In the Invoice Processing / In Progress menu, you will find all the invoices that are in circulation within Spend Cloud. The purpose of the In Progress section is to provide visibility into the expected costs over a specific period. These costs can be included in the monthly reports. The invoice lines are recorded as temporary expenses in a journal entry and posted to an interim account to ensure that they are balanced again.
The In Progress menu item is an optional setting that may not be enabled in every Spend Cloud environment. If your organization wishes to use the In Progress menu, please contact our support department for assistance.
How does In Progress work?
The invoices in this menu have not been exported yet but represent expected costs. The overview is based on the invoice line level. You have the option to make a selection of invoice lines up to a specific period and export them to a file or via a webservice. This file can be exported in CSV or XML format, depending on your financial software, and can be imported manually or automatically into the financial package. The exported overviews can be found under the 'Export Files' button. Spend Cloud generates a contra-booking file immediately at the time of export. You can download this document by clicking 'Download contra-booking file' on the right side of a line. The export file and contra-booking file can then be uploaded to the financial package for further processing.