MSU Budget (Axiom)

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Links to MSU Budget Instructions & Training

Training Documentation

• Budget Adjustments
• Commitment Planning Instructions
• Commitment Planning - Fiscal Year End Balances

• MSU Budget Annual Budgeting Instructions

           Step by step instructions for the annual budgeting process

• MSU Budget New FY Budgeting Reference Guide

           Quick reference guide on the annual budgeting process

• FY26 Budget FY Specific Information

           Information specific to the FY26 Annual Budgeting process

• MSU Budget New FY Budgeting Checklist

Training Videos

New Fiscal Year MSU Budget Files:

• Labor Planning (

  https://montana.hosted.panopto.com/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?id=0c91a101-75d5-4ea2-9930-ae8d014d281b) - Instructions on how to use the MSU Budget, Labor Plan files during the new fiscal year budgeting process.

• Budget by Index (https://montana.hosted.panopto.com/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?id=ecc0b53b-58a5-43f5-979b-ae8d014d18cc) - Instructions on how to use the MSU Budget, Budget by Index files during the new fiscal year budgeting process.

Useful MSU Budget Reports:

• New FY Budget Overview Report (https://montana.hosted.panopto.com/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?id=26da755b-73e0-476c-a505-ae8d014d0761) – How to utilize the New FY Budget Overview Report (formerly Budget Preliminary Summary Report) during the new fiscal year budgeting process to assist in budgeting general, gift & designated funds.
• New FY General Fund Summary by Index Report (https://montana.hosted.panopto.com/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?id=2b148ac5-f206-4389-b5d2-ae8d014d285e) – Instructions on how to use the New FY General Fund Summary by Index during the new fiscal year budgeting process to balance budgets across general fund indexes.
• Position Budget Verification Report (https://montana.hosted.panopto.com/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?id=8bef864c-86df-4319-bd1e-ae8d014d3aef) – Information on how to use the Position Budget Verification Report to assist in accurately budget positions.
• Budget to Actuals Report with Multiple Index Detail (https://montana.hosted.panopto.com/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?id=ccc07a30-9748-4732-8eaf-ae8d014d185c) – How to use the Budget to Actuals Report with Multiple Index Detail to assist in budgeting, viewing historical trends and transactions in individual indexes and account codes.
• Position Budget Calculator (https://montana.hosted.panopto.com/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?id=52d6b5a9-7061-43b4-b668-ae8d014d1895) – Instructions on how to use the Position Budget Calculator to assist in projecting position budgets for employees with unique LOAs or employees receiving a raise outside of BoR raises.
• Exporting MSU Budget Reports to Excel(Exporting MSU Budget Reports to Excel) - Instructions on how to export MSU Budget Reports to Excel

MSU Budget Reports Trainings:

• • September 8th, 2020
    • Budget to Actuals with Custom Drill
    • Budget to Actuals Multiple Index Detail
    • Budget to Actuals Multiple Index Summary
  • October 6th, 2020
    • Position Budget Verification
  • November 10th, 2020
    • Dashboard
    • Individual Adjustments Report
    • Position Adjustments Report