Project ID Overview
FINS Project Costing Module
Project Costing is a module in the FINS 9.2 application. Project Costing allows SFU to track additional attributes of Projects for improved categorization and reporting. Some of these attributes are the Project Start and End Date, Project Type and Project Status (i.e. Pending, Open, Hold and Closed).
New PC Unit | Item | Purpose for the PC Unit | Used in | Project ID Ranges | |
Fund | Legacy | New | |||
PCU10 | Operating Projects | Projects/Initiatives funded from Departmental Operating Budgets | 11 | 010000 - 019999 | Project ID Prefix: "D" = Departmentally-Funded Initiatives Formerly would have been created under Fund 12 "M" = Miscellaneous (Publications, Facility, Tracking) "P" = Ongoing Programs "T" = Courses "W" = Scholarships, Bursaries and Awards funded from Operations "V" = Events |
PCU12 | SFU Initiatives | Strategic Initiatives funded by the University. These projects will typically require budget allocations and are to be managed within the scope of that budget | 11 | 010000 - 019999 | Project ID Prefix: "U" All existing values to be prefixed with a "U", where the initiative was funded by the University. New values sequentially assigned from U000100 |
PCU13 | Internal Research Projects | Internally funded projects for the purposes of research, publications or other development initiatives | 13 | 870000 - 899999 | Project ID Prefix: "N" (for Internally Funded Research) All existing values to be prefixed with a "N" New values sequentially assigned from N000100 |
PCU20 | Special Purpose Unrestricted Funds | Projects represent designated funds that are intended for a specific purpose, without limitations on the nature of expenditures. | 11, 21, 29 | 132000 - 199999 Shared use of range with PCU25 200000 - 299999 |
Project ID Prefix: "S" (for Special Purpose) All existing values to be prefixed with a "S" New values sequentially assigned from S000100 |
PCU23 | Student Support | Annual Awards, Scholarships and Bursaries | 23 | 310000 - 339999 | Project ID Prefix: "A" (for Awards) All existing values to be prefixed with a "A" New values sequentially assigned from A000100 |
PCU25 | External non-Research Projects | Externally funded non-research projects that may include economic development, foundations, studies and international development. | 25 | 132000 - 199999 Shared use of range with PCU20 |
Project ID Prefix: "X" (for eXternal) All existing values to be prefixed with a "X" New values assigned within existing ranges by Research Acctg |
PCU30 | External Research Projects | Research projects that are externally funded and restricted; Research capital infrastructure projects sponsored by the Canadian Foundation for Innovation |
31, 32, 35 36 |
External Research 365000 - 365999 500000 - 689999 690000 - 699999 700000 - 869999 External Research Capital 360000 - 364999 366000 - 369999 |
Project ID Prefix: "R" (for Research) All existing values to be prefixed with a "R" New values assigned within existing ranges by Research Acctg |
PCU50 | Capital Projects | 52, 59 | 900000 - 999997 | Project ID Prefix: "C" (for Capital) All existing values to be prefixed with a "C" All new Projects will be sequentially numbered, beginning with C000100 |
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PCU60 | Endowments | Funds that have been donated to the University and the principal restricted for the sole purpose of providing an income yield to fund academic and student support. | 61, 62 | 400000 - 499999 | Project ID Prefix: "E" (for Endowment) All existing values to be prefixed with a "E" New values sequentially assigned from E000100 |
PCU90 | Continuing Education | Courses offered by Lifelong Learning and/or through the LifeLong learning registration application | 11 | AAAANNN | Project ID Prefix: "L" (for Lifelong Learning) All existing values to be prefixed by an "L" |
PCU99 | Other Entities |
Activity ID
- Activity ID is a Chartfield that has been introduced for Capital Projects and Lifelong Learning Courses, and it provides a further breakdown of activity in these areas.
- Examples of how these departments are using ActivityID:
- Capital Accounting will use the Activity ID to define the nature of the transaction for a Work-in-Progress capital project.
- Lifelong Learning will use the Activity ID to identify the various offerings of an individual course (eg. Summer-Surrey, Fall-Vancouver).
- Capital Accounting will use the Activity ID to define the nature of the transaction for a Work-in-Progress capital project.
- Please note that an Activity ID is uniquely defined for a given Project ID and is not supported across all of SFU's application systems. For these reasons, SFU is not enabling the Activity ID (at this time) for all departmental areas.