Difference between revisions of "How to copy Budgets from one installation to another"

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# Start the old installation of BudgetLink;
# Start the old installation of BudgetLink;
# '''[[Creating_Budget_Templates|Create Budget Templates]]''' containing your budget data;
# '''[[Creating_Budget_Templates|Create Budget Templates]]''' containing your budget data;
##Make sure that you '''click on Customise button''' to choose the budget and the year you want to copy from;
## Make sure that you '''click on Customise button''' to choose the budget and the year you want to copy from;
#Save the workbook in a location so that you can access from new installation;
#Save the workbook in a location so that you can access from new installation;
# Now Start the new installation to which you want the budgets to be copied into;
# Now Start the new installation to which you want the budgets to be copied into;
# Follow the steps to  '''[[From a Budget Template|Import Budgets]]''';
# Follow the steps to  '''[[From a Budget Template|Import Budgets]]''';
# When prompted choose the budget from the template you just saved.
# When prompted choose the budget from the template you just saved.

Latest revision as of 17:36, 18 October 2015

Overview

If you are installing a new version, the budgets get copied automatically if you choose the Upgrade process rather than a New Installation process.

If this is not possible then you can copy budgets across using the steps below.

  1. Start the old installation of BudgetLink;
  2. Create Budget Templates containing your budget data;
    1. Make sure that you click on Customise button to choose the budget and the year you want to copy from;
  3. Save the workbook in a location so that you can access from new installation;
  4. Now Start the new installation to which you want the budgets to be copied into;
  5. Follow the steps to Import Budgets;
  6. When prompted choose the budget from the template you just saved.