Create task-level budgets and track the project budget as the sum of all task budgets. The project budget threshold will be calculated based on the task budget threshold, and both will be updated every three hours for the project. Click Calculate Now () on the project dashboard to update the threshold. Task budget can be set based on either amount or hours.

Benefits

1. Track budget by task amount or hours
   
2. Can be compared with the actual cost/hour of tasks

Use case

Feature Availability: Premium and Enterprise plans. Also available for CRM Plus and Zoho One users.

Prerequisites

1. Budget should be enabled for the project or your portal should be integrated with Zoho Invoice / Zoho Books.
   
2. Budget type of project should be based on Task Amount / Task Hours.
   

View Budget in Task

Set Budget for a Task

1. Create a new project. You can also enable task budget by editing an existing project.
   
2. Scroll to the Budget section in the new project form.
   
3. Click on the Budget Type drop-down.
   
4. Select Based on Task Amount/Based on Task Hours.
   
5. Enter other project details and click Add.
   
   

Create a Budget for a Task

1. Select a project from the Projects tab in the left navigation panel.
   
2. Click the Tasks tab in the top band to open the List or Gantt view.
   
3. Click Add Task in the top-right corner.
   
4. Enter the task details.
   
5. Fill in the Task Budget and Budget Threshold fields.
   
6. Click Add.
   
   

Track Budget Health

Navigate to the task module, click  and select Overrun from the Budget Health field. The log hours can be marked as billable if a cost is charged to the client or as non-billable to indicate that the hours are not charged. When team members log time for the task, it will automatically calculate the actual cost of the approved billable hours. This updates the budget in real time.