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Capital and Operating Budget vs. Forecast Portlet

The Capital and Operating Budget vs. Forecast portlet displays budget, actual, forecast, and variance cost amounts for investments in a portfolio. The amounts are in total and separated into capital and operating. Use this portlet to compare budget to forecast capital and operating costs of the portfolio investments. The portlet filters include: Investment Name, Investment ID, Manager, Forecast As Of Date, Investment Type, Above Waterline, Approved, and Active.

To view this portlet, open the portfolio and click the Financials tab. If the page is maximized to display only one portlet at a time, select Capital and Operating Budget vs. Forecast from the portlet drop-down.

The following fields display on the portlet:

Investment

Displays the name of the investment. Click an investment name to view the portfolio investment properties for that investment. The portfolio investment properties page shows all attributes that are copied from the investment when the portfolio contents are synchronized. It gives visibility into the state of the investment at the point in time when it was synchronized.

Budgeted Cost

Displays the budgeted cost for the current approved budget, or financial summary amount, which is the total of the Budgeted Capital and Operating cost amounts within the portfolio planning horizon.

Budgeted Capital Cost

Displays the budgeted capital cost for the current approved budget, or financial summary amount, within the portfolio planning horizon.

Budgeted Operating Cost

Displays the budgeted operating cost for the current approved budget, or financial summary amount, within the portfolio planning horizon.

Actual Cost

Displays the actual cost posted to the investment within the portfolio planning horizon. If a date is entered in the Forecast As Of Date filter, then the actual cost includes only posted transactions that have a transaction date on or before the Forecast As Of Date.

Actual Capital Cost

Displays the actual capital cost posted to the investment within the portfolio planning horizon. If a date is entered in the Forecast As Of Date filter, then the actual capital cost includes only posted transactions that have a transaction date on or before the Forecast As Of Date.

Actual Operating Cost

Displays the actual operating cost posted to the investment within the portfolio planning horizon. If a date is entered in the Forecast As Of Date filter, then the actual operating cost includes only posted transactions that have a transaction date on or before the Forecast As Of Date.

Forecast Cost

Displays the forecast cost of the investment within the portfolio planning horizon. The forecast cost is the sum of actual cost and forecast cost remaining. If a date is entered in the Forecast As Of Date filter, then the actual cost includes only posted transactions that have a transaction date on or before the Forecast As Of Date. The forecast cost remaining includes only planned cost amounts for dates after the Forecast As Of Date. In summary, forecast cost is actual cost plus forecast cost remaining where actual cost includes amounts thru the Forecast As Of Date and forecast cost remaining includes amounts after the Forecast As Of Date.

Forecast Capital Cost

Displays the forecast capital cost of the investment within the portfolio planning horizon. The forecast capital cost is the sum of actual capital cost and forecast capital cost remaining. If a date is entered in the Forecast As Of Date filter, then the actual capital cost includes only posted transactions that have a transaction date on or before the Forecast As Of Date. The forecast capital cost remaining includes only planned capital cost amounts for dates after the Forecast As Of Date. In summary, forecast capital cost is actual capital cost plus forecast capital cost remaining where actual capital cost includes amounts thru the Forecast As Of Date and forecast capital cost remaining includes amounts after the Forecast As Of Date.

Forecast Operating Cost

Displays the forecast operating cost of the investment within the portfolio planning horizon. The forecast operating cost is the sum of actual operating cost and forecast operating cost remaining. If a date is entered in the Forecast As Of Date filter, then the actual operating cost includes only posted transactions that have a transaction date on or before the Forecast As Of Date. The forecast operating cost remaining includes only planned operating cost amounts for dates after the Forecast As Of Date. In summary, forecast operating cost is actual operating cost plus forecast operating cost remaining where actual operating cost includes amounts thru the Forecast As Of Date and forecast operating cost remaining includes amounts after the Forecast As Of Date.

Budget to Forecast Cost Variance

Displays the difference between the Budgeted Cost and Forecast Cost amounts. A negative variance value indicates that the forecast cost exceeds the budget cost.

Budget to Forecast Capital Cost Variance

Displays the difference between the Budgeted Capital Cost and Forecast Capital Cost amounts. A negative variance value indicates that the capital forecast cost exceeds the budgeted capital cost.

Budget to Forecast Operating Cost Variance

Displays the difference between the Budgeted Operating Cost and Forecast Operating Cost amounts. A negative variance value indicates that the forecast operating cost exceeds the budgeted operating cost.

The following aggregate amounts are provided for the portfolio at the bottom of the portlet:

Total

Displays the total budgeted cost, budgeted capital cost, budgeted operating cost, actual cost, actual capital cost, actual operating cost, forecast cost, forecast capital cost, forecast operating cost, budget to forecast cost variance, budget to forecast capital cost variance, and budget to forecast operating cost variance amounts for investments within the portfolio horizon.

This portlet is based on the Portfolio Investment Financial Performance provider. Fields included in the system provider are available to this portlet and may be added through the configure option. For more information, see the Basics User Guide.