Budget Template Tab

This section includes the fields and descriptions for the Budget Template tab.

Budget Island

Field Description
Name In this field, specify the name of the budget template line.
Description In this field, enter a description of the budget template line.
Budget Type This field displays the budget type of the selected budget model, specified in the Budget Models workspace.
Budgets Created This field states whether or not the finance budgets have been created from this budget template. Most of the budget template settings/fields can be set and updated until the finance budgets have been created. When that happens, most settings/fields become closed and can no longer be changed by the user.

Budget Model Island

Field Description
Budget Model Use this field to enter the name of the budget model you wish to post journal entries to. This field is mandatory. The description of the budget model is transferred from the Budget Models workspace. The budget model will automatically be created when the budget template is complete and finance budgets are created from the template.
Posting Reference In this field, you can enter a dimension combination of the type Posting Reference. The dimension combination of the posting reference will be used for posting the balance of the budget when the budget is approved.
Allow Unbalanced Journals This is used in combination with the Posting Reference field. This field must be set in order to post the budget balance on the posting reference.

Fiscal Year Island

Field Description
Fiscal Year In this field, specify the fiscal year used in the current budget model.
Fiscal Year Template No. In this field, specify the fiscal year template number.

Currency Island

Field Description
Exchange Rate Table This field, and the Exchange Rate Date field, specifies the exchange rate table and date used for all currency conversions in all budgets created from this template.
Exchange Rate Date This field, and the Exchange Rate Table field, specifies the exchange rate table and date used for all currency conversions in all budgets created from this template.

User Island

See the chapter "Getting Started" for a description of the fields in the User Island.