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Viewing and Lifting Commitments for Concur and Oracle

Last Updated: June 22, 2021 9:09:41 AM PDT

Learn about commitments for requisitions, purchase orders, invoices, and Concur.

Commitments are generated for Concur and Oracle documents on projects if POET information is populated in the originating document.
Commitments are updated every 24 hours
Managing commitments is a department-wide responsibility
- Effective commitment management requires coordination between fund managers and their preparers and PO Requisitioners
- Fund managers will need to identify commitments and instruct the department on how to close them using the instructions listed below

Commitment Workflow

The workflow of commitments associated with requisitions, purchase orders, invoices, and Concur commitments differ from one another. View our Commitment Workflow PDF to see how each type of commitment is created and lifted.

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Create and Manage Commitments

Oracle

Refer to the How to Complete the Billing Section During Checkout in Oracle Procurement KBA for instructions on populating POET information in Oracle. If POET information is not populated, then a commitment will not be created against the project for requisitions, POs, or PO invoices.

Concur

Concur commitments are created when a Travel Request or Event Request with a Project value is approved in Concur
- This is an external commitment created by an action from a Concur user/delegate
  - For more information on creating a Travel Request or an Event Request, please review the appropriate KBAs
- External commitments are not created for Card & Payment Product Requests
- If there are allocations to multiple Projects on a Request, multiple commitments will be created for the amount allocated to each Project
Best practices for Concur Commitments
- Once your Request has been approved, wait until the next day to create an Expense Report from the Request
- Once your Request has been approved, wait at least a day to close the Request
- Once the Expense Report that is associated with your Request has been approved, close/inactivate your Request to lift the commitment

View Commitments in the OFC Costs module

Identify Commitments

There are four types of commitments you might see:

Requisition
Purchase Order
Invoice (PO, nonPO, Concur)
Concur Travel or Event Request

Type	Commitment Source Type	Transaction Source	Document	Source Application Commitment Number
Requisition	Internal	Oracle Fusion Purchasing	Purchase Requisition	Begins with REQ
Purchase Order	Internal	Oracle Fusion Purchasing	Purchase Order	Begins with PUR or 9
Invoice (PO)	Internal	Oracle Fusion Payables	Supplier Invoice Commitment	Does not start with RITM or TE_
Invoice (nonPO)	Internal	Oracle Fusion Payables	Supplier Invoice Commitment	Begins with RITM
Invoice (Concur)	Internal	Oracle Fusion Payables	Supplier Invoice Commitment	TE_(Report ID)_(Employee Name)
Concur Travel or Event Request	External	UCSD Concur	Concur Commitment	TE_(Request ID)_(Employee Name)

Lift Requisition Commitments

Requisition commitments will lift automatically once they are approved, at which point they will be replaced by a PO commitment. If a requisition is rejected and will not be resubmitted, it should be canceled by the individual who submitted it. If a requisition will not be submitted, then it should also be canceled by the individual who created it. They can do so by doing the following:

Navigate to the requisition
Click Actions at the top right
Click Cancel RequisitionorDelete

If you would like to cancel/delete a requisition submitted by someone else, you must first reassign the requisition to yourself. Instructions on how to do so are in our How to Assign a Shopping Cart or Requisition in Oracle Procurement KBA.

Lift PO Commitments

PO commitments are lifted automatically once they have been fully accounted for by invoices. If no more invoices will be received against a PO, the process of closing it will depending on whether the PO originated in Marketplace or Oracle, and whether or not is has been partially invoiced.

Marketplace or Legacy PO commitments, in which the purchase order begins with 9 and is eight digits long, may be lifted by submitting a Services & Support case. You may use the categories Buying Goods & Services - Oracle Procurement - Revising or Canceling an Order.

Oracle PO commitments, in which the purchase order begins with PUR and is eleven digits long, are lifted via change order.

If no invoices have been received against the PO, you may process a change order to cancel the PO.

If invoices have been received against the PO, you may process a change order to reduce the PO to what has been invoiced.

If you would like to process a change order against a PO submitted by someone else, you must first reassign the requisition to yourself. Instructions on how to do so are in our How to Assign a Shopping Cart or Requisition in Oracle Procurement KBA.

Lift Invoice Commitments

Lift Concur Travel or Event Request Commitments

Once the actual expenses for the business travel or event are reconciled in Concur, the commitment should be lifted as the estimated costs no longer need to be recorded

External Concur commitments are lifted once the Concur Request has been closed
- Requests can be manually closed using the 'Close/Inactivate Request' button (instructions below) or they will automatically close 120 days after the trip end date or event date
- Lifting the External commitment involves sending a negative line to balance the positive line that is created when the Request is initially approved

Review the How to Lift Concur Travel or Event Request Commitments KBA for further instruction on manually lifting an external Concur commitment.