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Project Monitor v7.7 Knowledge Center
Project Monitor v7.7 Knowledge Center
Understanding budgets

Understanding budgets

The budget concept

Expense items can be allocated :

  • At project level
  • At project phase level

This choice depends on the platform settings. Enter budgetEnter budget

Expense items can be planned:

  • Per month
  • Per quarter
  • Per year

scheduling can be :

  • Manual The total amount is to be divided manually between the start and end dates of the phase.
  • Manual last period The entire amount is entered on the last period.
  • Linear over working days The total amount is automatically prorated over the working days.
  • Linear over calendar days The total amount is automatically prorated over the calendar days.
  • Straight-line with integration of completed over due periods The planned is replaced by the completed for past periods. The remaining work (overall planned amount - cumulated completed amount) is distributed linearly over future periods and the current period Linear with integration of the completed amount over the current period : The planned is replaced by the completed over past periods and the current period . The remaining work (overall planned amount - cumulated completed amount) is allocated to future periods on a straight-line basis.
  • Manual - Copy completed periods due planned is replaced by Invoiced for past periods. The remaining work (total planned amount [Total column] - cumulative Invoiced amount (up to but not including the current period )) must be entered manually for future periods and the current period .

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Budget consolidation

Budget consolidation
Budget consolidation
  1. Budgets for the same category are added together.
  2. Subtotals will be calculated according to the grouping criterion selected.
    • By phase
    • By type
    • By budget
    • By envelope
    • By analytical axis
  3. Subtotal (by analytical axis)
  4. Project total
  5. Buttons FoldFold /  UnfoldUnfold multiple fold levels (total, subtotal, detail)
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