You can use snapshots to update your budget without leaving the Budget Monitoring screen. Adjustments made in the Budget Adjustment column are saved back into the Current Scenario.
Budget Adjustment Columns
Three snapshot columns are used for budget adjustments:
Budget Adjustment – Total of budget changes entered for that coding combination, saved to the Current Scenario.
New Budget – The Current Budget plus any Budget Adjustments.
New Variance – The New Budget minus Expected Outturn.
Add a Budget Adjustment
In the snapshot, locate the row you want to adjust.
Click the Edit icon in the Budget Adjustment column for that row.
The Add Budget Adjustment dialog opens and shows the underlying budget lines from the Current Scenario that make up that row (grouped by account coding combination).
Which sections can be adjusted?
You can enter an adjustment against budget lines in:
Section 251 / GAG Income (excluding formula-driven lines)
Non-GAG Income
Other Expenditure
Capital
You cannot adjust:
Lines in the Staffing section.
Lines that are formula-driven.
Enter the adjustment
In the Adjustment column of the dialog, type the adjustment value for the relevant budget line:
Use a positive value to increase the yearly total.
Use a negative value to decrease it.
Check the Adjusted Total column to see the new yearly total.
Click Save.
Back in the snapshot, the Budget Adjustment cell is highlighted amber to show the change is pending save to the scenario.
You can repeat this process on other rows if needed.
Save Budget Adjustments to the Scenario
After setting up all required adjustments, use the Save bar at the bottom of the snapshot view.
Click Save to write the adjustments back to the Current Scenario.
The snapshot refreshes and:
New Budget shows Current Budget + Budget Adjustment.
New Variance shows New Budget – Expected Outturn.
📌Note: The original snapshot values (for example, the original Current Budget column) are not recalculated. They remain a fixed snapshot at the time the snapshot was created so you can track how budgets have been adjusted over time.