U9 cloud Rolling Budget: Update Forecast with Actuals and Drivers
Retain the approved baseline and update future outlook using volume, price, usage and workforce drivers.
Learning objective
Create a rolling process that preserves history and explains forecast movement.
Roles
Finance, process owners, key users, IT, consultants and internal audit
Prerequisites
- Confirm entities, periods, currencies, masters and access.
- Prepare approved normal and exception test data.
- Define cut-off, interfaces, approvals and changes.
Completion checks
- Results trace to source document and accountable role.
- Quantity, amount, currency, period and status reconcile.
- Exceptions retain cause, action, owner and closure evidence.
Common errors
- Masking source errors with manual adjustment.
- Not freezing versions, making results irreproducible.
- Testing only normal flow.
Thailand project note
Thai implementations should confirm Thai/English masters, THB and foreign currencies, Asia/Bangkok time, segregation of duties, approvals and local retention. This covers ERP process controls only; VAT, WHT, BOI, customs and statutory-accounting conclusions require qualified Thai professional review.
Related modules
Steps
- 01
Freeze annual baseline with organisation, period, currency and approval version.
- 02
Select verifiable drivers for volume, price, material usage, workforce and expense.
- 03
Load actuals and separate true variance, timing and one-off items.
- 04
At a fixed cadence, add future months without overwriting approved history.
- 05
Use driver bridges to explain change from prior forecast.
- 06
After management approval, publish a new version with actions, owners and review dates.
Implementation notes
- Pilot one organisation and representative period.
- Exceptions need source, owner, approval and closure evidence.
- Menus and fields depend on current release and blueprint.
References
- YonSuite 客户成功服务 ↗用友 · Accessed: 2026-08-21 · Applicable version: 业财对账及财务服务官方范围；菜单以客户版本为准
- U9 cloud 全球产品介绍 ↗用友 · Accessed: 2026-08-21 · Applicable version: 精细核算、项目控制及分析官方范围
- U9 cloud 成本管理数智化 ↗用友 U9 cloud · Accessed: 2026-08-21 · Applicable version: 多成本体系、成本计算与差异分析公开说明