Learn about ARC
Learn about Accounting and Reporting at Columbia (ARC) at Columbia University.
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What is ARC?
Accounting and Reporting at Columbia (ARC) is a PeopleSoft Financials Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system that gives the University the ability to manage and track all of its diverse financial activities.
ARC Modules
ARC performs numerous critical functions. ARC itself is a series of modules including the General Ledger, Commitment Control (mainly used for budget tracking), Project Costing (mainly used for sponsored and capital projects), and the Procurement modules.
ARC performs numerous critical functions, including:
- The General Ledger is the financial book of record for the University. All financial activity must be fed to the General Ledger so that it can be tracked and reported.
- The General Ledger is the financial book of record for the University. All financial activity must be fed to the General Ledger so that it can be tracked and reported.
- Commitment Control (also referred to as “Budget Checking” or “KK”) is used to monitor budgets.
- Commitment Control (also referred to as “Budget Checking” or “KK”) is used to monitor budgets.
- Project Costing is used to track and aggregate project-related costs.
- Project Costing is used to track and aggregate project-related costs.
- Procurement is the primary system for procuring and paying for goods and services.
- Procurement is the primary system for procuring and paying for goods and services.
- ARC receives feeds from the other financial systems (big and small) so that it can be the one combined source of financial information across the University.
- ARC receives feeds from the other financial systems (big and small) so that it can be the one combined source of financial information across the University.
ARC Session Timeout
To be compliant with University security guidelines, ARC will log users out of the application after a 30 minute period of inactivity. However, two minutes before the session timeout, ARC provides a warning that your browser session is about to expire. You then have the option of continuing with your current session by clicking the OK button in the warning message.
For additional information on ARC and to receive training for an ARC role, visit Introduction to ARC.
Trainings
There are a number of introductory trainings available in our Training Library that will guide you through working in ARC, including (but not limited to):
- Introduction to ARC (web-based)
- Introduction to ARC (web-based)
- Introduction to Accounts Payable in ARC (web-based)
- Introduction to Accounts Payable in ARC (web-based)
- Introduction to Commitment Control (web-based)
- Introduction to Commitment Control (web-based)
- Introduction to General Ledger in ARC (web-based)
- Introduction to General Ledger in ARC (web-based)
- Introduction to Purchasing in ARC (web-based)
- Introduction to Purchasing in ARC (web-based)
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