Summary:

This article has instructions on how to create, delete, and edit dynamic budgets. To manage dynamic budgets, you must have at least one of the following user rights: 

• Manage budgets
• Activate budgets
• Manage budget rules
• Activate budget rules

Instructions:

1. Click > Data Management to access all data management options. 
2. Under the General section, click Budgets.
3. To create a budget, click Create. 
   1. Add the basic data for the new budget. 
   2. Click Save. 
   3. Click the Budget rules tab > Add rule. 
   4. Add coding values. When the defined values are used for a purchase requisition, this budget is automatically used for it. 
4. To activate the budget rule, click the Budget rules tab > Activate. 
   The budget rule is now active. However, you must activate the budget before it can be applied to purchase requisitions.
5. To activate the budget, click Activate in the title bar. 
   The budget is now active. The budget is now automatically applied to all new purchase requisitions that match the active budget rules.

• To deactivate a budget rule, click the Budget rules tab and then Deactivate.
• To deactivate a budget, click Deactivate in the title bar.
• After deactivating a budget, you can archive it. To do so, click the down arrow next to Activate > Archive.

Budgets management page with newly created budget:

Budget rules with new rule added:

After a rule is activated, the user can activate the budget to start using the rule:

After the budget's useful life, the user can deactivate and then archive the budget so that it is no longer in use: