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== Overview ==
== Overview ==


BudgetLink's powerful budgeting capabilities allows you capture budgets against many dimensions: financial years, periods, accounts, jobs and categories.
[[File:EnterBudgets.png|300px|thumb|right|Budget Entry Screen]]


== How to Enter Budgets into BudgetLink ==
BudgetLink's budgeting capabilities allows you capture budgets against many dimensions: [[Financial Years]], [[Periods]], [[Accounts]], [[Jobs]] and [[Categories]].


To enter budgets, follow these instructions.
To enter budgets, follow these instructions.


# From the menu, click on '''20. Budge entry''';
# From the menu, click on '''20. Budget Entry''';
# Click on '''P&L Budget Entry''' to display the Profit and Loss Budget Entry worksheet (or '''BS Budget Entry''' to display the Balance Sheet Budget Entry worksheet);
# Click on '''P&L Budget Entry''' to display the Profit and Loss Budget Entry worksheet (or '''BS Budget Entry''' to display the Balance Sheet Budget Entry worksheet);
# Click on the '''Customise''' button and make your selection in the dialogue box that appears;
# Click on the '''Customise''' button and make your selection in the dialogue box that appears;
# Once you have made all of your selections, click '''OK''' and the Budget Entry sheet will be refreshed;
# Once you have made all of your selections, click '''OK''' and the Budget Entry sheet will be refreshed;
# Enter your budget amounts for each account for each month.   
# Enter or edit your budget amounts for each account for each month.   
 
You do not need to save anything. As soon as the values are entered, they will be written to the database.


=== Notes ===
=== Notes ===


* You do not need to save anything. As soon as the values are entered, they will be written to the database.
* If the cells show up and yellow that means all the inputs are at the detail level and you can edit the numbers. If they show up as white then it indicates that one of the dimensions includes a header and the numbers cannot be edited at that level
 
 
* If you have already captured budgets they will appear in the budget entry screen and can be edited directly


* You can enter yearly amounts for each account in the Annual column.  Annual amounts will automatically be split evenly across all months in the financial year and the total will appear in the Year column.
* You can enter yearly amounts for each account in the Annual column.  Annual amounts will automatically be split evenly across all months in the financial year and the total will appear in the Year column.


* It is recommended that you use Budget as the version for your main budget. If required, you can [[creating a new budget|create]] additional budget versions for the given financial year.
* It is recommended that you use Budget as the version for your main budget. If required, you can [[Creating a New Budget|create]] additional budget versions for the given financial year.


== Advanced Budget Entry ==
== How to Guides ==


[[Use Source Values to Build Budgets]]
* [[Using Source Values to Build Budgets]]
[[Adjusting Budgets]]
* [[Adjusting Budgets]]


== Related Topics ==
== Related Topics ==
[[Creating a New Budget]]
 
* [[Creating a New Budget|How to create additional budget versions (Ultimate Edition Only)]]
* [[Importing Budgets|How to import Budgets]]
* [[Exporting Budget Data|How to export data ready to import into MYOB]]
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