Benefit Plan form

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Learn about the fields of benefit plan form.

Field

Description

Name

Descriptive name of the benefit plan.

Work

Project or demand to which the benefit plan belongs.

Sponsor

Sponsor for the project.

Category

Type of benefit:- Hard: Benefits that can be measured in terms of revenue.

  • Soft: Benefits that are measured in terms of value.

Sub category

Sub-categories of hard and soft benefits.The selection in Category field determines the selections available in this field.

Benefit type

Type of benefit. Select Monetary benefits.

Offset type

Field to indicate when the benefits start realizing. Select any of the following options:- None: The default value is None. When you select None, you need to manually enter the benefit plan start and end fiscal periods.

  • Milestone: After completion of a milestone.
  • Start Date: At the start of the project.
  • End Date: After the project ends.

Based on the selected offset type changes, benefit plan start date shifts. For example, if the offset type is set to End Date and the end date of the project changes. Then the benefit plan start date shifts to align with the new end date of the project.

Milestone

Note: The field appears if you select Milestone in the Offset type field.

Project milestones to which the benefit plan belongs.

Milestone start date

Note: The field appears if you select Milestone in the Offset type field.

Start date of the selected milestone.

Work start date

Note: The field appears if you select Start Date in the Offset type field.

Start date of the project or demand.

Work end date

Note: The field appears if you select End Date in the Offset type field.

End date of the project or demand.

Offset

Number of periods before or after the offset type when the benefit plan starts. For example, if the offset type is selected as End Date and the offset is -2, the benefit plan is two periods prior to the project end date. If the project end date shifts, the benefit plan start date shifts to two periods prior to the new project due date.

Duration in periods

The length, in periods, of the benefit plan.

Start fiscal period

Starting fiscal period. Populated based on the value in the Offset field relative to the selected Milestone, Project or Demand start date, or Project or Demand end date, and Duration in period values.The field is editable if you select None in the Offset type field.

When you change the start fiscal period, the associated benefit breakdown values also change.

End fiscal period

Ending fiscal period. Populated based on the value in the Offset field relative to the selected Milestone, Project or Demand start date, or Project or Demand end date, and Duration in period values.The field is editable if you select None in the Offset type field.

When you change the end fiscal period, the associated benefit breakdown values also change.

Associated benefit

Non-monetary benefit that is associated to this monetary benefit plan.

Field

Description

Entered benefit

Benefit incurred from the project or demand specified in terms of entered currency.If the selected currency is different from the functional currency, the corresponding budget reference rate is used to calculate the Total planned benefit of the project.

Entered currency

Currency in which you want the benefit plan to be created.

Functional currency

Currency that is obtained from the glide.system.locale property. For upgraded customers, if the selected currency is different from the configured functional currency from the Financial Management application, the corresponding budget reference rate is used to calculate the Total planned benefit of the project.

Total planned benefit

Estimated amount of potential benefit of the project or demand.

Benefit in functional currency

Benefit incurred from project or demand in terms of functional currency.

Actual benefit

Actual benefit that is incurred from the project or demand. This value is rolled up from the Actual benefit field of all the benefit plan breakdowns.

Recurring

Check box to indicate that the benefit is recurring for all the fiscal periods in the benefit plan.

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