Converting budget information

After you review or modify the budget conversion options that you defined on Budget Interface Maintenance (FB65.1), you can convert non-Lawson budget data. Use this procedure to convert budget information to the General Ledger application.

Run Budget Interface (FB165).

Use these guidelines to specify the field values:

Run Group

Select a run group name you defined on Conversion Budget (FB65.1) that you will convert the budget data.

Report

Select how the budget defined in the run group is updated when you run FB165. The default is Report Only (R), which only prints the report. You can select Update and Report (U) to update the budget and print the report.

Update

Select how the accounts for the budget defined in the run group are updated. Select from these options:

  • Merge (M): Adds the conversion amount to the existing budget detail records

  • Replace (R): Replaces the existing budget detail records with the conversion amount

  • Ignore Duplicate (I): Does not update the existing budget detail records with the conversion amount. This is the default option.

Conversion Method

You can convert budgets by accounting unit or by level. The default setting is Both.

Select Accounting Unit (A) to convert budgets by company and accounting unit.

Select Level (L) to convert budgets by company and level.

Bypass Organization Code

Select whether the system searches for a valid Organizational Code defined in GL08.1 or converts the transactions to accounting units or levels. The default setting is No.

Bypass Account Code

Select whether the system searches for a valid account code defined in GL09.1 or converts transactions to accounts and subaccounts. The default setting is No.

Note: After you run Budget Interface (FB165), use the Budget Entry subforms (FB20.x) to view and maintain your imported data.

Related reports and inquiries

To Use
List budget conversion records Budget Interface Listing (FB265)