Mass Create/Recommit Budgets/Outlooks

Mass Create/Recommit Budgets/Outlooks enables you to apply three separate budget processes, to all or a range of organizations at once, instead of singly to each one.

Depending on query options, you can:

Identification

Use the fields in this section to create a new parameter ID or to retrieve a previously saved parameter ID. A parameter ID represents a set of screen selection parameters. After you have saved a parameter ID and its related parameters, you can retrieve them using Query.

You can save query parameters for later reuse or for running the process as a scheduled job.   

Parameter ID

Enter a parameter ID of up to 15 alphanumeric characters. Choose characters for your parameter ID that help identify the type of selections you made on the screen.

When you save your record, all the selections made on the screen are stored with the parameter ID.

You can use the parameter to run the process more efficiently because you can select the parameter ID with its previously defined screen selections. After the default selections display on the screen, you can override the defaults.

Description

Enter a parameter description of up to 30 alphanumeric characters.

Parameter ID and Description are only required if Job Management will be used to run the process.

Search Criteria

Use the fields in this section to set the query for the mass processing of budgets/outlooks.

Fiscal Year

Click  to select the fiscal year.

Organization

Select All, One, or Range from the drop-down list. If you select One or Range, use to set the range.

Budget Type

Select Budget or Outlook from the drop-down list.

Approved

If you want to create an outlook for approved budget/outlooks, select this status to enable Create Outlook under Action.

Complete

If you want to commit/recommit a completed budget/outlook, select this status to enable Commit/Recommit under Action.

Incomplete

If you want to commit/recommit an incomplete budget/outlook, select this status to enable Commit/Recommit under Action.

Working

If you want to commit/recommit a working budget/outlook, select this status to enable Commit/Recommit under Action.

Action

Create Outlook

When you select Approved under Search Criteria, this option is selected by default.

Commit/Recommit

When you select Complete, Incomplete, and/or Working under Search Criteria, this option is selected by default.

Subtask

Preview

After you select the search criteria, such as the fiscal year, the organizations (all or a range), and the type of budget (Outlook or Budget) and budget statuses, click this subtask to view the summary of the search criteria you selected and review the Org Budgets that will be affected by running the process.

Click from the toolbar to process your selections.

During processing, Incomplete and Complete budgets are temporarily updated to Working to enable budget recalculations, but the original statuses are reset upon completion. The utility will not process budgets where the setup process is incomplete.

To check the result, click Organization Budgeting » Budget Outlook Processing » Organization Budgets/Outlooks and click from the toolbar. This will refresh the Organization Budget Status grid. Check each Org to verify that the changes have been made.