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# Comments - Introduction
## Collaborate with other users by sending comments from various locations.
Budgyt allows 2 types of comments:
1. **Notes** left at the **subcategory** level can be accessed from the data sheet (go to **Data/Formulas \> Data Sheet**) by selecting the note pad icon on right of the subcategory row (to add a new note you must be in edit mode). These are static notes and cannot be directed to other users, but they will appear at the bottom of your P+L reports.
2. **Comments** may be left in 3 locations:
1. On the **PL by Department Dashboard** - comments may be attached to any data point on this Dashboard when in **Comment Mode** (select by clicking the **speech bubble** button beneath the green drop down on the right of the dashboard - see below, this will also switch out of comment mode), just click on any number, and the comment window will appear, allowing you to leave a reminder comment, or direct the comment to a particular user. Choose a user from the dropdown, type your comment and hit **Save**, and the user to whom you directed the comment will receive an email telling them there is a comment waiting for them, and will also see a number appear on the **Bell** icon at the top right of their screen if they are already in Budgyt. When there is a comment attached to a data point on the dashboard, a **flag** will appear by that number, and clicking the data point (when in comment mode) reveals the comment thread.
2. On the **Comp YTD** and **Comp By Period** Dashboards - comments may be added to the **Variance 1** column. They function in the same way as above, with the proviso that you may only enter a new comment when you are looking at the variance for **1 department**, so make sure to choose just 1 department from the **Departments** menu before adding comments. Also, the 2 data sets that you are comparing **must be in the same order** as when the comments are created to be able to read them e.g. Budget 2023 in column 1, Actual 2022 in column 2.
3. On the **Data Sheet** - comments may be left on each month for each budget item. Here the speech bubble is next to the edit tool on the left side of the screen, and is **not accessible in Edit Mode**. But the functionality is similar to on the dashboards.
**Comment Log** - all comments added using the speech bubble can be found in your comment log under **Activity \> Comments.**
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