Create a Budget Planner Report

If you want a budget planner report that looks like this example, follow the steps listed below.

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Report period  mm/ccyy
Period ending  mm/dd/ccyy
All amounts converted to US currency
All amounts rounded to ONES

GL acct

Description

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

05/yy

06/yy

07/yy

08/yy

09/yy

10/yy

11/yy

12/yy

01/yy

542

COGS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BUDG:

170,000

370,000

500,000

500,000

800,000

900,000

730,000

120,000

50,000

ACT:

160,878

363,888

513,104

493,574

792,141

861,963

727,835

104,173

20,732

VAR:

9,122

6112

13,104-

6426

7859

38037

2165

15827

29268

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

820

State taxes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BUDG:

15,000

15,000

15,000

15,000

15,000

15,000

15,000

15,000

15,000

ACT:

12,987

13,203

11,202

15,099

16,132

15,656

14,876

14,132

14,323

VAR:

2013

1797

3798

99

132-

656-

124

868

677

 

  1. Use the Financial Reports Format Maintenance (GFM) program to create a format like this:

Seq

Print

Accounts

Total 1

Type

Total to add to

Line desc

Spaces to indent

Lines to space

Under-line

100

Y

542

 

E

 

COGS

 

0

 

200

Y

820

 

E

 

State taxes

 

0

 

Note
The accounts in this example are from a sample database; yours will be different.

  1. Use the Financial Reports Header Maintenance (GHH) program to set these parameters:

Report type

Round option

Include commas?

Credit sign

H

1

Cleared

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  1. Use the GL Budget Maintenance (GBM) program to enter budget data for all accounts in the report.

  2. Use the Financial Reports Print (GP) program to print the report, using these parameters:

Report type

Exclude zero amounts?

Beginning period
Ending period

H

Cleared

First period in the year
Last period in the year