# Import a budget or forecast

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While it's not possible to import a budget *directly* into Budgets and Forecasts, you can import the budget file as a stream in a Phocas database. Then in Budgets & Forecasts, you can create a new budget based on that database, selecting the imported budget stream as the baseline data structure.

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The import process is done in Designer and requires administration user permissions. See the following pages for detailed steps:

* [Add a budget file to a non-financial database (easy budget upload)](/administration/designer/add-budget-file-to-non-financial-database.md)
* [Add a budget file to a financial database](/administration/designer/add-a-budget-file-to-a-financial-database.md)


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