APPX Software Library

4Reports and Inquiry

Option 4Budget 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.

  1. 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 below allows you to enter parameters needed for the Budget Analysis report.

Budget Analysis Report screen

The General Ledger Budget Analysis Report Screen
Figure 41

Data items for the preceding screen are described below:

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.

  1. 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.
  2. Step 3This disposition type is used for all standard General Ledger reports.
  3. Step 4According to previously specified criteria, this step actually performs the desired selection and/or sorting process.
  4. Step 5In order to print the budge 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.
11/03/94 15:41                                                                                                     LGG Page:   1
                                                      Budget Analysis Report


                                                        NET MONTHLY TOTALS

              Actual           Budget      % of Budget                                 Actual           Budget      % of Budget
=================================================================================================================================

Budget Type FA Budget 90 FY90 Fixed Asset Budget

Account 1130001000  Land
                                                         Fiscal Year  90
  SOY     650,000.00             0.00
                                                                           Dec                            0.00
  Jun           0.00             0.00             0.00                     Jan                            0.00
  Jul           0.00             0.00             0.00                     Feb                            0.00
  Aug           0.00             0.00             0.00                     Mar                            0.00
  Sep                            0.00                                      Apr                            0.00
  Oct                            0.00                                      May                            0.00
  Nov                            0.00
                                                                           EOY                            0.00

Account 1130002000  Land, Canadian
                                                         Fiscal Year  90
  SOY     514,767.12             0.00
                                                                           Dec                            0.00
  Jun           0.00             0.00             0.00                     Jan                            0.00
  Jul           0.00             0.00             0.00                     Feb                            0.00
  Aug           0.00             0.00             0.00                     Mar                            0.00
  Sep                            0.00                                      Apr                            0.00
  Oct                            0.00                                      May                            0.00
  Nov                            0.00
                                                                           EOY                            0.00

Account 1140001000  Buildings
                                                         Fiscal Year  90
  SOY     410,000.00             0.00
                                                                           Dec                            0.00
  Jun           0.00             0.00             0.00                     Jan                            0.00
  Jul           0.00             0.00             0.00                     Feb                            0.00
  Aug           0.00             0.00             0.00                     Mar                            0.00
  Sep                            0.00                                      Apr                      140,000.00
  Oct                            0.00                                      May                            0.00
  Nov                      250,000.00
                                                                           EOY                            0.00