Budgets & Budget Control for Odoo 19 Community – Budget vs Actual, Alerts and Blocking
Budgets by account and analytic account compared with what was really spent or earned, with alerts at a threshold and an option to block what goes over.
The budget is a spreadsheet and the actuals an export. Budgets & Budget Control compares them in Odoo Community.
A budget with real figures
A budget for a period with lines by account (expense or income) and optionally by analytic account
Reached, left, percentage and a status: on track, near the limit, over, from the posted entries
Analytic distributions count their percentage; credit notes reduce an expense
Alerts and control
An activity for the budget manager when a line reaches the threshold you choose, once per line
Or block the posting of a bill or entry that would take a line over its budget
Reports
Budget vs actual in one list, by budget or analytic account; PDF and Excel.
Tested
23 automated tests: figures for accounts and analytic accounts, split distributions, credit notes, income, statuses, validations, the blocking and the alerts, the cron, the exports and access.
Documented
Illustrated documentation in English and Arabic and an Arabic translation of the module.
What's included
taqnix_budgets.zip: the Odoo 19 module (with Arabic translation)
Illustrated documentation in English and Arabic (HTML and PDF)
Automated tests, licence file (OPL-1) and changelog
Requirements
Odoo 19.0 Community with Invoicing.
What's in the download
The files in the archive you can download after you buy.
Budgets by period with lines by account and analytic account
Reached, left, percentage and status from the posted entries
Alerts at a threshold (activity for the manager) and optional blocking of postings that go over
Budget vs actual list, PDF and Excel
Arabic translation, automated tests
Frequently asked questions
Does Odoo Community have budgets?+
No: the budget feature of the accounting app belongs to Odoo Enterprise. This module gives Community budgets, budget versus actual and control.
Where do the actual figures come from?+
From the posted journal items of the accounts of the line, in the period of the budget. With an analytic account, only what is distributed to it, by its percentage.
Can I block a bill that goes over the budget?+
Yes. Choose the control Alert and block: posting a bill or an entry that would take a line over its budget is refused. Credit notes are never blocked.
Who receives the alerts?+
The budget manager of the budget gets an activity when a line reaches the threshold, once per line.
Can I budget income?+
Yes. A line can be income: it follows the credit side of its accounts. The totals of the budget are for the expenses.
Is there a monthly split?+
No. A line is for the whole period of the budget.
Can I export?+
Yes: PDF of the budget and an Excel file of the lines.
Does it work in Arabic?+
Yes. Everything is translated and works right to left, and the documentation is in Arabic too.
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