budget preparation, payroll, financial accounting, reporting, and other functions. This is not to say that additional elements and rollups can be put into use at later dates. Primary points into this planning are budget preparation and budget control. At that time one or more baseline budget structures are selected for use and possibly one or more custom structures are built with the COA combination needed.
For more detailed information about defining and configuring Chart of Accounts elements and their associated usage rules, refer to the "Delivered Chart of Accounts" topic in the CGI Advantage - Chart of Accounts User Guide.