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A guide per role, a page per screen with a current screenshot, walkthroughs of the Budget and MTREF journeys, the ceiling in plain language, the Excel templates, every message that can block you, and the integration API. The same pages open from the ? on every screen.
Guides by role
- Guide for MDA officers (GOE User and GOE Admin)
The annual Budget, MTREF and performance exercises from an MDA’s desk.
- Guide for the Budget Office (Admin and Super Admin)
Open the cycle, set the ceilings, track submissions, report, and run the installation.
- Guide for reviewers (BOF Reviewer and NASS)
For the Budget Office of the Federation (BOF) and the National Assembly: read every MDA’s figures, ceilings and reports without changing anything.
Walkthroughs
- Walkthrough: the annual Budget
From revenue accounts to a submitted budget, in the order the hub’s checklist follows.
- Walkthrough: the MTREF exercise
Three projected years of revenue and expenditure for the medium-term framework.
Topics
- The ceiling in plain language
What total funding is, how headroom is computed, and a worked example.
- Excel templates: export, fill, dry run, import
Every grid round-trips through Excel without losing a cent.
- The parallel run and the cutover
Why saves are refused on the new system for a while, and what changes at the cutover.
- Read-only, locks and the status strip
What the header tells you, why a screen is read-only, and how review and submission move the state.
- Messages that block you
Every refusal the system can give, what it means and what to do next.
Screens
- Dashboard (the cycle hub)GOE User, GOE Admin
The MDA’s position against its ceiling, the deadline, blockers and the checklist.
- Revenue accountsGOE User, GOE Admin
Which revenue accounts the MDA collects on, by class (IGR, GRU, CRF).
- Revenue projectionsGOE User, GOE Admin
Monthly projections per revenue account for the year; they set the IGR part of the ceiling.
- Personnel, overhead and capital linesGOE User, GOE Admin
Account-based expenditure lines, each save checked against the headroom.
- Sub-programmesGOE User, GOE Admin
The programme tree: pillar, programme, activity, sub-activity, with each branch’s total.
- Programme itemsGOE User, GOE Admin
The items of one sub-activity, checked against the same ceiling as the lines.
- MTREF overviewGOE User, GOE Admin
The framework year, the three projected years with their ceilings, and the workflow state.
- MTREF revenue, personnel, overhead and capitalGOE User, GOE Admin
One grid per projection type, per projected year.
- MTREF approved figuresGOE User, GOE Admin
The figures the Budget Office approved for the framework.
- Nominal rollGOE User, GOE Admin
Upload the MDA’s nominal roll for the framework.
- Revenue and expenditure actualsGOE User, GOE Admin
Monthly performance figures against the projections.
- Revenue and expenditure analysisGOE User, GOE Admin
Projection against actual, variance and percentage, per account and month.
- NotificationsGOE User, GOE Admin, Admin, Super Admin, BOF Reviewer, NASS
Reminders, reports that are ready, freezes and account messages.
- Change passwordGOE User, GOE Admin, Admin, Super Admin, BOF Reviewer, NASS
Choose a new password; first-time users start here.
- Second factorGOE User, GOE Admin, Admin, Super Admin, BOF Reviewer, NASS
Set up an authenticator app; required for administrators.
- Budget Office dashboardAdmin, Super Admin, BOF Reviewer, NASS
The portfolio at a glance: submissions, ceilings, the envelope and what needs attention.
- Submission trackerAdmin, Super Admin, BOF Reviewer, NASS
Every MDA with its submission flags, frozen state and headroom; remind, freeze, work as.
- GOE ceilingsAdmin, Super Admin, BOF Reviewer, NASS
Allowance percentage and subvention per MDA, the envelope, break-even and what-if.
- MTREF frameworksAdmin, Super Admin, BOF Reviewer, NASS
Every MDA’s framework with its workflow state; receive, return, archive; approved figures.
- Reports and download centreGOE User, GOE Admin, Admin, Super Admin, BOF Reviewer, NASS
Queue the consolidated estimates or a per-MDA workbook; files appear when ready.
- Estimates pageAdmin, Super Admin, BOF Reviewer, NASS
The printable consolidated estimates for a year; print to PDF.
- Audit logGOE User, GOE Admin, Admin, Super Admin, BOF Reviewer, NASS
Who changed what, when, why, with the figures before and after; export as CSV.
- Cycle calendarAdmin, Super Admin
Open a fiscal year, then the Budget, MTREF and Performance exercises with their deadlines.
- GOEs (MDAs)Admin, Super Admin
Create and edit MDAs; funding type and publication.
- UsersAdmin, Super Admin
Create users with a temporary password, set roles and MDAs, unlock, deactivate.
- A user in fullAdmin, Super Admin
Profile, agency, state, sign-in history, every change they made and every change made to their account.
- Chart of accountsAdmin, Super Admin
Heads, sub-heads and accounts; publish and retire.
- Pillars and programmesAdmin, Super Admin
The national pillars every MDA’s programme tree hangs from.
- Engine policiesAdmin, Super Admin
The one formula per figure, selectable with a reason (D-09).
- Integration API clientsAdmin, Super Admin
Issue, scope, rotate and revoke credentials for other systems.
- Site and brandingSuper Admin
The front door’s name, colour, logo, support details and deadline notice (Super Admin).
Messages that block you
- This change exceeds the MDA’s total funding
The save would take your budget above the ceiling. Nothing was saved; the message quotes the total funding and the balance still available.
- Expenditure is locked
Expenditure lines, programme items and the programme structure are read-only for this year.
- Revenue projections are locked
The projection grid for this year is read-only.
- The Budget Office has made this read-only
A section (or everything) is locked for the year, for every MDA or for yours. The screen shows the reason the Budget Office gave.
- Your MDA works on the current year only
A screen or request named a fiscal year that is not open for your MDA.
- GRU is not enabled for this MDA
A non-zero figure was entered against a GRU (revenue approved for usage) account, but the Budget Office has not enabled GRU for your MDA.
- The budget cannot be submitted while it is over the ceiling
Submission is refused because the total budget is above the total funding. The hub shows the amount you are over by.
- The MTREF submission is no longer pending
MTREF projections can only be edited while the workflow is pending.
- Projected year outside the MTREF horizon
MTREF projections cover framework year +1 to +3 only.
- That workflow move is not allowed
The MTREF workflow runs pending → submitted → received → archived, one step at a time, with one step back allowed.
- Your account is locked
Three wrong passwords in a row lock the account.
- The figures could not be read
A value was missing or in a form the system does not accept.

