Budget Template

Overview

Purpose: This is the primary tool used for managing Budgets. This tool can be downloaded and customized in your local environment.

Filters

Template Setup

The Build Based On and Account Level filters are used to set up the template. They determine where initial data is pulled from and at what level the district will be budgeted. Once data is pulled, filters will be hidden from the report.

Build Based On

Required. There is a drop-down filter that includes Retain User Input, Last Saved/Upload, Base Year and "Reset(Clear All Data)". This parameter controls what data is pulled and what is cleared on a pull in the YYYY Budget Input section. Each selection is explained in detail below.

• Retain User Input - After the initial run/pull, the Build Based On parameter will automatically be set to Retain User Input, preserving any file changes. Values in the YYYY Budget Input section and formulas entered by the user will not be overridden. This is the default parameter after an initial run/pull.
• Last Saved/Upload - This will bring the last saved amounts into the YYYY Budget Input section. It will replace and/or clear values and formulas that haven't been saved.
• Base Year - This will bring in the "Base Year" amounts just as the YYYY Actuals & Projections section does into the YYYY Budget Input section. It will replace and/or clear any values and formulas that haven't been saved.
• Reset (Clear All Data) - This will clear all data related to the distict, including from the budget user input section. When running this option, select "Clear" in the "Pull Datal Control" window.

Account Level

Required. Used in pulling data to determine the default account level at which the detail is summarized. The drop-down filter includes the choice of Summary (xxxxx) or Full GL Account (xxxxx-xxx-xx).

• Summary (xxxxx) will summarize detail at the natural account level.
• Full GL Account (xxxxx-xxx-xx) will show Account, System, and Sub-System.

Other Required Filters

The following additional required and optional filters are described below:

• District - Required. Designates the individual district. You cannot use district ranges or groupings.
• Budget Year - Required. The year currently being budgeted for.
• Base Year - Required. Used in the pull. The drop-down filter ranges from Aug Proj -> Dec Act
  
  

Additional Filters

• Retain Comments - Required. This drop-down filter includes Yes and No. If you choose Yes, pulling on the report will not clear unsaved comments.
• Currency - Optional. Blank defaults to your home district currency. Other options are USD and CAD.
• Insert at End - Required. Drop-down filter includes Yes and No. If set to Yes, new accounts get added at the bottom of their grouping.
  
  

Input Field Explanations

Base Year and Fincube

The Base Year drop-down filter changes how Actuals and Projections for the current year are pulled in from Fincube. For example, the screenshot below shows the Aug Proj option, which pulled in Actuals from January -> July, and Projections from August -> December.

If we change the Base Year to Aug Act, August will pull in as Actual instead.

How Templates Work

When coming into the template, users will have the option to set the starting point by selecting how data is popuated into YYYY Budget Inputs, as well as the Account Level at which the detail is populated. Once the report is pulled these filter options will no longer be avalible.

If a new account is added to the Template, how Insert at End is set dictates whether the account gets placed normally, in order, or gets inserted at the end.

For example, if 50045-600-00 is added to the Template while Insert at End is set to No, it is placed between the 50036 and 50050 accounts.

Summary and Detail level accounts

A new feature to the Budget Template is the ability to pull/save to Detail and Summary level accounts at the same time.

Pulling Summary and Detail levels together

Since rows are retained by default, even after you've chosen the Summary template you can still add detail rows. Simply insert additional rows beneath the account, copy the row to include the formulas and enter the system and subsystem values in thier respective columns. The data will populate when the report is pulled again.

In the screenshot below, we see four account combinations for the 36009 account. And after the data is pulled, we see those rows populated

Saving Summary and Detail levels together

When saving with Summary and Detail level accounts on the same template, the Summary level accounts are saved to the 000-00 version of the summarized account. Any missing detail level accounts already in the database will be zeroed out.

Things to Remember

• If you delete other accounts from the template, they will be zeroed out as well (even if they do not have a summary level account present in the template).
• When saving with a Summary level account (only Acct is present), you cannot also save to the same account with 000-00 included. The save thinks the two accounts are the same, and they will be marked as duplicates.

The Autocalcs

The majority of accounts in your template will be marked Manual Input in the Bud Method column (column J). Some of the other accounts will have something different in this column and are considered Autocalcs.

There are many different types of Autocalcs, but the main thing to know is that you cannot edit them with the Budget Template. These accounts are managed by Corporate. Notice also that any Manual Input account is highlighted yellow, and the Autocalcs are grayed out.

Autocalc Handling
It is best practice to set your Autocalc input columns to equal the last saved columns from Interject. That way your your inputs will automatically update when assumptions are changed, and your EBITDA will tie out.

Do I have security rights to Save from the Budget Template?

To find if you can save to the Budget Template, please check out the Tools Controlled by the Control Center page.

After Corp Cutoff and after BOD

After Corp Cutoff

If you save to Budget After Corp Cutoff, the numbers will still be updated in Target Center 2.0. However, they will not be synced through to Interject.

In this example, the Corp Cutoff date in Control Center is set to 11/3/2018.

We then try and upload a change to Budget using the Budget Template tool (after this date), and get the following popup message.

Notice our changes have been saved to Target Center 2.0, but they are not yet synced to Interject. Once the Corp Cutoff date is set to a Date/Time after our change or BOD, this change will be synced to Interject.

We can use the the new UnsyncedChanges in the Budget Change Query Tool tab to see our changes in Target Center 2.0.

After BOD

Once BOD for a Budget Year has been created, any save from the Budget Template will not automatically sync to Interject again, just like After Corp Cutoff. While it is not in Interject, it is in Target Center 2.0 and can be checked using the UnsyncedChanges tab in the Budget Change Query Tool.

Once Corporate has versioned your change, the Budget amount will be sycned through to Interject.

Common Save Errors

The template you are using is not current. You need to get a new template from the Report Library.

The district is locked at a level higher than what you have access to. Work with your supervisor to unlock the file to your level.

Other Possible Save Errors