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Editing budgets

How to edit existing budgets​

Overview​

Alloy allows you to edit the details of budgets and change the budget periods if required. Alloy records editing history so you can review and compare today's data with how it looked before.

Note

Depending on your permission settings, you may not be able to edit budgets. Contact your administrator for assistance.

Editing budget general details​

  1. Select a budget to view its details in the Item details panel.

  2. In the Item details panel, the General page is displayed by default.

  3. Select the button on the action bar. You can now edit the fields displayed in the General tab.

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You can edit the following fields:

  • Name - this allows you to change the name of the budget

  • Code - this allows you to change the code for the budget

  • Periods - this field indicates how many budget periods are associated with the budget, when you select the field a dialog allows you to add or remove existing budget periods, see Creating budget periods

  • Sub Budget - this field indicates how many sub budgets are associated with the budget, when you select the field a dialog allows you to add or remove existing sub budgets, see Working with sub budgets

  • Reports - this field indicates how many reports are associated with the budget, when you select the field a dialog allows you to add or remove existing reports, see Creating budget reports

  1. When you have finished editing the details select Save to update the system.

Editing budget periods​

You can also manage the budget periods for a budget by using the Budget periods tab.

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  1. Select the button on the action bar.

The button alongside each period allows you to remove it from the list.

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  1. When you have finished editing the budget periods select Save to update the system.

Adding budget periods​

You can also create and add new budget periods by using the Budget periods tab.

  1. Select the more actions button from the action bar.
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  1. Select the Add budget period button to create a new budget period, see Creating budget periods for more information.

  2. When you have finished the new budget period is added to the list.

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Managing budget reports​

You can create the budget reports for a budget by using the Reports tab.

  1. Select the more actions button from the action bar.
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  1. Select Create report to generate another report for the selected budget, see Creating budget reports for more information.