4Reports and Inquiry
Option 1Budget Analysis Report
This report is provided to present budget performance. Budget amounts are compared to actual amounts for each budget type, account, and fiscal year, and are reported in cumulative or net monthly amounts. The following processing steps accomplish this job.
- Step 1You can use this function to specify whether you want net or cumulative amounts to be printed on the Budget Analysis report.
The screen shown below allows you to enter parameters needed for the Budget Analysis report.
Report screen

Data items for the preceding screen are described below:
- Print Net or Cumulative Amounts
Upper case, up to 3 characters Letters only Valid: NET, CUM Required Carries forward in ADD mode
Define the code that identifies the terms in which the balances are to be printed.
- NET
- Month-to-date net activity
- CUM
- Year-to-date cumulative amounts
Press ENTER to save the information on this screen.
- Step 2In preparation for performing a sort/selection process on the Budget Amounts information, this step provides you with a default sequencing of data records by Budget Type, Account, and Fiscal year, giving additional sort order choice by Account Component, with the option to change modifiable parameters at run time. Selection of data records is provided by Budget Type, Account, Account Component, and Fiscal Year, with the option to enter user-specified comparisons at run time.
- Step 3This disposition type is used for all standard General Ledger reports.
- Step 4According to previously specified criteria, this step actually performs the desired selection and/or sorting process.
- Step 5In order to print the Budget Analysis Report, this step formats the Budget Amounts information. The following data items are shown: Fiscal Year, SOY, Budget Compared to Actual, Month Descriptor, Monthly Balances, Monthly Amounts, EOY, Monthly Amount, and Monthly Net Amount. As appropriate, group headings appear whenever a change occurs in Account.
A sample output is shown below:
Expert Computing, Inc.
11/08/94 16:59 LGG Page: 1
Budget Analysis Report
NET MONTHLY TOTALS
Actual Budget % of Budget Actual Budget % of Budget
=================================================================================================================================
Budget Type FY89 Budget FY89 Operating Budget
Account 3010001001MA Sales, Manufacturing
Fiscal Year 89
SOY 0.00 0.00
Dec 294,081.59- 333,333.33- 88.22
Jun 404,744.38- 333,333.33- 121.42 Jan 412,740.46- 333,333.33- 123.82
Jul 417,700.15- 333,333.33- 125.31 Feb 273,507.10- 333,333.34- 82.05
Aug 346,774.40- 333,333.33- 104.03 Mar 362,910.19- 333,333.34- 108.87
Sep 355,911.28- 333,333.33- 106.77 Apr 377,486.22- 333,333.34- 113.25
Oct 420,149.51- 333,333.33- 126.04 May 370,861.59- 333,333.34- 111.26
Nov 290,440.98- 333,333.33- 87.13
EOY 0.00 0.00 0.00
Account 3010001001WH Sales, Wholesale
Fiscal Year 89
SOY 0.00 0.00
Dec 206,652.54- 200,000.00- 103.33
Jun 255,325.08- 200,000.00- 127.66 Jan 201,105.20- 200,000.00- 100.55
Jul 253,667.02- 200,000.00- 126.83 Feb 234,003.25- 200,000.00- 117.00
Aug 235,878.76- 200,000.00- 117.94 Mar 228,069.70- 200,000.00- 114.03
Sep 230,528.71- 200,000.00- 115.26 Apr 238,886.72- 200,000.00- 119.44
Oct 210,676.51- 200,000.00- 105.34 May 243,884.07- 200,000.00- 121.94
Nov 199,757.45- 200,000.00- 99.88
EOY 0.00 0.00 0.00
Account 3010002001MA Sales, Canadian Manufacturing
Fiscal Year 89
SOY 0.00 0.00
Dec 171,171.30- 166,666.67- 102.70
Jun 186,467.13- 166,666.67- 111.88 Jan 168,505.05- 166,666.67- 101.10
Jul 171,514.96- 166,666.67- 102.91 Feb 146,402.38- 166,666.66- 87.84
Aug 141,603.62- 166,666.67- 84.96 Mar 172,412.86- 166,666.66- 103.45
Sep 156,834.44- 166,666.67- 94.10 Apr 174,496.86- 166,666.66- 104.70
Oct 164,460.58- 166,666.67- 98.68 May 193,811.50- 166,666.66- 116.29
Nov 153,384.20- 166,666.67- 92.03
EOY 0.00 0.00 0.00