BOQ Budget Validation Checks helps you understand if the open BOQ budget is ready to be submitted for approval. You can submit a budget for approval only if all the budget line items are established and assigned to a budget.
To view the status of individual validation checks for the selected open budget, click the Fail or Pass hyperlink in the Validation column. The BOQ Budget Validation Checks window opens with the Validation Check and the Error Description.
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In the Cost Summary panel, click the REGISTER tab.
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In the BOQ Budget Register panel, the Validation column displays whether the checks on open budget have passed or failed.
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Pass indicates that all validation checks have passed. When all validation steps have passed, a Lock hyperlink appears in the BOQ Budget Register panel.
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Fail indicates that one or more validation checks have failed.
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Click the Fail hyperlink to check which validations have failed.
After all the validation checks pass, you can publish the BOQ budget to Original Budget.
Publish BOQ cost to Original Budget
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In the Cost Summary panel, click REGISTER.
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In the BOQ Budget Register panel, click the Lock hyperlink.
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In the Unapproved Budget from BOQ Cost window, confirm your action.
You can also view the budget details such as time-stamp and cost in the BOQ Budget Logs panel.
What's next?
Once the budget is ready and approved in Smart Build Controls, you can then publish the approved budget to Smart Build . For more information, see Original Budget Process.