Project budget carry-forward process (form)

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 > Periodic > Budgets > Carry forward budgets.

Use this form at the end of the year to carry forward any remaining project budget amounts to future years and, optionally, to transfer those amounts to the associated general ledger accounts.

Task that uses this form

Carry forward project budgets at year-end

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

Buttons

Button

Description

Batch

Open the Batch processing form, where you can set up and schedule the year-end process to run at a later date and time.

Retrieve all budgets

Retrieve the remaining budgets from all projects that are set up to allow remaining budgets to be carried forward.

Retrieve selected budgets

Open the Project budget carry-forward inquiry form, where you can create a database query. The query lets you select the remaining budgets that you want to retrieve from among the projects that are set up to allow remaining budgets to be carried forward.

View budget details

Open the Project budget form, where you can view the details of the budget for the selected project.

View accounts

Open the Budget updates form, where you can view the effect of the transfer on general ledger accounts.

Process

Carry forward the remaining budget amounts for the selected projects. You can decide to create budget register details in the general ledger for any amounts that you carry forward.

Fields

Fields

Description

Carry forward remaining project budget amounts

Select this check box to carry forward any budget amounts that have not been used at the end of the year. This setting applies only to the project budgets that are selected in the grid.

Create budget register entries in general ledger

Select this check box to generate budget register details in the general ledger for any remaining budget amounts that are carried forward. This check box is available only when the Carry forward remaining project budget amounts check box is selected.

Note

If the Project check box in the General ledger parameters form is selected, the general ledger entries are created as processed budget register details. If the Project check box is cleared, the general ledger transactions are created as unprocessed budget register details.

Project budget year

Select the year that you want to display the remaining project budgets for.

Profit and loss

Select this check box to transfer profit and loss transactions to the general ledger.

This check box is available only when the Create budget register entries in general ledger check box is selected.

WIP

Select this check box to transfer WIP transactions to the general ledger.

This check box is available only when the Create budget register entries in general ledger check box is selected.

Payroll allocation

Select this check box to transfer payroll allocation transactions to the general ledger.

This check box is available only when the Create budget register entries in general ledger check box is selected.

Calendar

The general ledger calendar that contains the year that you want the remaining project budget amounts to be carried forward from.

Opening fiscal year

Select the year that you want the remaining project budget amounts to be carried forward to.

Carry-forward period

Select the general ledger period that you want the remaining project budget amounts to be transferred to.

This check box is available only when the Create budget register entries in general ledger check box is selected.

From forecast model

Select the remaining project forecast model to retrieve budget information from.

To ledger budget model

Select the ledger budget model to transfer budget amounts to.

This check box is available only when the Create budget register entries in general ledger check box is selected.

Transfer sales currency

Select this check box to use the project sales currency for the transfer; clear the check box to use the standard accounting currency.

This check box is available only when the Create budget register entries in general ledger check box is selected.

Show zero remaining

Select this check box to display in the grid projects that have no remaining budget but that meet all other selection criteria.

Project ID

The project that the budget is attached to.

Project name

The name of the project.

Activity number

The identification number that is assigned to the project activity and associated with the project budget entry.

Budget type

The type of budget that is held by the forecast model for this project.

Transaction type

The transaction type that is associated with the project budget entry.

Category

The category that is associated with the project budget entry.

Total budget

The sum of the original budget and any revisions for the project, transaction type, activity, and category.

Remaining budget

The budget amount that is available to be carried forward.

See also

Carry forward project budgets at year-end

Project budget balances (form)

Submit a batch processing job from a form

General ledger preview (form)

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