Project budget revision (form)

Article
05/05/2014

Applies To: Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 R3, Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 R2, Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 Feature Pack, Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012

Click Project management and accounting > Common > Projects > All projects. Select or open a project. Then, on the Action Pane, on the Plan tab, in the Budget group, click Project budget. In the Project budget form, on the Action Pane, on the Budget tab, in the Revise group, click New revision.

Use this form to make revisions to a previously approved project budget.

Note

The left pane in the Projects form displays the parent project and its subprojects. If you select a subproject, the information in the Project budget revision form is about that subproject only. If you select the parent project, the form information is about the parent project and all its subprojects.

Tasks that use this form

Revise and submit a project budget

Navigating the form

The following tables provide descriptions for the controls in this form.

Note

This form may contain workflow buttons. For more information about workflow buttons, see Workflow actions.

Tabs (Action pane)

Tab	Description
Budget	Allocate proposed budget revision amounts over a period of time. View and modify proposed budget revision allocations.
General	Export data to Microsoft Excel or view, open, or review attachments to the record.

Tabs (lower pane)

Tab	Description
Costs	Enter, revise, or delete projected cost lines for the budget.
Revenues	Enter, revise, or delete projected revenue lines for the budget.

Buttons

Button	Description
Allocate budget	Set the parameters for a new allocation, allocate the budget revisions equally across the time periods that you select, and then open a form to review the allocation and, if you have to, adjust the amounts.
Hour forecast	Enter hour forecast transaction revisions for the project.
Expense forecast	Enter expense forecast transaction revisions for the project.
Item forecast	Enter item forecast transaction revisions for the project.
Fee forecast	Enter fee forecast transaction revisions for the project.
Project budget balances	Open the Project budget balances form to view the details of budgeted and actual revenues and costs for the project.
Export to Excel	Export information from the form into Microsoft Excel.
Attachments	View documents that are already attached to a selected record, or attach documents to the selected record.
Submit	Submit the project budget revisions to workflow for approval. Note The Submit button is only available when you create a new project budget revision.
Actions	Select the appropriate action for the project budget workflow. The options that are available depend on the workflow status and user permissions. Approve – Approve the project budget revision. Reject – Reject the project budget and return the proposal to the worker who created it. Delegate – Assign the project budget approval function to another worker. View history – View the workflow history of the project budget revision. Resubmit – Resubmit the project budget revision for approval after you make changes that were requested when the project budget revision was rejected. Recall – Permanently stop the workflow and cancel the proposed revisions. Note The Actions button appears after a project budget has been submitted.
New	Add a cost or revenue transaction line to the project original budget.
Delete	Delete a transaction line from the project budget.
Modify uncommitted allocation	Modify the allocation for a project budget revision that has not been submitted.

Fields

Fields	Description
Revision ID	The project budget revision ID that was generated by the system.
External reference	Enter information to track any document or any artifact that is related to the revision.
Revision date	Enter the time and date of the project budget revision.
Description	Enter a name for the project budget revision.
Requested date	Enter the time and date when a response to the project budget revision is expected by.
Revision workflow status	The status of a project budget revision in workflow.
Type	Select whether a customer, worker, or vendor is the source for the budget revision. Note The selection that you make in this field affects the options in the Requested by field.
Requested by	Select the name of the customer or vendor who is responsible for the budget revision.
Project	The project ID of the project for which the budget revision is being created.
Activity	Select a project activity for the cost or revenue transaction.
Transaction type	Select the transaction type for the cost or revenue transaction.
Category	Select the category for the cost or revenue transaction.
Previous approved budget	The amount in the previously approved budget for the cost or revenue transaction.
Revision amount	Enter a revision amount for the cost or revenue transaction. To reduce an approved amount, enter a negative amount.
New budget	The sum of the previously approved budget amounts and the revisions that have not yet been approved.
Total previous approved budget	The sum of all previously approved amounts for the project.
Total budget revision	The sum of all the budget revisions.
New total budget	The sum of all previously approved budget amounts for the project in addition to the revisions.