Budget and Analysis: Glossary
Term |
Description |
AM |
Adjusted Margin |
AMBD |
Adjusted Margin Before Depreciation |
B&P |
Budget and Planning Office |
Bottom-Up |
Define budget numbers at lowest level (Class, Project, Fund, Summary Account) |
BPR |
Business Process Review |
Budget Accounts |
Summary accounts used to enter budget data |
Business Rules |
Calculations built into Hyperion Planning |
Child |
A member that has a parent immediately above it |
CM |
Contribution Margin |
CMC/CMHC |
Correctional Managed Health Care |
Data |
Numeric values |
Dimensions |
Select elements that are part of the UTMB Chartfield String (e.g. dept, class/project, fund) |
End-User |
Budget entry/data entry personnel |
Essbase |
A database that is an engine for Hyperion Planning |
HCS |
Health Care Systems |
Hyperion Planning |
A software developed by Hyperion Corporation to deliver budgeting and planning capabilities through the intranet |
IRAM |
Information Resources Access Management – process used to request access for Hyperion Planning |
Level 0 |
Lowest level of a Dimension (base member) |
Managing to Margin |
Managing revenues less expenses |
Margin Target |
Target set for entities to meet when budgeting (revenues less expenses) |
Member |
The component that comprises a dimension within Hyperion |
Meta Data |
Text description about the data such as the account name, the time period or the class name |
Parent |
A member that has at least one child member immediately below it |
Precision Format |
Specifies the number of decimals you view in your printed PDF file |
Scenario |
Dimension within Hyperion Planning (e.g. current) |
Sibling |
A child member at the same branch level as another child member with the same parent |
Spreadback |
A Hyperion Planning feature that allows users to allocate the data values for summary time periods (Year Total, Q1, Q2, etc) across associated time periods |
SSC |
Shared Service Cost |
Super-User |
Entity finance personnel who is responsible for pushing margins to departments |
Task List |
Provides a listing of tasks needed to complete the budget process. Although it is not mandatory to utilize the task list, it is a good way to keep track of the budgeting process. |
Top-down |
Margins set at the Institutional level and pushed down through the entities to the departments |
Version |
A dimension within Hyperion Planning (e.g. working) |
Web Form |
Data entry form within Hyperion Planning |
Workflow |
Functionality within Hyperion Planning that allows for collaborative planning, as well as, promotion and rejection of planning units |