--- title: Benefit Plan form description: Learn about the fields of benefit plan form. locale: en-US canonical_url: https://www.servicenow.com/docs/r/australia/it-business-management/project-management/benefit-plan-form-project-management.html release: australia product: Project Management classification: project-management topic_type: reference last_updated: "2026-03-12" reading_time_minutes: 3 breadcrumb: [Form field information for Project Management, Project Management reference, Project Management, Project Portfolio Management, Strategic Portfolio Management] --- # Benefit Plan form Learn about the fields of benefit plan form.
Field Description
Name Descriptive name of the benefit plan.
Work Project or demand to which the benefit plan belongs.
Sponsor Sponsor for the project.
Category Type of benefit:- **Hard**: Benefits that can be measured in terms of revenue. - **Soft**: Benefits that are measured in terms of value.
Sub category Sub-categories of hard and soft benefits.The selection in **Category** field determines the selections available in this field.
Benefit type Type of benefit. Select **Monetary benefits**.
Offset type Field to indicate when the benefits start realizing. Select any of the following options:- **None**: The default value is None. When you select None, you need to manually enter the benefit plan start and end fiscal periods. - **Milestone**: After completion of a milestone. - **Start Date**: At the start of the project. - **End Date**: After the project ends. If the value in the selected offset type changes, the benefit plan start date shifts accordingly. For example, if the offset type is set to **End Date** and the end date of the project changes, the benefit plan start date shifts to align with the new end date of the project.
Milestone **Note:** The field appears if you select **Milestone** in the **Offset type** field. Project milestones to which the benefit plan belongs.
Milestone start date **Note:** The field appears if you select **Milestone** in the **Offset type** field. Start date of the selected milestone.
Work start date **Note:** The field appears if you select **Start Date** in the **Offset type** field. Start date of the project or demand.
Work end date **Note:** The field appears if you select **End Date** in the **Offset type** field. End date of the project or demand.
Offset Number of periods before or after the offset type when the benefit plan starts. For example, if the offset type is selected as **End Date** and the offset is -2, the benefit plan is two periods prior to the project end date. If the project end date shifts, the benefit plan start date shifts to two periods prior to the new project due date.
Duration in periods The length, in periods, of the benefit plan.
Start fiscal period Starting fiscal period. Populated based on the value in the Offset field relative to the selected Milestone, Project or Demand start date, or Project or Demand end date, and Duration in period values.The field is editable if you select **None** in the **Offset type** field. When you change the start fiscal period, the associated benefit breakdown values also change.
End fiscal period Ending fiscal period. Populated based on the value in the Offset field relative to the selected Milestone, Project or Demand start date, or Project or Demand end date, and Duration in period values.The field is editable if you select **None** in the **Offset type** field. When you change the end fiscal period, the associated benefit breakdown values also change.
Associated benefit Non-monetary benefit that is associated to this monetary benefit plan.
Field Description
Entered benefit Benefit incurred from the project or demand specified in terms of entered currency.If the selected currency is different from the functional currency, the corresponding [budget reference rate](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/it-business-management/ppm-collaboration/c_BudgetReferenceRates.md) is used to calculate the **Total planned benefit** of the project.
Entered currency Currency in which you want the benefit plan to be created.
Functional currency Currency that is obtained from the [**glide.system.locale** property](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/platform-administration/currency-properties.md). For upgraded customers, if the selected currency is different from the functional currency configured in the Financial Management application, the corresponding [budget reference rate](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/it-business-management/ppm-collaboration/c_BudgetReferenceRates.md) is used to calculate the **Total planned benefit** of the project.
Total planned benefit Estimated amount of potential benefit of the project or demand.
Benefit in functional currency Benefit incurred from project or demand in terms of functional currency.
Actual benefit Actual benefit that is incurred from the project or demand. This value is rolled up from the **Actual benefit** field of all the benefit plan breakdowns.
Recurring Check box to indicate that the benefit is recurring for all the fiscal periods in the benefit plan.
**Related topics** [Create a monetary benefit plan for a project](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/it-business-management/project-management/create-project-benefit-plan.md)