The Application Parameter configuration page is one that is part of general system configuration. Options on this page are set once and do not usually change. Several have been discussed in earlier sections in line with the budget control feature to which they apply. The remaining ones related to budget configuration is listed here.
The Parameter Short Description is listed first followed by the Parameter Name in parentheses.
Parameter |
Description |
Extended or Standard Budget (EXT_STD_BUD)
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Budget structures that contain the chart of account (COA) element Appropriation often work in one of two ways. The first, Extended, often matches very large sites such as states where budgeting dollars are legislated at a very high level that can span multiple Funds and Departments. In such a case, an Appropriation is shared by multiple entities and more than one appropriation may be used for funding a certain type of spending (and sometimes revenue). Here Appropriations are entered by users just like any other COA code to complete a funding string. In contrast to Extended, sites that operate as Standard have much more targeted budget dollars where an Appropriation is for a single Fund and Department combination. Very often the definition goes further to a single Unit within a Department for a single Object or Revenue Source. For this reason, the Appropriation code can be inferred. Users typically do not even know what Appropriation may be associated with a combination of COA. |
Budget Structure 80 Option (STD_EXTENSION) |
This parameter is used to determine if structure 80 is to define an appropriation at the combination of Fund, Department, Unit, Object and Activity instead of stopping at Object. When set to STD2 the Appropriation Inference with Activity (APPRINF2) and BFY and Appropriation with Activity (APBYINF2) are used. Leave the parameter blank in all other cases. |
Suppress Infer BFY Update (SPRS_INF_BFY) |
This optional parameter is used to turn off automatic updates to the BFY Inference (BFYINF) page by budget transactions creating a BFY 9999 budget line for a Fund, Department and Appropriation combination because there will be an automatic update to another page that is used to infer BFY 9999. One or more Structure ID values can be entered, if separated by commas. This control is not to be used with those structures that read the EXT_STD_BUD option. |