Project Management · Odoo glossary
Budget Variance
Budget variance is the difference between an actual or committed amount and its budget baseline.
Definition
In general ERP practice
Budget variance is the difference between an actual or committed amount and its budget baseline. The sign and whether a variance is favorable depend on whether it concerns revenue or cost.
In Odoo
Odoo analytic budgets and financial budgets support comparisons with recorded activity or ledger balances. Use the same period, project and amount basis; a budget-versus-actual comparison is different from a forecast of the total cost at completion.
Official Odoo documentation
The Odoo-specific explanation above is based on the documentation for Odoo 19. Features and workflows can differ in other versions.
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