Variables

 Use variables to enter values, which concern several cost items at the same time. E.g. the shooting days, which are relevant for several employees, the cost rates for travel expenses, the shooting ratio and many more. This allows you to make faster and less complicated changes in your budget. If you make changes in the variables window they have an automatic effect on the budget and the financing. You get into the variables window by clicking "Variables" in the toolbar or by pressing CMD+1.The categories for variables are on the left side of the window. On the right side you find the variables in the selected category.You can categorize variables in order to get a better overview. You can create and delete categories with the "+" and "-" buttons. Optionally, you can select colors for the individual categories.Also you can add an delete variables with the "+" and the "-" buttons. In case a deleted variable is used (in the budget, the financing or in the formula of a different variable) it is automatically replaced by it‘s current value.Variables can be used in the budget and the financing for the fields "Amount", "Price per Unit" and the multiplication factor "X". You can either type them in per hand in the formula editor of these fields, or you can click the "V" button to select variables via a menu.In case a value (e.g. shooting days) changes, you only have to make the correction in the variables window. All the numbers of the budget, which this variable has been assigned to, will now automatically change with it.