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Generate budget plan from fixed assets
A periodic process that brings projected fixed asset transactions into a budget plan.
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action:BudgetPlanGenerateAsset- Main table
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1What it is and why
| What it is | A periodic process that brings projected fixed asset transactions into a budget plan. |
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| What you do here | Used to include planned fixed asset transactions, such as planned depreciation, in budget planning. |
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Functional consultant · Solution architect
2Where it fits
| Business process | — |
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| Menu path | Budgeting › Periodic › Generate budget plan from fixed assets |
| Set up first | Budget planning process Microsoft Learn ↗ |
| Used next by | Budget plans Microsoft Learn ↗ |
| Related pages | — |
End user · Functional consultant
3How to do it
Microsoft's steps
- Go to Budgeting > Periodic > Generate budget plan from fixed assets.
- Choose whether to create a new budget plan, replace an existing scenario, or update a scenario and add new data.
- On the Source tab, use Filter to choose the source data.
- On the Target tab, set the budget plan details.
- Set the Factor, Minimum and Rounding rule fields if you need them.
- Set up the Batch options if you want to run the process in the background.
- Select Generate.
Source: Microsoft Learn ↗
Field guide
| Field | What it means | Worked example | Table column |
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| Budget class | Sets the new plan lines as expense or revenue.Microsoft Learn ↗ | — | — |
| Factor | A multiplier applied to the source amount, such as 1.03 for a 3 percent increase.Microsoft Learn ↗ | — | — |
| Minimum | The smallest source amount that creates a plan line.Microsoft Learn ↗ | — | — |
| Rounding rule | The precision the new plan amounts are rounded to.Microsoft Learn ↗ | — | — |
| Create a new budget plan | Creates a new plan with the attributes chosen on the Target tab.Microsoft Learn ↗ | — | — |
| Update the existing budget plan scenario, and append new data | Updates matching lines in the target plan and adds new lines for new data.Microsoft Learn ↗ | — | — |
Functional consultant
4Setup decisions
| Setup step | Recommended value and why | Decision · common mistake · test |
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| — No setup is made on this page. | ||
Solution architect
5Design impact
| Shared or per company | — |
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| Can it be undone | — |
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| If you change it later | Choosing Replace the existing budget plan scenario deletes every line in that scenario of the target plan before the new lines are added. Microsoft Learn ↗ |
Technical architect
6Technical
| Menu item | action:BudgetPlanGenerateAsset Checked in Dynamics 365 |
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| Form | BudgetPlanGenerate Checked in Dynamics 365 |
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Developer
7Developer
| Open it directly | https://<your-environment>/?mi=action:BudgetPlanGenerateAsset |
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| Integrate with | — |
| Table definition | — |
Everyone
8Sources and checks
- learn.microsoft.com/dynamics365/finance/budgeting/budget-planning-integration-other-modules
- learn.microsoft.com/dynamics365/finance/budgeting/budget-plan
- Checked in a working Dynamics 365 system, version 10.0.49: the menu item, form, table and security, the page.