Monitoring Projects via Project Budget Report

Monitoring Projects via Project Budget Report

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Would you like to know more

about how a project financial
controller analyzes the cost
structure of your project and
checks the planned budget?

If so, follow this interactive

tutorial.

1. To open the app, select

the Project Budget Report
tile.

2. To select a project, open

the input help.

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3. Select the respective

project you previously
created.

For this tutorial, select

1710.O.01.

4. Choose OK.

The planning category

defaults to Plan.

For this tutorial, we do not

need to change it.

5. In the Fiscal Year field,

enter the current year and
choose Go.

For this tutorial, enter 2021.

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The aggregated and non-

aggregated costs of the
selected project are
displayed. In the budget
report, you see the assigned
value (Commitment +Actual)
and available
budget (Budget-Assigned
Value) based on which you
can analyze the project.

6. Select the project.

7. Choose View Details.

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All the plan, actual, and

budget costs are displayed.

In the Standard section, the

information is shown in the
Compact Filter view by
default.

You can also change it to

the Visual Filter view to get
an easy understanding of
overall costs of the project.

8. To amend the view,

choose Visual Filter.

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This visual depiction helps

stakeholders to get an
overview of the project.

In the middle of the screen,

you can see the different
cost items recorded on the
project as graphical
representations, such as the
bubble chart, bar graph, or
pie chart.

9. To change the graphical

representation, choose
Selected Chart Type.

10. The different graphical

representation types display
and you can select
whichever one you prefer.

For this tutorial, select Bar

Chart.

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11. Here you can view

details of the cost items.

To view the cumulative

budget in the global currency
for example, select the
corresponding orange bar.

12. Choose Details.

The details display.

You can also hover over

each bar to view the details.

13. To return to the

launchpad, choose SAP.

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You have successfully

analyzed the cost structure
of your project and checked
the planned budget.

This concludes the

interactive tutorial.