Finance/Purchasing Features
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Finance/Purchasing features in BengalWeb are provided to anyone with a "financial" role, including Account Directors, ReqMasters, and anyone else given lookup privileges by an Account Director.
Two tabs are provided to everyone with a financial role:
You will only be able to access information pertaining to Index Codes to which you have been granted access in Banner.
The IT The Service Desk will troubleshoot access issues. Contact them at 282-4357 (help) or email help@isu.edu.
Account Directors: If you wish to authorize additional individuals to look up information on your accounts, or if you wish to change authorizations previously given, contact the Service Desk.
If you're new to Banner Finance, check out our Introduction to Banner Finance Terms.
Finance Tab
- Approval Alerts Channel more information
Go here to approve requisitions. Click on the link above to view a video tutorial. Also found on the Purchasing tab.
- Financial Advisor Channel more information
Graphically track budget and expense information.
- Financial Information Channel more information
Look up detailed budget and expense information, view documents, find account and commodity codes, and more . . .
- Finance Forms Channel
Quick access to commonly used Finance and Travel forms.
- Grants Alerts Channel more information
Provided to grant PI's (Principal Investigators). Set up this channel to remind you when your grants are expiring.
- Help with Finance & Purchasing Channels
Help when you need it. Direct links to the Requisition Approval online tutorial, complete information on using Finance channels, and Index Code lookup. Also found on the Purchasing tab and on the How Do I . . . tab.
Purchasing Tab
- Approval Alerts Channel more information
Go here to approve requisitions. Click on the link above to view a video tutorial. Also found on the Finance tab.
- Contact Purchasing Channel
Get in touch with Purchasing Services' friendly staff members.
- Help with Finance & Purchasing Channels
Help when you need it. Direct links to the Requisition Approval online tutorial, complete information on using Finance channels, and Index Code lookup. Also found on the Purchasing tab and on the How Do I . . . tab.
- P-Card Channel
Links to Account Codes used to reconcile P-Card expenses (old Object Codes), and to the complete P-Card manual. Check here when in doubt about whether you're using your P-Card correctly. Access to our new online P-Card reconciliation system ("CCER," pronounced "Caesar") will be available here in November.
- Purchasing Resources Channel
Find out who buys what, look up commodity codes, find information on purchasing contracts, track orders being processed by the State of Idaho (SICOMM), and quickly access commonly used Purchasing forms.
- Requisitions Channel more information
See a list of ReqMasters, track requisitions, and access INB to create requisitions (available to ReqMasters only).