BUDGETING BY ACCOUNT NUMBER

Access to any Home Organization, related account and/or employee information is based on your current authorization level in BDS's SECURITY TABLES. If you're having problems updating/viewing selected accounts or employees, inform your supervisor and request their written approval giving you access to your TAMS Organization's information. If you've already submitted written authorization to the Budget Office and you're encountering problems updating/viewing selected information, please contact the Budget Office at 865-5353 (off campus) or at extension #5353 (on campus) for additional assistance.

There are three(3) different methods used to budget salary information in BDS. You may use one method or a combination of all three methods, depending on the type and amount of information you have available to you.

The three(3) salary budgeting methods are:

  1. Budgeting by EMPLOYEE NUMBER (social security number).
  2. Budgeting by ACCOUNT NUMBER within your TAMS Organization.
  3. Budgeting by adding/creating NEW POSITIONS.

This section primarily addresses Budgeting by ACCOUNT NUMBER.

2. Budgeting By ACCOUNT NUMBER:

If you don't have a listing of the accounts in your TAMS ORGANIZATION, go to Screen 500 - ORGANIZATION ACCOUNT INFORMATION screen. To go to Screen 500 from anywhere in BDS, move your cursor to the SCREEN => field:

- Type 500 at the SCREEN => field and press ENTER/RETURN.

You will see Screen 500 (See Fig. L-1, pg. 12-1). This screen allows you to view a listing of all the accounts assigned to your TAMS Organization number within the BDS database.

To get a listing of accounts in your TAMS Organization number:

- Type your five(5) digit TAMS ORGANIZATION number in the ORGANIZATION NUMBER: field.

- Press ENTER/RETURN.

You will see the ACCOUNT number listing displayed in numerical order, the related ACCOUNT DESCRIPTION and the account's STATUS. STATUS code "A" indicates the account is active/open and "D" indicates the account has been deactivated/closed in BDS.

The name of your organization will appear to the right of your selected organization number. You can scroll DOWN (F8) and scroll UP (F7) to view all of your organization's accounts. When you have reached the end of the list, the message: "NO MORE ACCOUNTS FOR THIS ORGANIZATION" will appear on the bottom of your screen. Likewise, when you have reached the beginning of the list, the message: "FIRST ACCOUNT FOR ORGANIZATION IS DISPLAYED" will appear on your screen. Use your computer's PRINT SCREEN function to make a copy of the account listings.

Now move your cursor to the SCREEN => field:

- Type 200 at the SCREEN => field and press ENTER/RETURN.

You will see Screen 200 - ACCOUNT SALARY INFORMATION screen (See Fig. F-1, pg. 6-1). Screen 200 shows all of the position salary information for a specific account. Employees are listed by last name and/or position description within each natural account. All salary information is displayed in salary natural account numerical order. For each position listed, the CURRENT YEAR and NEXT YEAR salary information is displayed.

You have four(4) different ways to view your TAMS Organization's account information:

DETAIL (F10) - This option displays each budgeted position in your account. The information is shown in natural account numerical order.

SUBTOTALS (F11) - This option displays budgeted salary information by natural account subtotals, in natural account numerical order, for the selected account. Also, the selected account's total salary amount appears at the end of the object code subtotals.

RECAP (F12) - This option displays budgeted salary information totals for your selected account. It compares your NEXT YEAR PROPOSED salary to your NEXT YEAR TARGET BUDGET and calculates the DIFFERENCE. Your NEXT YEAR TARGET BUDGET is last fiscal year's budgeted salaries plus any merit increases, salary grade adjustments, etc.

The fourth option will allow you to view a specific natural account's activity within your account's total salary activity. BDS will display only the salary information contained in the specified natural account by DETAIL, SUBTOTALS and RECAP.

To display all of your account's salary information:

- Press TAB to move the cursor to the SELECT ** ACCOUNT ** NUMBER: field.

- Type your six(6) digit Account Number and press F10/F11/F12.

To display a specific natural account's salary information:

- Press TAB to move the cursor to the SELECT ** ACCOUNT ** NUMBER: field and enter your six(6) digit Account Number.

- Press TAB again to move the cursor to the NATURAL ACCT: field.

- Type the desired four(4) digit salary Natural Account and press F10/F11/F12.

Your account's name will appear to the right of your account number. You can scroll DOWN (F8) and UP (F7) to view all of your account's salary information. When you've reached the end of the list, the message: "END OF RECORDS FOR SELECTED ACCOUNT AND NATURAL ACCOUNT!" will appear on the bottom of your screen. Likewise, when you've reached the beginning of the list, the message: "FIRST RECORD FOR SELECTED ACCOUNTS/NATURAL ACCOUNT IS ALREADY DISPLAYING!" will appear on your screen.

If you wish to see a particular position's salary distribution, follow this procedure:

- Use your DOWN ARROW to move the cursor to the line containing the desired position. When your cursor reaches the desired position's line, use your LEFT/RIGHT ARROW to move the cursor one(1) or two(2) places over on the line.

- Press F4 to move to Screen 300.

You will see Screen 300 - EMPLOYEE INFORMATION screen (See Fig. H-1, pg. 8-1). BDS will carry the selected position from Screen 200 to Screen 300. Screen 300 is used to review a position's current PAF information in the BDS and/or PPS (Payroll/Personnel System) database. However, only the BDS database can be updated on this screen.

Note: You won't be able to budget the position's salary until you've reviewed Screen 300's information, changed the "X" in the APPROVAL: field to "Y", received a POSITION CONTROL number from the Budget Office and press F9 to update the position's record in the BDS database. If your intent is to not budget the person for this FY, you must change the "X" in the APPROVAL field to "N" and press F9 to update the record.

Once you've reviewed the position information and made any necessary changes, move your cursor to the APPROVAL: field:

- Type the letter y (yes) over the letter X in the APPROVAL: field.

- If you do not plan to budget this employee/position, type the letter n (no) over the letter X in the APPROVAL: field.

- Press F9 to update the BDS database.

This indicates to the BDS SECURITY TABLES that you've completed your review of Screen 300's position information. Now:

- Press F11 (GO TO 400) to move to Screen 400.

You will see Screen 400 - EMPLOYEE SALARY UPDATE screen (See Fig. I-1, pg. 9-1). One(1) position record at a time will be displayed on this screen. The position's entire account distribution will be displayed, if this is your TAMS Organization. Otherwise, only the accounts you are authorized to update/view will be displayed on the screen. The updateable information will appear highlighted on the screen. There may be up to eight(8) account/natural accounts records for each position on one(1) page. If the account distribution is on two(2) pages, you may view the second page by pressing F8 (DOWN). Pressing F7 (UP) will return you to the previous page of the salary information record. For each position salary record, the CURRENT YEAR SALARY and NEXT YEAR SALARY information is displayed.

The CURRENT YEAR salary information consists of the ORIG (ORIGINAL) budgeted salary, CUR ANN (CURRENT ANNUAL) salary and the PAF% (PAYROLL ACTION FORM PERCENT) distribution to your selected account. The ORIG salary is the approved budgeted salary for the current fiscal year. The CUR ANN salary is the current payroll salary. You cannot directly update the CUR ANN salary information in BDS. The Payroll database updates the CUR ANN salary information every time Payroll downloads into BDS. Also, the CUR ANN salary may differ from ORIG salary only if changes were approved and made during the current fiscal year. The PAF% is the distribution of total salary to the specific account and natural account.

The NEXT YEAR salary information shows future budgeted salary. The PROPOSED salary is the budgeted salary for the new fiscal year. FRINGE automatically calculates based on salary amount, the applicable federal and state laws and the position's years of employment. The FRS and PAF %'s automatically calculates by using several of the different salary budgeting methods.

There are four(4) different methods used to budget NEXT YEAR salary on this screen. You may use one or a combination of methods depending on the type and amount of information you have available. A position's future salary may be entered:

            1.) As a total PROPOSED BUDGET AMOUNT,

            2.) As a Percent Increase/Decrease in SALARY CHANGE,

            3.) As a hourly rate PER HOUR and/or

            4.) Manually.

For a detailed explanation of the above salary budgeting methods, refer to the Screen 400 (EMPLOYEE SALARY UPDATE) information found on pages 9-3 through 9-10, in the SCREEN FAMILIARIZATION section of this manual.

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