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1. Getting started

2. Enabling Browser third-party cookies

In order to use Budgetizer, third-party cookies must be enabled. Please check your browser configuration.

For Microsoft Edge

For Chrome

For Safari

In the Safari app  on your Mac, choose Safari > Preferences, click Privacy, then do any of the following:

3. Authorizations and permissions required to use the plugin

By default, each user in the site-admins group is an application administrator and can access Budgetizer and browse portfolios.

This default group configuration can be updated in the "Permissions" tab.

Please note that all app users in "default admin group" will be able to browse all portfolios even if they don’t own it.

If you don’t remember which is the group configured to access the app, go to “Manage your apps”. In the left side menu, You will see a settings link inside the Budgetizer menu

4. Installation and basic configuration

4.1 Install Budgetizer

4.2 Open Budgetizer

Depending on your navigation configuration, Budgetizer can be found in the top bar menu.

4.3 Configure default currency

The default currency is USD. In the Default Currency field, choose your own currency.

5. Portfolios overview

5.1 Portfolio’s structure overview

Choose between simple portfolio or portfolio with programs.

5.2 Portfolios tab

5.2.1 Search bar

5.2.2 Item by pages

5.2.3 Create Portfolio

Please note that :

  • you can enter multiple owners for the Portfolio

  • only team members added to the Portfolio can edit it

5.2.4 Export Portfolio

By clicking the Export Portfolios button, you can download the list of all issues in your portfolio and view the following information:

issue key - issue type - priority - status - fix versions - epic name - parent key - project - summary - original estime - remaining estimate - time spent - cost .

Export this content in an excel sheet can be useful for example to aggregate the cost of all issues by epic name.

5.2.5 Table values

5.3 Charts tab - Budget allocation

Charts are enabled at portfolio and program level.

Please note that in order to view a graph, data must be entered first.

6. Portfolio configuration

6.1 Settings tab

Select the portfolio type you want to create among filter - Projects - Program.

The filter must be public to be visible to any logged-in user :

  • By default, when creating the filter has private access

  • Go to Filters - View all filters

  • Check if Access is not private, if so, modify it,

  • Click on the three dots button, on the right side of the page and select Edit

  • On Access, click My organisation, Add, then Save

6.2 Open a portfolio

6.2.1 Content tab

“Content" tab displays the content of the portfolio or program.

6.2.1.1 Search bar
6.2.1.2 Issue types selection

Select all of the Issue types or select only one to display from: Task - Sub-task - Story - Bug - Epic,...

6.2.1.3 Item by pages
6.2.1.4 Export content

By clicking the Export content button, you can download the list of all issues in your portfolio and view the following information:

issue key - issue type - priority - status - fix versions - epic name - parent key - project - summary - original estime - remaining estimate - time spent - cost .

Yo can click Filter worklogs by date to active the filter.

6.2.1.5 Table values

6.2.2 Cost overview tab

Check the total hours spent and the total budget spent on the portfolio.

6.2.3 Hourly rates tab

If you already have worklogs in your backlog, the system will display the list of team members who have already added an entry, otherwise only the default hourly rate will be displayed.

Enter the default hourly rate and click on the ‘Save’ button.

You can also set hourly rate for each team member by clicking on “Set rates”.
Then, you can set the current rate for the team member, as well as setting a rate to apply for worklogs until a target date.

6.2.4 Expenses tab

6.2.4.1 Add expense

Add an expense to your portfolio. Select the date, the expense category among the list , provide a description, the amount and link this expense to an issue (optional)

Please note that these expenses will be added automatically to the total program expenses.

6.2.4.2 Export expenses

By clicking the Export expenses button, you can download the list of all expenses in your portfolio and classify them according to your need.

Yo can click Filter worklogs by date to active the filter.

6.2.4.3 Edit an expense

Click the logo EDIT to update an expense at any time.

6.2.4.4 Delete an expense

Click the logo DELETE to delete an expense at any time.

6.3 Edit a portfolio

Click the logo EDIT to update the portfolio information like budget or team members.

6.4 Delete a portfolio

Click the logo DELETE to delete completely the portfolio.

6.5 Back to Portfolio list

At any time, come back to the list of portfolios by clicking the button : back to portfolio list.

7. Program configuration

The program level allows you to follow-up planned vs spent budget and organize your epics, features and stories.

7.1 Programs tab

7.1.1 Create a program

After clicking on Create program, fill in the information required in the pop-up window :

7.1.2 Search bar

7.1.3 Item by pages

7.1.4 Export programs

By clicking the Export programs button, you can download the list of all programs in your portfolio and sort them as needed.

7.2 Charts tab - Budget allocation

Charts are enabled at portfolio and value stream level.

Please note that these expenses will be added automatically to the total program expenses.

7.3 Open a program

Select a Portfolio type among Filter or Projects.

To configure portfolios in programs, check Chapter 5 : Portfolio Configuration.

7.4 Edit a program

Click the logo EDIT to update the program information like budget or team members.

7.5 Delete a program

Click the logo DELETE to delete completely the program.

7.6 Back to Program list

At any time, come back to the list of programs by clicking the button : back to program list.

8. Security

Budgetizer is part of the Atlassian Bug Bounty program aiming to continuously improve the security of the app by leveraging crowdsourced vulnerability discovery methods available through bug bounty.

8.1 General security information

8.1.1 In-app budget properties management

All app properties related to budgeting and costs are only stored in the customer’s instance. Please note that app properties used for budgeting are hidden for users not in the app admin group / view group, but depending on their global permissions, they may have access to these properties through API.

9. Need help?

Please raise an issue in our Help Center in case of questions or to report a bug, we are here to support you.