The screen allows you to add the service item to the specific budget or edit the existing item.
Key fields are carried from the Budget screen.
Date Entry Fields
These fields enable you to enter data specific to the service item that you are adding in the budget.
Employee:
Each employee has a unique ID. This is a key field that links projects, time, expenses, invoices and reports to particular employees. Click to display a list to choose the employee from.
Employee Group:
ID of the employee group. It is the ID of the group to which the employee belongs. Either the Employee ID or the Employee Group can be displayed in the same row.
Activity:
An ID that uniquely defines an Activity.
Activity Group:
ID of the activity group. You cannot enter both Activity ID and Activity Group at the same time. Budgeting for an activity group rather than individual activities is a great time saver.
Description:
The activity description brought forward from activity codes screen. When a single activity is budgeted, it defaults to the description of the activity code. When a group is budgeted, it defaults to "All Activities".
Hrs:
The number of hours being budgeted.
Cost Rate:
The default cost rate for the activity brought forward from the Activity screen. However, you can change it here as well.
Rate:
The bill rate assigned to the combination of employee/employee group and activity/activity group.
% Done:
This value shows the percentage of budget being used up or done for the service item.
Tax 1/2/3:
Taxes that can be assigned to a service. Up to three taxes can be assigned per service. These taxes are assigned to each time entry when recorded. They are summed and used to compute the charge amount of the time entry.
Custom 1/2/3:
Custom fields hold up to 50 characters each describing the line item uniquely. The custom text boxes enable you to record additional information regarding the line item of Estimate. The caption of Custom 1/2/3 labels can be changed in Custom Labels.
Amount: (Read Only)
It is automatically calculated using the formula: Hours x Rate
Actual Amount:
The actual service amount spent on the assigned project. It is calculated as B-Hours x Bill Rate.
These values are updated in real-time and show you how much of your budget has been spent. No longer do you have to visit other screens or run reports to know where you stand on each budget line item. This field is available only when a budget is associated with a project and launched from the Project screen.
Actual Cost:
The actual service-related costs incurred on the assigned project. It is calculated as Actual Hours x Cost Rate.
These values are updated in real-time and show you how much the project is costing you. No longer do you have to visit other screens or run reports to know where you stand on each budget line item. This field is available only when a budget is associated with a project and launched from the Project screen.
Cost Amount:
The total cost of the budgeted service line item. This amount is calculated as Hours x Cost Rate.
Memo:
Enter the text for the service item of the budget.
Date/Time Stamp :
Click to insert a add Date/Time stamp into the memo.
Additional Fields
Show Vendors:
Select this option to view the vendors in the Employee ID drop-down list.
Approved:
When selected, the budget is approved for use with projects. Only users with full access security permissions can approve a budget or modify it after being approved
Rates from Activity:
When selected, this ensures that the rates for the activities in the Budget are fetched from the Activity Table.
Help:
Opens the Web Suite Help in the Budget section.
Print:
Opens the corresponding report enabling you to print, preview or cancel the report.
Update:
Enables you to save the modified information in the current budget.
Return:
Closes the screen and takes you to the Budget screen.