# My Budgets ## Create New Budget There are 2 types of Budgets that can be created on Empuls 1. Automated Budget - Automate point distribution to others by defining who should get budgets, the number of points, and distribution cadence. Recommended for rule-based & recurring budget allocation 2. **Manually Distributed Budget**- Manually allocate points to users and retract them as needed. Recommended when a varying number of points are distributed to each user. Let's find out how to create the 2 types of budget on Empuls. ## **Automated Budget** 1. Navigate to **My Budget> Click on Create Budget >Choose Automated Budget>Proceed>Let's Begin.**

2\. **Budget details** - Fill in the Budget name, Budget description and link the awards that can be used for appreciation with this budget. One or more awards can be linked with the budget. Click **Continue** to proceed.

3\. **Budget Recipients** -You have the capability to share the budget with everyone on the team or with a smaller subset based on filters like department, location, designation etc. Click **Continue** to proceed. 4\. **Budget Cadence** - Set the cadence for budget sharing. Click **Continue** to proceed.

5\. **Points Distribution** -Define the number of points to be shared with each recipient in each run. **Recover unused points** - if checked the unused points in the previous run lapse and will not be available for award.

6\. Lastly **Review the Budget**, **Confirm and Create**. 7\. This newly created Automated Budget is viewable under **Settings >REWARDS & RECOGNITION SETTINGS > Automations >Automated Budgets tab**.

## Manually Distributed Budget 1. Navigate to **My budgets > Click on Create Budget >Choose Manually distributed Budget>Proceed>Let's Begin.**

2\. **Budget details** -Fill in the Budget name, Budget description and link the awards that can be used for appreciation with this budget. One or more awards can be linked with the budget. 3 . **Set Validity for the budget** - If the option is checked the allocated points lapse after the validity timeframe.

4\. **Budget Points** - This can be a non-monetary award or you can choose to add points at a later point. 5\. **Distribute Points** - If points are added to the budget, they can be distributed to one or more users. This can also be done at a later point.

## Edit Budget 1\. To edit the budgets, click on the budget and click on. Edit the details you want to edit, then click on **Save**.

2\. To Edit an automated budget, Navigate to **Settings > REWARDS & RECOGNITION SETTINGS> Automations> Automated Budget>Click on the Budget> Edit (bottom right )**. ## Share Budget Sharing a budget means sharing your points with other users for using them only to reward others and cannot be used for personal redemption. {% hint style="info" %} When a budget owner shares a [Custom budget ](https://xoxoday.gitbook.io/empuls/budgets/introduction-to-budgets)with other users, then the same budget is created with the same budget settings in their account. {% endhint %} **Share budget step-by-step procedure :** 1. Click on the budget you want to share with users. 2. Click on the **Distribute Points** button.

3\. Proceed to share the budget by selecting the user and points. 4\. You have the ability to share the points with multiple users, choose **Add users** in bulk for this instance. Upload a .csv file or just copy the data from your Excel sheet.

## Request Fund/Top-up budget A top-up for the Personal budget can be done only by requests from other users to Super Admin. 1\. Navigate to the Personal budget>Click on ![](https://1067480511-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F-MOm3lvi2GZUOthqehhF%2Fuploads%2FqadDOZRIOmPp0UgYMdh8%2F3dotsicon.png?alt=media\&token=225b03a4-e106-4933-9b91-e9d85d1b1e2d)to **Request Points**.

2.Enter the name from whom you wish to request the points and the reason for the points .

## Approve Budget Request A notification will be received when a budget request has been raised. All such requests can be accessed from the **Manage Budget** option. You can either Approve or Decline the request accordingly. ## Delete Budget Deleting the budget will revert your and other co-owners' unutilized budgets to your Personal budget. When you delete an **Automated Budget** it will remove its access from the current budget recipients. Any unused points remaining in the budget will be moved to Em’s general-purpose budget. ## **Pause Automation Budget** Pausing the budget automation will stop any further distribution of the budget. Any unused budget with the users will continue to remain with the users and will be recovered at the end of the 1st run cycle. Navigate to **Settings > REWARDS & RECOGNITION SETTINGS> Automations>Automated Budgets>choose the budget**