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Budget triggers

The business process budgeting or costing shows how resources relate to processes. It helps management benchmark and focus on becoming more competitive and cost-effective over time.

The budget triggers help you monitor and deal with a business process that is about to go over budget. You can configure budget triggers to take action when the budget spent runs outside its normal business tolerance; when the expected cost of a completed job is under or over the estimated target budget.

The budget triggers are typically used for business processes that use resource costing; the budget spent is calculated based on resource costs, fixed costs, and actual time spent on tasks.

See Define triggers for budget escalations.

The Budget columns display the budget set at design time.

The Cost So Far column displays the accumulated cost of a job created on a map with tolerance and budget.

Budget

(Set at design time)

Cost So Far

(Accumulated cost of a job created on a map with tolerance and budget)

Target Budget Tolerance (%) Trigger Fired
£300 >=30 10% Yes. The trigger is executed as soon as the cost is recorded as £30 against that job.
£500 >=450 90% Yes. The trigger is executed as the cost against the job reached £450, that is, 90% of £500.
£300 140 50% No. A trigger is not yet executed because the cost so far is only £140, and has not reached the £150 mark (50% of £300).
£1000 1090 110% No. A trigger is not yet executed because the cost has not yet reached £1100 (110% of 1000).
£100 >=120 120% Yes. The trigger is executed as the cost has reached £120 (120% of 100).