Help ELMA Projects+
×
Menu

Project Budget Page

There are two ways to open the project budget page:
Only the users with access permissions can work with the budget. Access permissions to view and manage the project budget are assigned by the project administrator, manager or supervisor on the project page, by clicking Actions – Access Permissions.
Fig. 3 shows an example of the project budget page.
Fig. 3. Projects section. Budget page

Top menu buttons

Go to the current project page.
Send the project budget version for Approval. This button is available only if the project type has the respective settings.
Edit the project budget.
When you click Add or , a drop down menu opens, which allows you to add an actual value of a project revenue expense.
When you click Actions or a drop down menu opens, which allows you to:
1. Copy the current budget version to a new Draft version.
2. Create a new (blank) project budget version.
When creating a draft of copying the project budget into a draft, a dialogue box appears where you can enter the name of the draft (fig.4). To make it more convenient, the draft name can be generated from a template that is configured in  the project type.
Fig. 4. Create New Draft dialogue box
When you click the button, a dialogue box with available variables opens.
3. Export the project budget to an Excel file.
4. Delete the current budget version.

Budget page tabs

The project budget page includes the following tabs: Budget , About the version , Versions . The active tab is white.
Budget tab
This tab displays:
Project budget chart
Project budget chart is a graphical representation of fact/plan values of project revenues/expenses over the selected period (fig. 8).
Fig. 8. Project budget chart
The budget chart consists of points (table row values), which are placed along the time axis and connected to each other. Each point represent a separate plan/fact value of the project revenue or expense at a given time. Points from one table row are connected with a dashed or full line of a particular color. These lines reflect the value changes dynamics. The current time is marked on the chart with a green vertical line.
When you mouse over one of the points, a pop-up is displayed. It contains the information on plan/fact values of revenues/expenses on the selected date (fig. 9).
Fig. 9. Project budget chart. Pop-up window
When you click one of the points, the plan/fact value in the table below are filtered for this date (fig. 10).
Fig. 10. Data table. Filtering by date
The legend is below the budget chart. It contains the rows headers and their graphic representation on the chart:
Be default, all the rows are didsplayed in the chart (their names are inside the yellow blocks). You can hide some of the rows on the chart, if necessary. To do so, click the name of the required row in the legend (the selected name will be highlighted grey) (fig. 11).
Fig. 11. Project budget diagram with hidden rows
To change the data display mode of the chart, use the and buttons of the toolbar. To hide the chart, click on the toolbar. After that, the button will look like this and . Click the button one more time to show the chart again. To learn more about budget toolbar, see the respective section.
List of planned/fact values of revenues and expenses
The budget is divided into three groups: "Revenue, inpayments", "Expense, outpayments", "Result". Each group contains the list of project phases. This list depends on the project type.
All the values are in the table (fig. 12), grouped by phases.
Fig. 12. List of planned/fact values of revenues and expenses. Grouping by phases
By default, this table displays:
To change the grouping of values in the table, use the toolbar buttons:
The active grouping option is highlighted yellow.
When you group data by items, the table looks like this (fig. 13):
Fig. 13. List of planned/fact values of revenues and expenses. Grouping by items
To change the set of columns in the table, mouse over one of the columns and click to open a menu (fig.) for configuring the set of table columns. Check/uncheck the boxes of the required columns.
Fig. 14. Table column settings
Project budget toolbar
Hide/Show the project budget chart. When this button is active, it is highlighted dark yellow. Click on the button to change the display mode.
When you click this button, a menu pops up, which allows you to select the period for displaying data on the budget chart:
  • week;
  • month;
  • quarter;
  • half year;
  • year (fig. 15);
  • all period (fig. 8).
You can group data within the selected period.
When you click this button, a menu pops up, which allows you to select data grouping option:
  • week;
  • month;
  • quarter (fig. 16);
  • half year (fig. 17).
Buttons, available in this menu, depends on the selected period.
Show all the planned/fact values of revenues and expenses in the data table (reset filter). When active, this button is dark yellow.
Group data in the table by phases (fig. 12). When active, this button is dark yellow.
Group data in the table by items (fig. 13). When active, this button is dark yellow.
Consider the previous period, when calculating the planned/fact balance. When active, this button is dark yellow.
Go to the current period.
Select the date, to go to its period.
Fig. 15. Project budget chart. Year period
Fig. 16. Project budget chart. Year period. Quarter grouping mode
Fig. 17. Project budget chart. Year period. Half Year grouping mode

Copyright © 2006–2019 ELMA