Creating Earmarkings 

Prerequisites

  1. Access the overall budget using the Overall budget view.
  2. The Change Overall Budget screen appears.

  3. Select the budget structure element for which you want to define an earmarking.
  4. Choose Extras ® Earmarking ® Create.
  5. The Create Earmarking dialog box appears.

  6. In the Object type and Object ID fields, enter data on the organizational unit or position for which you want to earmark the budget.
  7. Choose Check.
  8. Choose Save and close.

Result

You have earmarked the budget of a budget structure element for an organizational unit or position.

This means that you can take this earmarking into account when you are financing positions. You can then use the Find via Earmarking function to select a budget structure element whose budget can be used for financing the position in question. In this case, the system displays only budget structure elements whose budgets are earmarked for the position in question.