Background
Solver replaces the legacy Delaware Budget System (DBS) budget application, as well as provides necessary integration with the First State Financials (FSF) and Payroll Human Resource Statewide Technology (PHRST) PeopleSoft applications.
The objectives of Solver are to:
- provide an analytical tool with workflow management, data entry screens and reports that enable summary and detailed presentations of information used for planning and implementation of the State’s fiscal initiatives;
- provide users with an application that enables entering budgetary data and adjustments as well as carrying out reviews and detailed reporting of current, past, and planned financial results in a useful and meaningful way;
- provide users with a flexible management tool that facilitates the budget development and decision making process in an easily accessible, responsive, fully integrated and automated environment; and
- provide the ability to publish budget data required by state-wide decision makers and managers to
prepare the Governor’s Recommended Budget and formulate the Appropriations Act (Operating Budget).
Solver uses the same appropriation numbers and account codes as FSF and will interface with FSF annually.
This training manual describes key features required to complete an annual budget request. Training is available for agency employees to provide detailed instructions on how to effectively use Solver.
Users of Solver should be familiar with budget guidelines issued by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB).
Budget Guidelines