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BOKvaale
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Can you recommend a good budgeting tool? I am looking for tools both for private and public sector. It may or may not be spreadsheet based. If you have experience in one (or more); please add info if there are size limitation for number of budget items and number of item identifiers; e.g. account code, costc..

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ASKED: May 12, 2004  12:35 PM
UPDATED: May 19, 2004  9:28 AM
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Can you be a bit more specific on your needs? I can think of several common applications that can handle budgets, as well as several financial data specific applications.
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I believe a good, solidly structured EXCEL workbook is still a good answer.

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To specify more about the tool requirements: 50-500 users, >1 mill transactions, user access control both on application menu structure and data, minimum 5 categories for postings, reporting on aggregated data across categories…

I know a lot of you love Excel. Excel is great at manipulating data, not for storing and processing…’

So – is there any one out there that can recommend something (other than Excel)?

BOKvaale
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That certainly adds a bit more criteria to the question. I did a search here on TechTarget and found http://www.findaccountingsoftware.com/

At this point, the business needs based on industry come into play.

Consider how the budgeting tool fits in with the corporate accounting system. Talk with the CFA and his staff (if any) about functional requirements.

Khilving
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