The following abbreviations are used in Navita to ensure smooth budgeting and reporting from one period to another:
| Term | Description |
| {BAP} | Beginning of the active accounting period |
| {EAP} | End of the active accounting period |
| {LAM} or {EOH} | The last actual month |
| {FAM} | The first actual month |
| {BPS} | Beginning of the planning scenario |
| {EPS} | End of the planning scenario |
| {NOW} | Current calendar month |
| {THY} | January of the current calendar year |
| {BFY} | Beginning of the fiscal year |
| {EFY} | End of the fiscal year |
| {BFP} | Beginning of the first period |
| {ELP} | End of the last period |
Another way to set periods is in "month.year" format (10.2020). Periods can be also set by adding (+) or subtracting (-) the abbreviations by the number of periods of desired date modes. Supported date modes are M (month), Q (quarter) and Y (year). Few examples:
- {BAP-1Y} refers to the beginning of previous year
- {BAP+1Q} refers to the beginning of the second quarter in the current, active accounting period
- {LAM+1M} refers to the next month after the latest actual month (if last actual month is September, LAM+1M is October)
Other terms in Navita:
| Term | Description |
| Dimension | Additional structure for cost places (projects, employees, investments) |
| Break rule | Determine how a value is distributed from top level to lower levels. Break rules are applied in time, account and organization hierarchies |
| Planning scenario | Allows the use of input codes in an input form to calculated values for budget/foreacast |
| Business unit | Business unit refers to a structure in the organization hierarchy. Business unit can be for example the company itself, cost center or a function level including several cost centers. |
| Input code | Input codes do the calculations for example, social costs based on budgeted salaries |
| Input form | A template which can be used to modify values of the database. Typically these are budgets and forecasts. |
| Data level | Default data levels are Actual, Forecast and Budget. Additional data levels can be created to create different versions of the budget for example. |
| Account type | Account type is an additional identification for accounts and account groups. For example, account types are used to label whether liabilities are interest bearing or not. This information is relevant for the Cash flow statement. All standard reports in Navita use account types instead of the chart of the accounts structure. |
| Standard reports | Five standard reports for all Navita users |