Workflow page · Budgeting
Budgeting workflows
A setup page where you create the budgeting workflows that move budget plans through their planning stages.
- Used by
- Budget manager, Chief financial officer, Financial controller
- Business process
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- Menu item
WorkflowConfigurationBudget- Main table
WorkflowTable- Data entity
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- Setup steps
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Everyone
1What it is and why
| What it is | A setup page where you create the budgeting workflows that move budget plans through their planning stages. |
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| What you do here | Used to route budget plans, with their worksheets, justifications and attachments, through the organization for review and approval. |
| Example | — |

Functional consultant · Solution architect
2Where it fits
| Business process | — |
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| Menu path | Budgeting › Setup › Budget planning › Budgeting workflows |
| Set up first | — |
| Used next by | Budget planning configuration Microsoft Learn ↗ |
| Related pages | — |
End user · Functional consultant
3How to do it
Microsoft's steps
- Go to Budgeting > Setup > Budget planning > Budgeting workflows.
- Create a new workflow by using the Budget planning workflows template.
- Add a Stage transition budget plan task for each move between stages.
- Save and activate the workflow.
- In Budget planning configuration, create the stages on the Stages tab.
- On the Workflow stages tab, link the workflow to the stages.
Source: Microsoft Learn ↗
Field guide
| Field | What it means | Worked example | Table column |
|---|---|---|---|
| Budget planning stage allocation | An automated task that runs a stage allocation when the workflow reaches a stage.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 | — |
| Feature or country | — |
| If you change it later | A workflow needs one stage transition task fewer than the number of stages, for example five transitions for six stages. Microsoft Learn ↗ |
Technical architect
6Technical
| Menu item | WorkflowConfigurationBudget Checked in Dynamics 365 |
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| Form | WorkflowTableListPageRnr Checked in Dynamics 365 |
| Table | WorkflowTableShown as “Workflow configurations” in Record infoKey field: SequenceNumberChecked in Dynamics 365 |
| Data entities | — |
| Who can open it | PrivilegesAuthor Budgeting workflows WorkflowAuthorBudgetWorkflowsDutiesEnable budget process BudgetBudgetProcessEnableMaintain budget planning configuration and processes BudgetPlanningConfigProcessMaintainMaintain commitment documents PurchCommitmentMaintainCommitment_PSN3 security rolesBudget managerBudgetBudgetManagerChief financial officer CompanyChiefFinancialOfficerFinancial controller LedgerFinancialController |
| Actions on the page | Workflow: Manage, HierarchyOptions: Personalize, Page options, ShareChecked in Dynamics 365 |
Developer
7Developer
| Open it directly | https://<your-environment>/?mi=WorkflowConfigurationBudget |
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| Integrate with | — |
| Table definition | — |
Everyone
8Sources and checks
- learn.microsoft.com/dynamics365/finance/budgeting/budget-planning-overview-configuration
- learn.microsoft.com/dynamics365/finance/budgeting/budget-plan
- learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/configure-use-budget-planning-dyn365-finance/2-configure
- Checked in a working Dynamics 365 system, version 10.0.49: the menu item, form, table and security, the page.