The system may also allow them to copy forward actual results from prior periods into the budget fields in the model. When users enter data, the system can be configured to present them with just the information required for their department, possibly along with historical or other information that they can use as a basis for developing their budget estimates. Users cannot adjust the budgeting software, other than through adjustments to the various user-specific flags (which are password protected), and so cannot introduce any modeling errors. The information in this database is rendered into the budget model by the modeling software. This software presents a common user interface to all users, and stores all submitted information in a central database. Budgeting and planning (B&P) software centralizes the storage and use of budgeting information.
