Budgeting
You can show the formula in a calculated cell instead of its result, and you know where else the same button appears.
In Budgeting, the **Quantity**, **Price/Unit** and **X** columns show the result of each cell. To see what each cell contains instead, such as a formula with a variable, click the button  in the toolbar. Click it again to see the results. When you point at the button, KOSMA shows:
Switch value/expression display
Each time you open Budgeting, the grid shows the results.
A number typed into a cell and a number calculated from a variable look the same in the grid. The formula view shows which of the two a cell holds.
KOSMA changes only what the grid displays. It recalculates nothing, saves nothing and changes no total.
In Budgeting and Financing, you can also switch with ⌘E on a Mac or Ctrl+E on Windows. If the open budget is read-only, for example on a Free licence, the shortcut does nothing; click the button instead.
The same button also appears:
- in **Overview/Markups**, where it also switches the **Base** column between value and formula - in the Financing toolbar - in the **Extra Costs** settings dialog - in the **Fringes & Supplements** and **Extra Costs** panels of the account details - in the **Info** widget of the topsheet
In the dialog, the panels and the widget, it affects only the fields there, not the grid. Cost Control and Cash Flow have no such button.
To enter or change a formula, see [write a formula](/kb/article/write-a-formula).
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