The Finance and Administration Division is happy to announce the availability of a new and improved way to look at your budget. The Budget to Actuals module is now active in the Self-Service portal and will replace the Budget Selection and Budget Summary links available in WebAdvisor. This new module comes with several new features which will be helpful in your ability to access your budget status and to do budget analysis, budget planning, and budget reporting. Please note that Ramlink Budget Reports will be replaced by this new module. 

Those new features include: 

1. The ability to look at budgetary status as a dashboard that shows your spending compared to your budget availability for the fiscal year.
2. The ability to view up to five fiscal years of history for your budget (both as a total and by individual object code).
3. The ability to import current and past budget information into an Excel Spreadsheet.

This module is available through the Ramlink/Self-Service link by clicking on the Financial Management / Budget to Actuals Tile.  If you do not see this tile when you click on the Self Service link, please contact Debbie Cavitt and she will work with IT to make sure you gain access. WebAdvisor Budget Selection and Budget Summary will continue to be available through the month of February to give time for everyone to get comfortable with the new module.

Purchasing will conduct Teams virtual training sessions this week for those who would like additional guidance on making the best use of the available information and functionality.  Those sessions will be conducted on Wednesday, Feb. 8 at 2:00 and Thursday, Feb. 9 at 12:30. However, if none of those sessions works with your schedule, please contact Debbie Cavitt, and she will be happy to schedule some individual guidance.

If you have any questions about the new system and the information you see, please contact Debbie Cavitt.