Budget Tool Tutorial
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Budget Trends Tool
Step 1: Choosing the unit(s) of measurement and years of interest
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- In the Budget Trends Tool, select the measurement options you would like to utilize.
- Options include the Real Budget, which will graph the budget in 2002 dollars, Real Change which will graph the change in the budget in 2002 dollars; and Percent Change which will graph the percentage change in the budget of a policy area.
- Here we have selected Real Budget and Percent Change options.
- Select the years of interest. We have selected 1950 to 2000.
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Step 2: Select the budget functions and subfunctions
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- Next, select the budget functions and subfunctions you would like included in the analysis and then click the Graph It button.
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Finished!
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- A graph should appear based on the selections you made. For help customizing this chart, see the Chart Tutorial
- To do another analysis, click the button 'Graph Again'
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Budget Distributions Tool
The Budget Distribution Tool allows users to graph the budget functions and subfunctions as a percentage of the total budget. With this tool, users can assess various budget priorities.
Step 1: Selecting the years of interest
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- Select the year you would like included in the analysis.
- We have used the default values, 1947 to 2002.
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Step 2: Select the budget functions and subfunctions
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- Select the budget functions and subfunctions of interest to you. We selected National Defense subfunction and the Federal Law Enforcement Activities subfunction.
- This tool allows you to choose any number of combinations of functions an subfunctions.
- Once you have selected the budget functions, click the Graph It button.
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Finished!
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- A graph should appear based on the selections you made. For help customizing this chart, see the Chart Tutorial
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