Budgeting in cost accounting resembles budgeting in the general ledger. A cost budget is created based on cost types just as a budget for the general ledger is created based on general ledger accounts.
A cost budget is created for a certain period of time, for example, a fiscal year. You can create as many cost budgets as needed. You can create a new cost budget manually, or by importing a cost budget, or by copying an existing cost budget as the budget base.
Fields
Name
Specifies the name of the cost budget.
Description
Specifies a description of the cost budget.
Allow Modifications From
Specifies the earliest date on which modifications in the cost budget are allowed.
Allow Modifications To
Specifies the last date on which modifications in the cost budget are allowed.
Blocked
Specifies whether the cost budget is blocked. A blocked cost budget can not be changed.
Specifies whether, and if so, which cost dimensions must be specified in the budget (Mandatory) and which cost dimensions must not be specified (Not allowed).
If no specification is selected, the specification of the cost dimension in the budget is optional.
The caption and number of fields displayed depend on how the cost dimensions are set up in the Cost Dimension Setup.
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