This page is shown in Figure 1 and shows all the information relating to the selected budget item.
Figure 1 – Budget item view page
The top header area allows you to edit or delete the budget item, or add an expense item, attachment or comment to this budget item.Some details of the budget item are displayed just below the top header area in subsections, such as the item’s location within Psoda, it’s description, as well as any workflow information where you may be permitted to request or authorise a state transition. The rest of the page is made up of a number of tabs or sections (depending on your selected view):Attachments
This tab shows an asset listing of all of the attachments that have been added to this budget item, as shown in Figure 2. By default, this table will present you with a number of details about the attachments such as the file’s name, attachment type, view the version and access a download link. From the Actions column of this attachments table, you can act on individual attachments by editing, deleting, moving or locking/unlocking the selected attachment.Figure 2 – Budget item attachments tab
Note that you can customise your table view by clicking the edit button at the bottom of the attachment table or navigate to this same spot to add more attachments to this budget item. Here, you can also export this budget list to Excel or CSV files.At the very bottom of this tabbed view, you have the option to add more attachments by utilising the drag and drop functionality to drag the files you wish to upload into the drop box (note that this function works in HTML5 compliant browsers only).Charts
Instead of a table view, this tab provides a graphical view of your accumulated baseline vs. actual over time for this budget item. Figure 3 below shows an example chart:Figure 3 – Budget item chart tab
Zoom in or out on certain times by using the red arrows at the bottom of the chart.Comments
This tab shows an asset listing of all of the comments that users have made on this budget item, as shown in Figure 4. By default, this table will present you with a number of details about the comments such as, the date that this comment was last updated, who created the comment, the comment itself and any associated tags to name a few. From the Actions column of this comments table, you can act on individual comments by editing or deleting the selected comment.Figure 4 – Budget item comments tab
Note that you can customise your table view by clicking the edit button at the bottom of the comment table or navigate to this same spot to add more comments to this budget item. Here, you can also export this comment list to Excel or CSV files.Details
This tab shows some additional details about that baselined costs for each month on this budget item, as shown in Figure 5.Figure 5 – Budget item details tab
If you have JavaScript enabled then the baselined costs can be edited by clicking on the number, using inline editing. Make any changes require and press tab or enter or use the mouse to click outside of the field. If you press escape the field will be restored to its original value. This same mechanism is available in all the tables that contain budget items.Expenses
This tabbed view shows the expenses table shown in Figure 6, containing any expenses that have been logged for the budget item. By default, this table shows the reference, description, date, date of payment as well amount including and excluding tax information. The number of comments and attachments added to an expense item is also indicated in this view.The Actions column of the expenses table provides accessible functions to act on a chosen expense item. These functions include editing, deleting, moving or copying the chosen expense item or adding a comment or attachment to that expense item.Note that you can customise your table view by clicking the edit button at the bottom of the expenses table. Here, you can also export this list to Excel or CSV files.
History
This tab shows shows some basic history of the budget item, as shown in Figure 7. By default, this tab will present you with a number of details about the budget item’s history such as the creation date, creation user, last update date and last update user. If the budget item has been changed then this section will also show a table of all the changes that has been made, including the date of each change, the field changed, the value before the change and the user who made the change.Figure 7 – Budget item history tab
Note that you can customise your change table view by clicking the edit button at the bottom of the change table. Here, you can also export this list of changes to Excel or CSV files.