Purpose:
The purpose of this blog post is to demonstrate how can we configure budget controls for purchase orders.Product:
Dynamics 365 for Finance and OperationsPrerequisites:
- Basic understanding of main accounts and financial dimensions
- Basic understanding of purchase orders, procurement categories, posting profile
Overview:
Following are the brief steps involved in budget control configuration for purchase orders.- Dimensions for budget control
- Budget cycles
- Budget models
- Budget control configuration
- Budget control dimensions
- Over budget permissions
- Budget funds available
- Document and journals
- Assign budget models
- Define budget control rules
- Activate budget control configuration
- Budget register entry
- Budget control statistics
- Perform budget check on purchase orders
Steps:
Detailed steps can be found below.Dimensions for budgeting
Budgeting > Setup > Basic budgeting > Dimensions for budgeting First, we need to select which dimensions in the ledger will be available for budgeting. Select and move all the needed ones to the Budget Dimension pane.
Budget models
Budgeting > Setup > Basic budgeting > Budget models Then configure budget models.
Budget cycles
Budgeting > Setup > Budget control > Budget cycles Then, configure budget cycles.
Budget control configuration
Budgeting > Setup > Budget control > Budget control configuration In budget control configuration, we need to define which ledger account structure and dimensions will be used for budgeting. Select and move all the required dimensions to the Budget Control Dimensions pane. These dimensions are coming from Dimensions for budgeting setup.





- Select main accounts – Needed only if main account is not selected as budget control dimension
- Define budget groups – Optional
- Define message levels – Configure user groups to suppress budget control warning messages for

Budget register entry
Budgeting > Budget register entries Once the setups are complete, we are ready to raise a budget register entry to allocate funds to a combination of financial dimensions. In the following example, we are allocating budget to a main account 618900 which is a Miscellaneous Expenses account along with the required budget control dimensions. Then click update budget balances which will change the status to Completed. Tip: Please note if you do not include all the budget control dimensions in this entry, system will NOT show the green icon under budget check results
Budget control statistics
Budgeting > Inquiries and reports > Budget control > Budget control statistics To validate budget register entry has taken effect, you can see the funds available for your dimension values under budget control statistics. If couldn’t any entry for budget funds for your dimension combination it means something is wrong with the budget register entry.
Budget in action on purchase orders
Once the setups are in place, raise a purchase order and make sure to add a line item which has the same main account and financial dimensions for which budget funds have been allocated via budget register entry. In the posting profile, main account 618900 is configured for all items and procurement categories except item 1000 and Rent, Advertising, Utilities and Commissions and rebates.




