Editing the budget grid
The grid is where you set next year's numbers. You can type a dollar amount or a percentage change, and the two always agree. A running indicator at the top tells you what your edits have done to the...
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The grid is where you set next year's numbers. You can type a dollar amount or a percentage change, and the two always agree. A running indicator at the top tells you what your edits have done to the total.
Enter a dollar amount or a percentage
Every line accepts either. Type a dollar figure and the percentage recalculates against that line's baseline. Type a percentage and the dollar figure recalculates. There is no separate mode to switch into and no way to leave the two out of step.
The same line, edited two ways, with the same result.
| Account | Baseline | Annual | % | Share of Total |
| Landscaping | $24,000 | $25,200 | +5.0% | 7.4% |
Rounding follows the normal commercial rule: a half cent rounds away from zero, so a credit and a charge of the same size round by the same amount rather than drifting in opposite directions.
Read the total change indicator
The header carries a Total vs. baseline figure that updates as you type. It is the same number as the expense subtotal change at the bottom of the grid, not an approximation of it, so you can trust the one you can see without scrolling.
When the budget has no baseline, which happens if you copied an existing budget or started from nothing, the indicator reads No baseline recorded instead of showing a misleading percentage.
Share of total
The Share of Total column shows what proportion of the budget each line represents. It is the fastest way to answer "which lines actually matter" before you spend time negotiating a small one.
Monthly detail
A line can be spread evenly across the twelve months or set month by month. Use month-by-month entry for anything seasonal, like snow removal or pool maintenance, so the monthly variance reports mean something later.
On a phone
The grid keeps its sideways scroll on mobile rather than stacking into a list. It is a twelve-month editable matrix, and stacking it would destroy the month-over-month comparison the surface exists for. Every other list in URBI still stacks vertically on a phone.