---
title: "How to Override Total Project Budget?"
description: "How to override total project budget on Budget Modal?"
url: https://support.mosaicapp.com/en/articles/560-how-to-override-total-project-budget
collection: "Budget FAQs"
updated: 2026-09-22
language: en
---

# How to Override Total Project Budget?

How to override total project budget on Budget Modal?

Instead of automatically calculating the total **Fee** and **Budget** by summing all Phases, projects now support manually setting override values at the project level. This feature provides greater flexibility in managing overall financials. The **Fee** can be overridden by entering a specific amount, while the **Budget** can be overridden either by entering a specific amount or by setting a **% of Fee**, which will calculate the Budget based on the Fee value.

**Key details about the Project Budget Override feature:**

-   Available only for projects with **non-default Phases**.
    
-   If the last non-default Phase is deleted, the project will retain the entered values, including any overridden totals.
    
-   Override values are included when cloning projects, as they are considered part of the overall Budget setup.
    

## How to override total project budget?

1.  Click the **Project Total Budget** cell within the **Budget Modal** on the **Time** tab.
    
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2.  The left side displays the **Phase Total** and the current **Budget Total**, which reflect the amounts aggregated from all Phases. On the right, overrides can be manually entered for **Fee Override** amount, **% of Fee** amount, and **Budget Override** amount.
    
    Click **Save** to apply the changes or **Cancel** to exit without saving.
    
    > **Warning:** Only one of **% of Fee** or **Budget Override** can be edited at a time. When a value is entered in one of these fields, the other is automatically calculated and disabled. To enter a new value in the other field, first **clear the current entry**.
    
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    > **Warning:** If the team’s **Default Budget Tracking** is set to **hours**, the override can be applied in **hours** instead of currency.
    
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3.  The updated amount will be reflected in the table. An asterisk (\*) indicator will appear in the **Project Budget** cell to signify that an override has been applied to the total **Budget** and/or **Fee**.
    
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## How to revert back to use phase total?

1.  Click the **Project Total Budget** cell within the **Budget Modal** on the **Time** tab.
    
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2.  A modal will appear, displaying the **Phase Total** and current **Budget Total** on the left. On the right, override fields are available to manually set the **Fee**, **% of Fee**, or **Budget**. Any difference between the **Phase Total** and the entered override values indicates that a manual override has been applied.
    
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3.  To revert an override, simply clear the override fields—such as the **Budget Override** field shown here—and leave them blank. Then click **Save** to apply the changes and restore the values based on the Phase totals. Alternatively, you can set the field value to **0**, which acts as a reset and will not be counted as a user-inputted value.
    
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4.  The Budget Total amount will be reflected in the table now. The asterisk (\*) indicator will disappear.
    
    > **Warning:** In this example, only the **Budget Override** field has been cleared, while the **Fee Override** remains set. As a result, the asterisk (\*) indicator will still appear next to the **Fee** amount, signalling that an override is active for the **Project Fee**.
    
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