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# Manage budget of your projects using Project Workspace

# Manage budget of your projects using Project Workspace {#ariaid-title1}

* Release version: Zurich
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* Updated July 31, 2025
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* ![](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/portal-asset/ico-clock) 1 minute to read

Allocate, manage, and approve budget for your projects. Lean budgeting allocates budget for short planning cycles across fiscal periods, such as monthly, quarterly, or yearly. This approach differs from allocating budget to
the complete duration of a planning item.

## Before you begin

* Admins should enable the property to work on budgeting. For more information, see [Enable financial budget allocation for projects in Project Workspace](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/E3qT2QL88yn1BSTuNWblFA "Enable allocation property after migrating to Next Experience to work on budget allocation for your projects using Project Workspace.").
* Admins can configure the attribute to allocate and approve budget by cost type or expense type. For more information, see [Configure budget attribute at instance-level](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/FeC2pQFiCtc9pcKJLgeSBA "Configure the budget attribute by expense type or cost type as an instance-level to work on budget allocations for your projects using Project Workspace.").
* Role required: it_portfolio_manager
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## About this task

The video demonstrates navigation in Strategic Planning Workspace. Navigation in Project Workspace differs, but the functionality is the same.

## Procedure

1. Navigate to WorkspacesProject Workspace and open a project.
2. Select Financials from the left menu.
3. Use the Display mode list and select Budget allocation.
4. Manage budget using one of the following ways for the selected time scale at monthly, quarterly, or yearly level.
   * Double-click each cell in the Budget column to manually enter the value.
   * Select Copy cost as budget from the Budget column options to copy Forecast value as budget.

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   Note:  
   Negative budget amounts are supported. If you enter a negative Capex Budget or Opex Budget amount, or the associated cost plan has a negative total planned cost, the project budget is still distributed across the cost plan breakdowns and rolled up to the project financials.  
   * You can edit the budget values using the in-grid editing feature after copying Forecast to budget.
   * Unapproved budget values are indicated with ![Tick mark in a circle representing the unapproved budget]() icon.
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5. Select Approve budget (![Approve budget button.]()).  
   Approve budget confirmation window is displayed. The Create a financial baseline for this budget approval option is enabled by default which captures the latest budget and financial estimates.  
   Tip:  
   The financial baseline created while approving the budget can be compared with the future baselines once the actual expenses are captured to track financial performance.
6. On the confirmation window, select Approve (![Approve button.]()).

## Result

Budget widget is updated to reflect the latest approved budget. Project Manager can view the approved budget and compare it with the planned costs using the budget vs cost view by cost type.

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