The following depicts the online modification of allotment lines at the same time a budget line is modified. This task can be a sub task to "Modify Budget Lines". The task can also be performed alone without a change to a budget line.
To modify allotment lines, perform the same steps in the Allot Budget Line to the point of entering data on the new budget line inserted:
Set the Action to Modify.
Set the Event Type field to Amend (BG03 for spending budgets, BG25 for revenue budgets, or BG22 - Award for reimbursement budgets). If there is another event type to be used, manually enter the value or use the pick.
Leave the Dollar Amount as the default value of $0.00. It could be set, but in this example we will just allotting budget authority previously amended but not fully allotted.
Enter $10,000 in the Allotment Distribution Amount field.
Enter values in each of the COA fields that define the existing budget line. Use any picks as necessary. None of these fields can be left blank.
Choose the Allotments action to open the Allotments page.
Insert a new allotment line.
Enter the Allotment Period of 1.
Leave the Increase/Decrease field to default to Increase.
Enter $10,000 in the Allotment Amount field
The modification scenario picks back up at the ‘Validate the budget transaction step of the create scenario'.