# Usage

## Setting budgets

New Budgets <model-account.budget> can easily be created, and existing budgets updated, by changing the budgets that are found in the [Financial ‣ Budgets ‣ Budgets] main menu entry.

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To quickly add missing lines to a budget, you can use the Update Lines button. This creates a budget line for each missing income account.

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To quickly create and distribute a budget across financial Periods <account:model-account.period> you can use the Create Periods <wizard-account.budget.line.create_periods> wizard by using the budget’s Create Periods button.

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A budget can be copied to a new Fiscal Year <account:model-account.fiscalyear> using the Copy Budget <wizard-account.budget.copy> wizard from the budget’s Copy button.

## Tracking budgets

A report of actual amounts of each Budget <model-account.budget> can be found by opening the [Financial ‣ Reporting ‣ Budgets] main menu item.

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From this view you can see the breakdown of a budget into its periods by opening the budget’s line.