You must have generated a budget hierarchy from the R/3 Funds Management component, and the budget status must be Proposed.

1. Access the overall budget using the Overall budget view.
2. Select the top budget structure element, and choose .

The entire budget hierarchy is displayed.

3. Click on the budget structure element that you want to break down further, and choose .

The Create Budget Structure Element dialog box appears.

4. Enter the budget structure element type, an object abbreviation, and the name of the budget structure element you want to create.



This step-by-step procedure does not deal with specifying budgets for the budget structure element that you intend to create (which you can do by choosing ). The process Budget Assignments describes how to assign budgets to budget structure elements.

If you break down a budget hierarchy further by creating budgets for personnel expenditure, then the budget distributed among these budget structure elements for personnel expenditure will not be taken into account by the availability check in Funds Management.

 

5. To have the system check your entries, choose Check.
6. To save your entries, choose .

The budget structure element you have just created is now visible on screen.

7. To break down the budget structure element further, repeat steps 3 through 6 until you have set up all the budget structure elements you require for personnel expenditures.