Baseline

The Baseline identifies the budget baseline. This 30 character field should be as descriptive as possible as all budgeting refers to a specific baseline. It represents a specific period at which

the budgets, actuals and commitments are compared. It is mandatory.

On this tab the following fields can be viewed:

This button allows a new budget baseline to be added.

The apply button saves the list of dates that have been scheduled for 'action'.

This baseline schedule provides a list of dates which may be selected and copied to the list of Scheduled Dates. These are dates on which the company will take snapshots of the data.

They will usually coincide with 'month ends'. The database administrator should use these dates to schedule the required tasks - e.g. downloads, uploads, or budget copies.

This button allows the description of the budget baseline to be changed.

This indicator shows the user whether this baseline is a company created baseline ( a formal baseline) or (just) a user created baseline that is not for official company reporting. Once this indicator has been checked and records exist for this baseline, it may not be unchecked.

This button allows the budget baseline to be deleted. The budget baseline may not be deleted if records exist for this baseline.

This is the description of the budget baseline.

These are dates on which the company will take snapshots of the data. They will usually coincide with 'month ends'. The database administrator should use these dates to schedule the required tasks - e.g. downloads, uploads, or budget copies.