Adjust Budget Amounts by a Percentage

To adjust your general ledger budget, or increase or decrease the budget for each period, you can adjust the period amounts by a percentage.

To adjust a budget:

  1. In the Period Range fields on the General Ledger Budget form, enter the range of periods for which you want to adjust the budget.
  2. In the Budget grid, select the account that you want to adjust.
  3. On the grid toolbar, click Other Actions > Adjust Budget.
  4. On the Adjusting the Annual Budget dialog box, adjust budgets by a percentage of the annual budget:
    1. In the Percent field, enter a number (for example, enter 10 for 10%).
    2. Click Apply to recalculate the budget for each period by multiplying each period amount by the percentage you entered.
    3. On the grid toolbar, click Reset Annual to recalculate the annual budget based on the adjustments made to the period budgets.
    4. Click Save.