A click on any number in the Planning screen opens the side panel for that period.
In the "Plan" tab, the "Create budget" dialog can be opened.
The budget dialog is divided into two areas: an information area (e.g. development of the category, relevant actual transactions) and an action area (entering the budget data).
Information area
Display of the development of the respective category over the last six months (L6M) as a chart. Below it, all assigned actual transactions are listed, which can be filtered with the search field if needed. The blue arrow lets you adopt a desired transaction directly into the plan dialog to make entry easier.
Action area
Suggested values, e.g. the category's amount from the last month and averages of the last 3 or 6 months, can be adopted directly.
Important input fields:
Name: Unique name for the budget.
Amount: Planned value for month and category (positive amounts for inflows, negative for outflows).
Rule: Defines for which periods the plan amount should apply (e.g. current month only or recurring).
Payment on the day on which the inflow or outflow is expected.
Possible budgets:
Recurring budgets with a fixed end date
Dynamic budgets that adjust automatically to Actuals
Intercompany budgets, budgets that are created as mirror images in a company within the same user account (available with the Consolidation add-on)
In the Planning screen, the Forecast is displayed automatically. At the start, it is empty.
The basis for the Forecast is the mapped actual transactions.
Ideally, all transactions are mapped beforehand.
In the planning table, you can enter which inflows and outflows are expected for the current and coming months.
A click on the respective number opens a side panel with further details.