Operating Module. The Questica Budget Operating module is included in this installation. Functional Area Description Scope of Work Optional Features … The following optional add-ins offer functionality necessary for very specific budgeting activities, as described. An additional license cost is associated with each add-in. Staff Planning Add-in The Staff Planning add-in is supplementary to the Salaries module. It is used to build budget based on shift plans for full shift coverage, for example staffing a hospital xxxx, rather than by head-count/FTEs. This add-in accounts for non- productive time and auto-allocates additional and partial Positions to ensure full shift coverage within costing Centers. Not in scope Configuration … Import Costing Centers Configuration and data import of standard Questica Operating data structures, using data supplied by The Customer in Excel® workbooks provided by Questica. At a minimum, the files will contain the data necessary to:• Create Costing Centers (for each historical and current/future budget year to be loaded);• Add Costing Centers to Departments consistent with, and shared by, the Capital budget module;• Associate Costing Centers with Funds;• Define Budget Promotion Stages. In scope Initial Data Load … Import Initial Budget Import the current/future budget, with 1 years of future forecast data from data import workbooks: • Create dollar budget line items with GL Accounts ... at the Costing Center level. Questica will carry out a second import of the current/future budget if required. This accommodates an initial data load at the start of the implementation and a refresh prior to going live. In scope Import Historic Budgets Import 2 prior years' Operating budgets from data import workbooks. All prior years must have a chart of account structure that is the same, or a subset of, the initial budget. Only the amended OR the approved budget will be imported in each of these prior years, but not both. In scope Import Actuals Transactions Import Operating actuals transactions from data import workbooks. If not in scope then The Customer can add their historical data manually, or using Questica Budget's spreadsheet import feature, or use the automated integration once that has been configured. Customer task Import Initial Statistical Budget Import the current/future Operating statistical budget from data import workbooks: • Create statistical budget lines items with Statistical Accounts ... at the Costing Center level. If not in scope then ...
