Glossary:
J, K, L The transfer of charges within or
between cost centers, internal orders, or
WBS elements. Departments, labs, or
centers create journal documents to bill
interdepartmental costs, to adjust billing
errors, or for other reasons associated
with the department's regular financial
operations. A journal voucher is called a journal
document in SAP. See Vendor Justification. A report which lists parked journal
vouchers in all stages of the process from
parked on the originator's system to
awaiting approvals. A report which lists completed and
posted journal documents. Department
administrators can use the JV Posting
Report to review all journal entries
processed by their staff or journal
vouchers processed against their accounts
by staff outside their departments. A system that provides security on the
MIT network by means of encrypting user
passwords. A Kerberos principal is the unique
identifier that identifies each specific
user defined by MIT's Kerberos user
authentication system. It is commonly
called the Kerberos user ID. MIT uses the
Kerberos principal to establish the SAP
user master (user ID) in addition to other
uses, such as generating user
certificates. A block of data stored on your computer
by the Kerberos server after you
successfully enter your username and
password. Systems such as SAP check for a
valid ticket before allowing you to logon.
Tickets expire after ten hours. Also known as LDS. A salary and wages
forecasting tool for administrators in
departments, labs, and centers to use in
projecting current and future salary
commitments and related expenses for up to
nine years in the future. See Release Strategy. A single item in a transaction that
allows multiple items. For example, one
item to be purchased in a requisition
containing three items. The box to the left of a line item used
to select the item by clicking on it. Completion of a commitment. The long text field is used to enter a
lengthy, detailed description or
explanation for a particular
transaction. Copyright
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