Manage and Update Templates

​Find and Edit a Template

1. From the Budgetary main menu, select Appropriations, G/P Budgets, or Alloc/Plans.

2. Click the Status tab.

3. Check the Template check box.

4. Click Find.

Figure 1 - Example of Status page for templates

 Status page with Template check box highlighted

5. Click Select next to a template.

6. To increase all amounts by a certain percentage, enter the percentage in the Pct increase box, and then click Apply.

Figure 2 - Example of applying a percentage increase

Template screen with a number in the percentage increase field and with three rows of transactions 

7. Make any other fiscal code changes as needed. (Do not use special characters or symbols, such as &,',“,<,and \, in the Description field.)

8. To delete a transaction row, click Del next to it.

9. Click Save & Continue.

10. To delete the entire template, click Delete Template.

Save an Existing Template as a New Template

To create a new template based on an existing template:

1. From the Budgetary main menu, select Appropriations, G/P Budgets, or Alloc/Plans.

2. If not already selected, click the Status tab.

3. Check the Template check box.

4. Click Find.

5. Click Select next to a template.

6. Enter a new Doc # and make changes to the description, amounts, fiscal codes, etc. as needed. Do not use the same document number that you plan on using for an Appropriation, G/P Budget, or Allocation document.

7. Do not use special characters or symbols, such as &,',“,<,and \, in the Description field.

8. Make sure the Save Detail check box is checked, and then click Save As & Continue.

Figure 3 - Example of saving a new template based on an existing template

Template screen with Document number and the Save Detail check box highlighted