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Reporting Periods Overview
Reporting periods represent time periods during a project. The feature is commonly used to manage grant reports or progress reports (including narrative, results, financials, and files).
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Creating Reporting Period records is essential for Indicator Management and Financial Management features to function.
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Create Reporting Period Records
Reporting Periods in Amp Impact can be created manually one by one, or automatically in bulk.
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Create Single Reporting Period Records Creating single Reporting Period records manually is helpful when adding Reporting Period records to an in-flight project. |
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Create Multiple Reporting Period Records using a Wizard Creating multiple Reporing Periods using the wizard is helpful when initially creating Reporting Period records according to a pre-defined reporting schedule for a project. |
Manually Create Single Reporting Period Records
1. Navigate to the Setup tab on the Project.
2. Scroll to the Reporting Periods related list.
3. Click the ‘New’ button.
4. Complete the fields in the New Reporting Period pop-up.
Reporting Period Name: Enter a Name for the reporting period.
Ensure your naming convention is consistent with your organization’s standards. For example, are
time periods referred to as Q2 2017 or Apr-Jun 2017? Does the fiscal year start in January, April,
October? Consistency is important to get the clearest output from the system.[If using translations] Enter the translated value(s) for the Reporting Period label in the appropriate field.
Ensure that the translated value corresponds to the Language code defined by the System Admin.
For example, if the System Admin has set up the Custom Label USER_LANGUAGE_CODE such that
Language 1 is ‘Spanish’, enter the Reporting Period in Spanish for ampi__Name_Language_1__c.If up to three supported languages are enabled and set up by the System Admin, populate the
following fields in the languages defined as Language 1, Language 2, and Language 3:ampi__Label_Language_1__c
ampi__Label_Language_2__c
ampi__Label_Language_3__c
Report Type: Select the Report Type. This controls which indicators will be reported on in this reporting period.
If my report type is quarterly, then all indicators with a quarterly reporting frequency will display for
this reporting period.
Reporting Period Start Date and Reporting Period End Date: Enter the start and end dates for the reporting period.
5. Click Save.
Automatically Create Reporting Periods In Bulk
Reporting Period records can also be created in bulk according to a pre-defined reporting schedule for the project or grant using the “Generate Reporting Periods” Wizard.
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Contact your System Administrator if the “Generate Reporting Periods” button is not available on your page layout. |
1. Navigate to the Project.
2. Click the ‘Generate Reporting Periods’ button.
3. Complete the required fields in the pop-up that renders.
Note that you may create multiple reporting period records of varying frequencies.
Please refer to Record Feature Limits as limitations do apply to the number of Reporting Period records that can be created in one interaction.
4. Click Next. If records have been successfully created, the pop-up screen will close.