Update project budget settings (PAS)

Project budgets in Production Accounting are permission based

To use PAS to update a project budget, your account must have one of the following roles enabled:

  • Role: Company Admin, Accountant

  • Custom role with: Accounting settings - Full access

To update a project’s budget settings:

  1. Make sure Production Accounting has been enabled for your company’s account

  2. In the left-side navigation, click the dropdown menu

  3. In the dropdown menu, select the project that you want to update the budget for

  4. In the project dashboard’s Budget & EFC overview, click View budget

  5. At the top of the dashboard, click the gear icon

In the Edit budget settings popup you can update the following:

  • Budget name

  • Default location code(s)

  • Default production/episode code(s)

  • Click the first toggle to Lock Budget. When locked, budget amounts and approved overages, if enabled, will become uneditable.

  • Click the second toggle to Enable approved overages. When enabled, an editable Approved overages column will become visible. Budget amounts will become uneditable and a Total Budget column will display the sum of Budget and Approved overage amounts.

Budget overview for Los Angeles production, including actuals, purchase orders, and estimates.

Click the gear icon

Editing budget settings for a production with location and episode codes selected.

In the popup, make your changes and then click the Update button