Differences Between the Views
The following examples illustrate what the budget managers can see in different views:
| Example | Phased View | Real Time View |
|---|---|---|
| The corporate budget manager imports a budget and then immediately releases it to the division budget manager without modifications. | The division budget managers see the imported budget as the original budget for their locations. | The division budget managers see the imported budget as the original budget for their locations. |
| The corporate budget manager modifies the imported budget before releasing it to the division budget managers. | The division budget managers see only those modified numbers as the original budgets for their locations. | The division budget managers see only those modified numbers as the original budgets for their locations. |
| The division budget manager modifies the budget released by the corporate budget manager and then releases it to levels below. | The corporate budget manager cannot see those changes until they are submitted back up to the top level. | The corporate budget manager can see those changes immediately. |
Some columns in the Real Time and Phased templates are linked to different versions. You can see this on the Layouts page using the following menu path:
Both budget templates and both forecast templates are identical, except that the Real Time and Phased templates use different versions, which are indicated in the Version column:
| Versions in the Real Time Template | Versions in the Phased Template | |
|---|---|---|
| Budget |
Master and Working |
Released to Me and Working |
| Forecast |
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