The subject "Comment Deviation" registers and changes explanations of exceptions to the budget.
A client often expects an explanation of why a budget overrun occurs within a cost category. This subject provides that information quickly and clearly.
The entry fields are:
- "Project": The project to which the comment belongs.
- "Cost Type": The cost category to which the comment refers. Cost categories can only be chosen from a master roll up of type "Revenues" or "Costs".
- "Explanation": The text of the explanation.
- "Release Deviation": If checked, the budget surplus on this cost category and the budget surpluses on related contract budgets can compensate deficits on other cost categories.
The other fields are:
- "Budget": Reference to a budget as registered in [[Invantive Estate/Subjects/Finance/Budgets|Budgets]].
- "Remaining Cost Category Budget after Movements": The budget after the corrections for budget movements.