The ability to manage budget figures in Microsoft Excel makes the budgetting process a breeze. In this section, you will learn how to import and export maintenance budgets from / to Microsoft Excel.
End-user experience with Business Central.
Knowledge of what financial budgets are.
Microsoft Excel is an often used tool when working with budgets in maintenance as well as finance departments because it's easy to update and add content. EAM-BC supports exporting maintenance budgets to Excel, modify the contents, and then import back into EAM-BC.
To export a maintenance budget, you edit the relevant budget and choose Export Budget to Excel from the budget menu item. When exporting, it is possible to specify starting dates and dimension filters for maintenance budget entries.
In Excel, new lines can be added and existing lines can be modified at will - and will be created or updated in EAM-BC on import. The only requirement is that used data (like Asset No., Work Order Category, etc.) exist in EAM-BC prior to importing.
To import a maintenance budget back from Excel, mark a budget, press Edit Budget, and choose Import from Excel from the Budget menu item.
When importing, the user is asked to specify import options:
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