Selecting the training budget for comparison

Select the “Compare Training Budget and Expenses” option from the left pane.
The “Select Training Budget for Comparison” page appears.
The system displays the following.

Date Format

The date that is applicable to the login user.

More Details

Enter the following

Training Plan Org Unit

The name of the organization unit in which the training plan and budget components are deployed. If there is more than one value, the system will display “Select” as the default value in the drop-down list box. You can select the required training calendar unit from the drop-down list box.

Select the training plan, either through the “Direct Entry” group box or through the “Search Criteria” group box.

To select through Direct Entry

Use this method if you know the complete code of the training budget.

Enter the code of the training budget that must be compared with training expenses, in the “Training Budget Code” field.
Select the “Compare Training Budget and Expenses” link.
The “Compare Training Budget and Expenses” page appears. All details of the selected record are displayed.
To compare the training budget and expenses, refer to the topic “comparing the training budget and expenses”.

To select through Search Criteria

Use this method, if you know just a few characters of the training budget code or the training budget description.

Enter the following search criteria values, in some or all of the following fields.

Training Budget Code	To view all training budget codes containing specific characters, type in the starting character/s of the description. Alternatively, type in these characters in any combination with wild cards. Example, Trbud*, will search for those training budget descriptions that start with Trbud.
Training Budget Description	To view all training budget descriptions containing specific characters, type in the starting character/s of the description.
	Alternatively, type in these characters in any combination with wild cards. Example, Trbuddes, will search for those training budget descriptions that start with Trbuddes,. Other examples are Trbuddes, buddesl, and buddes.
Training Budget Period From	To view date from which the training budget takes effect, enter the date
Training Budget Period To	To view the date till which the training budget takes effect, enter the date.

Select the “ Search” pushbutton.

Note: If only one search criteria value is entered, the system will fetch the records that satisfy this value.
If more than one search criteria value is entered, the system will fetch the records satisfying all the specified values.
If you do not enter any value in the search criteria group box and select the “Search” pushbutton, the system will fetch all the records that are applicable to the selected training plan org unit.

The system displays the following details in the multiline, for the training budget records that satisfy the search criteria specified.

Training Budget Code	The code of the training budget.
Training Budget Description	A description of the training budget.
Training Budget Period From	The start date from which the training budget is valid. Example, 1 January 2002
Training Budget Period To	The end date till which the training budget is valid. Example, 31 December 2002

To proceed

Select the “Compare Training Budget and Expenses” link from the “Select training budget for comparision” page.

Page Objective

Use this page to select the training budget for comparison.