Budget Managers can monitor the activity of their department’s budget through various information and reports that can be accessed as noted below.

Self-Service Budget Query
Budget Managers and their designee can monitor their department’s budget by running a budget query in LoLA Self-Service.  The budget query provides information such as the year-to-date budget, the year-to-date payments, and the year-to-date encumbrances. 

Click here for instructions on how to run a budget query in LoLA Self-Service.
Budget queries can be extracted to Excel to aid in reviewing the query details.  Click here for a sample budget query extraction.

Budget Reports in the Strategic Dashboard
Budget Managers and their designee can monitor their department’s budget by running various reports via the Strategic Dashboard.  The available reports include: Budget Status; Available Balances; Transaction Detail; and Labor Distribution.  These various budget reports provide information such as the year-to-date budget, year-to-date payments, year-to-date encumbrances, remaining balances, vendor payment details, and payroll details. 

Click here for instructions on how to run various budget reports in the Strategic Dashboard.