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Use Case: Viewing the Service Budget Report (Business Edition Only)


This use case lets a Business Edition admin or manager view the Service Budget report, which contains a bar chart showing budget amounts against actual charges incurred over a particular budget period or frequency for each service number in the hierarchy. Report details also show the amount within, over, or under budget. You can optionally generate this report using a batch request.

Main Path for Viewing the Service Budget Report

The main path occurs when a user clicks Account Billing Trend from the Dashboard.

Alternate Paths for Viewing the Service Budget Report

The following alternate paths can occur in this use case:

  • A user clicks Analytics, Billing or Business, and then Service Budget Report to display the Service Budget Report page.
  • A user selects the report from the Budget Reports page.
Service Budget Report Page Elements

Table 69 describes the elements of this page.

Table 69. Service Budget Report Page Elements
Page Element
Description

Page Title

Service Budget Report

Prompt Module

This module displays the following elements:

  • Tabs:
    • Report
      Tab target: Displays the Service Budget Report page.
    • Batch Request
      Tab target: Displays the Create Batch Report page. For details, see Create Batch Report Page Elements.
  • Text and drop-down list: Budget Frequency List
  • Text and drop-down list: Budget Period List
  • Button: Submit
    Action: Displays the selected report.
  • Download and printer-friendly elements

Report Chart Module

This module displays the following element:

  • Graphical bar chart with color key: Shows dollars spent and dollars budgeted for each service number and indicates whether the amount is within budget. A red bar indicates that the value is greater than the standard deviation.

Report Details Module

This module displays the following elements:

  • Module title text and data: Service Budget Report Details (Number items)
  • Column titles:
    • Text and sorting link: Service Number
    • Text, data, and sorting link: Current Period Charges (Currency)
    • Text, data, and sorting link: Current Period Budget (Currency)
    • Text, data, and sorting link: Amount Within (Currency)
    • Text, data, and sorting link: Amount Over (Currency)
    • Text, data, and sorting link: Amount Under (Currency)
  • Column content:
    • Data: Service number
    • Data: Current period charges
    • Data: Current period budget
    • Data: Amount within
    • Data: Amount over
    • Data: Amount under

Report Details Module, continued

  • Content of the total row:
    • Text: Total
    • Data: Total current period charges for the report
    • Data: Total current period budget charges for the report
    • Data: Total amount within charges for the report
    • Data: Total amount over charges for the report
    • Data: Total amount under charges for the report
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