Maintain Budgets

The Development Ledger allows you to keep budgets against each estate and stage (in the case of improvements this is against each estate, stage, project and improvement.

1.   Select a menu path of Maintenance Ø Budgets.

2.   The following window will be displayed:

3.   Select a value from the Estate pick list by pressing the dropdown arrowDROP_DOWN_ARROW. Press Tab.

4.   Select a value from the Stage pick list by pressing the dropdown arrow DROP_DOWN_ARROW. Press Tab.

5.   Set the From Period and To Period fields to be one financial year.

6.   Select a Budget Type from the list by pressing the dropdown arrow DROP_DOWN_ARROW.

7.   Now select the Refresh button. The window will be refreshed and displayed as follows:

 

8.   To be able to see a graphical representation of the budget figures, you will need to “drill down” to a child line item where budget has been allocated. This is denoted in the window by a dollar figure BUDGET_ALLOCATED icon. To display the report pictorially, double click on the line item with the dollar figure icon. The following window will be displayed:

9.   This window allows you to display your data graphically. There are many options within this window to change how your data is displayed. Select the 2D Gallery 2D_GALLERY from the Graph Toolbar. The following window will be displayed:

GRAPH_CONTROL

 

Tip

Speak to your training consultant about how to maximise the Graphics functionality to best meet your business requirements.