To edit an amount, you can use one of the following commands.

 

Keyboard                Scroll to the period you want to edit and press the Enter key.        

Context Menu                Double left click the grid on the period you want to edit.

 

•When the Budget window is first opened, the budget grid will contain the existing budget amounts.

 

M - Manual budget type from the General Ledger Account Maintenance window. Manual budgeting is used for accounts whose budgeted amounts don't follow a pattern.

 

R - % of Budgeting Reference Account type budgeting is used to budget two accounts whose activity is related, and requires recalculation, which is currently not supported by entrée.

 

L - % of Last Period, this account the start amount and percent entered from the General Ledger Account Maintenance window will be used to calculate new budget amounts. These amounts will automatically be put into the This Year Budget fields. The start amount will be put into period 01. Subsequent periods will have an amount equal to the amount of the previous period times the percent. This type of budgeting is used for accounts that are expected to show a pattern of growth or decline.

 

You should budget sales income (revenue) as a credit by entering a negative number. In general, you should enter a negative amount for any account that normally has a credit balance.