Purpose
The purpose of this Quick Reference Guide (QRG) is to explain how to navigate to reports in the North Carolina Financial System’s (NCFS) Budget catalog.
Introduction and Overview
This QRG provides NCFS users with information regarding navigation to the General Ledger (GL), Intercompany (IC), and Budget reports in NCFS’s Budget catalog. This QRG provides navigation instructions to the reports area for North Carolina Financial System. Several key reports have their own QRG that provides detailed navigation instructions and report output overviews. Once navigation to the Reports Catalog is complete, see the individual report QRGs for more information on how to pull and read that specific report.
Navigating to the NCFS Reporting Section
To navigate to the NCFS reports, please follow the steps below. There are 8 steps to complete this process.
Step 1. Access the NCFS Home Page and click the Tools tab.
Step 2. Click the Reports and Analytics Application.
Step 3. In the upper right corner of the screen, click Browse Catalog.
Step 4. On the left-hand side of the screen, click the Expand icon next to Shared Folders.
Step 5. Click the Expander icon next to Custom.
Step 6. Click the FBR Custom.
Step 7. Click Expand under Reports.
Step 8. The FBR Reporting Section appears revealing reporting folders tied to each of the NCFS process areas.
Individual Report Navigation Overview
From the FBR Custom - Report folder users have access to custom built FBR reports for each of the key process areas. The table below provides information on key NCFS custom reports and how to access that report from the FBR Custom - Report folder.
| NCFS Process Area | Report Title | Report Folder Path | |
| Cash Management | FBR Cash Availability Report | Cash Management & Treasury < Cash Availability Report | |
| Cash Management | FBR Daily Transfer Report | Cash Management & Treasury < Daily Transfer Report | |
| Cash Management | FBR Deposits Report | Cash Management & Treasury < Deposits Report | |
| Cash Management | FBR Daily Disbursements (Requisition) Report | Cash Management & Treasury < Daily Disbursements Report | |
| Cash Management | FBR General Fund Cash Balance Report | Cash Management & Treasury < General Fund Cash Balance Report | |
| Cash Management | FBR Capital Improvement (CI) Funds Availability Report | Cash Management & Treasury < Capital Investments (CI) Funds Availability Report | |
| Cash Management | FBR General Fund Appropriation Expenditures and Balances Report | Cash Management & Treasury < General Fund Appropriation Expenditures & Balance Report | |
| Cash Management | FBR Daily Cash Transactions Detail Report | Cash Management & Treasury < Daily Cash Transactions Detail Report | |
| Cash Management | FBR Budget Code Balance by Type Report | Cash Management & Treasury < Budget Code Balance by Type Report | |
| Cash Management | FBR Negative Budget Code Balance Report | Cash Management & Treasury < Negative Budget Code Balance Report | |
| Budget | FBR IBIS Appropriation Budget Interface Reconciliation Report | Budget < FBR IBIS Appropriation Budget Interface Reconciliation Report | |
| Budget | FBR IBIS CI Allotment Interface Reconciliation Report | Budget < FBR IBIS CI Allotment Interface Reconciliation Report | |
| Budget | FBR IBIS Allotment Interface Reconciliation Report | Budget < FBR IBIS Allotment Interface Reconciliation Report | |
| Budget | FBR IBIS Appropriation Transfer Budget Interface Reconciliation Report | Budget < FBR IBIS Appropriation Transfer Budget Interface Reconciliation Report | |
| Budget | FBR IBIS Appropriation GL Interface Reconciliation Report | Budget < FBR IBIS Appropriation GL Interface Reconciliation Report | |
| Budget | FBR IBIS Appropriation Transfer GL Interface Reconciliation Report | Budget < FBR IBIS Appropriation Transfer GL Interface Reconciliation Report |
Wrap Up
Reporting in NCFS allows users visibility into financial transaction information in near real time. Each of the process areas have reports that provide detailed information about transactions (posted and unposted) as well as balances to allow for greater insight into an organizations' financial picture.
Additional Resources
- Web Based Training (WBT)
- Instructor Led Training (ILT)
- Quick Reference Guides (QRGs)
- Cash Availability Report
- Daily Transfer Report
- Deposits Report
- Daily Disbursements Report
- Budget Code Balance by Type Report
- Daily Cash Transactions Detail Report
- Negative Budget Code Balance Report
- General Fund Cash Balance Report
- CI Cash Balance Report
- General Fund Appropriation Expenditures and Balances Report
- FBR IBIS Appropriation Budget Interface Reconciliation Report
- FBR IBIS CI Allotment Interface Reconciliation Report
- FBR IBIS Allotment Interface Reconciliation Report
- FBR IBIS Appropriation Transfer Budget Interface Reconciliation Report
- FBR IBIS Appropriation GL Interface Reconciliation Report
- FBR IBIS Appropriation Transfer GL Interface Reconciliation Report