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title: Configure budget attribute at instance level
description: Configure the budget attribute by expense type or cost type as an instance-level to work on budget allocations for your demands.
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product: Strategic Planning
classification: strategic-planning
topic_type: task
last_updated: "2026-07-24"
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breadcrumb: [Enable financial budget allocation for demands, Configure financials for demands, Configure, Next Experience for Demand Management in Strategic Planning, Strategic Planning, Strategic Portfolio Management]
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# Configure budget attribute at instance level

Configure the budget attribute by expense type or cost type as an instance-level to work on budget allocations for your demands.

## Before you begin

-   Enable the budget allocation property to work on budgeting for demands. For more information, see [Enable financial budget allocation for demands](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/it-business-management/strategic-planning/enable-financial-budget-allocation-for-demands.md).
-   Role required: admin

**Important:** Existing customers can’t change the budget attribute to cost\_type.

## Procedure

1.  Navigate to **All** > **System Properties** > **Properties**.

2.  Filter the Name column to locate and open the **sn\_invst\_pln.budget\_allocation\_attribute** property.

3.  Update the Value field to one of the following.

    -   **cost\_type** - view financials by cost types such as Hardware Opex, External labor Capex, Software Capex, Software Opex.
    -   **expense\_type** - view financials by expense types such as Capex and Opex.
4.  Select **Update**.