Distribute an Annual Amount Evenly Across Periods

One way to enter period-by-period budgets for an account is to enter a total annual budget and have it evenly distributed across all periods in the year. This distribution can be automatic or manual.

Prerequisite: You must have an existing general ledger group with at least one associated budget in the Budgets in Group grid.

To distribute annual budget amounts:

  1. In the Navigation pane, select General Ledger > General Ledger Groups.
  2. Create a general ledger group or open an existing one.
  3. In the Budgets in Group grid, click + Add General Ledger Budget to add one or more budgets that you want to be grouped under the general ledger group.
    The Account Details grid on the Budget tab and the Summarized Budget grid on the Summarized tab automatically populate with all accounts and amounts that are associated with the selected budget.
  4. In the Account Details grid, select an account.
  5. For each detail account that you want to adjust, enter the annual budget value in the Annual field and then click Distribute Annual.
    Any edits that you make to the detail rows roll up to the top row and also update the associated detail budget.
  6. Click Save.

If you have a specific value for an individual period, click Reset Annual. This adds the total of all amounts for each period and updates the value in the Annual field, without affecting the values specified in other periods.