Maintaining budget scenarios
Menu path
System ➔ Finance ➔ Budget scenarios
Introduction
Exact Globe Next allows you to create budgets based on
several scenarios. This feature enables you to create budgets for different
scenarios based on your forecasts for long or short term periods.
What version are you using?
The information in this document is applicable to product
update 407 and higher. If you have versions lower than this, certain features
explained here will not be applicable.
How do I create a budget scenario?
- In the overview of budget scenarios, click New.
- Define the fields.
- Click Save. A warning message “This action can’t be undone. Plan period =
Monthly. Continue?” will be displayed.
- Click Continue.
- Click Close. For more detailed information, see Creating and maintaining
budget scenarios.
Keep in mind: All fields with the “!” icon are
mandatory.
Note: The plan period displayed in the warning
message depends on the option that you have selected at the Plan period
field.
How do I view a budget scenario?
- In the overview of budget scenarios, define the search criteria.
- Click Search and select a budget scenario to be viewed.
- Click Open.
How do I delete a budget scenario?
- In the overview of budget scenarios, define the search criteria.
- Click Search and select a budget scenario to be deleted.
- Click Delete.
- A message “Delete the data selected? Depending on the size of your company, this
function may take a long time because all files will be checked. All Existing
budget lines from target project will be deleted.!” will be displayed, and then
click Yes.
How do I block a budget scenario?
- In the overview of budget scenarios, define the search criteria.
- Click Search and select a free budget scenario to be blocked.
- Click Block.
How do I unblock a budget scenario?
- In the overview of budget scenarios, define the search criteria.
- Select Block at the Status field to view all the blocked budget
scenarios.
- Click Search and select a blocked budget scenario to be unblocked.
- Click Unblock.
How do I activate a budget scenario?
- In the overview of budget scenarios, define the search criteria.
- Click Search and select a free budget scenario to be activated.
- Click Activate.
How do I deactivate a budget scenario?
- In the overview of budget scenarios, define the search criteria.
- Select Active at the Status field to view all the active budget
scenarios.
- Click Search and select an active budget scenario to be deactivated.
- Click Deactivate.
Fields
Search
Click this to search for budget scenarios based on the
defined criteria.
Clear
Click this to clear the defined criteria.
Previous
Click this to return to the previous list of budget
scenarios.
Next
Click this to go to the next list of budget scenarios.
Rows
Type the number of rows to be displayed for each page. If
you have set the default number of rows to “50”, then 50 rows will be
displayed. Therefore, if you have more than 50 rows listed, you will see the Previous
and Next buttons.
Filter
Select the required option to filter the search that starts
with or contains a certain letter or word.
Budget scenario
Type the budget scenario which you want to search.
Description
Type a full or partial description to search for the budget
scenario that matches the description.
Status
Select the status of budget scenarios which you want to
search. Select Free to search for free budget scenarios which are
non-active budgets, Active for budget scenarios that you want to use, Block
for budget scenarios that you do not want to use, or All for all
statuses.
From year
Type the range of years to view the budget scenarios within
the range. Select the All check box if you want to view the budget
scenarios for all years.
From period
Type the range of periods (1-12) to view the budget
scenarios within the period. Select the All check box if you want to
view the budget scenarios for all periods.
Buttons
Activate
Click this to activate a free budget scenario. An active
budget scenario will show the budgeted amounts as compared to real expenses and
returns. You can only activate one budget scenario per period. Hence, if there
are two free budget scenarios which overlap in periods, you can only activate
one of them.
Deactivate
Click this to deactivate an active budget scenario. The
active budget scenario will become a free budget scenario after deactivation.
Block
Click this to block a free budget scenario. A blocked budget
scenario cannot be used in the administration.
Unblock
Click this to unblock a blocked budget scenario and it will
become a free budget scenario.
Delete
Click this to delete a budget scenario. You can only delete
a free budget scenario.
Open
Click this to view or modify the description and the period
range of a selected budget scenario.
New
Click this to create a budget scenario.
Close
Click this to exit.
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