Visual Budget datasets are in comma-separated value (CSV) format with the same line items and numbers as your budget. Your data, your structure, your numbers, from your budget. Datasets are easy to prepare in Excel and other programs.
| LEVEL1 | LEVEL2 | LEVEL3 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
| Schools | Preschool | Personnel | 1,935,242 | 1,993,299 | 2,053,098 | 2,114,691 |
| Expenses | 245,667 | 253,037 | 260,628 | 268,447 | ||
| Elementrary | Personnel | 5,787,334 | 5,960,954 | 6,139,783 | 6,323,976 | |
| Expenses | 335,655 | 345,725 | 356,096 | 366,779 | ||
| …………… | ||||||
| Town | DPW | Personnel | 12,442,889 | 12,816,176 | 13,200,661 | 13,596,681 |
| Expenses | 7,666,222 | 7,896,209 | 8,133,095 | 8,377,088 | ||
| Snow removal | 1,588,901 | 1,636,568 | 1,685,665 | 1,736,235 | ||
| Police | Personnel | 13,948,744 | 14,367,206 | 14,798,223 | 15,242,169 | |
| Expenses | 1,788,954 | 1,842,623 | 1,897,901 | 1,954,838 | ||
| Vehicles | 235,000 | 275,000 | 300,000 | 340,000 | ||
| …………… | ||||||
| Capital | Cash outlay | 586,876 | 604,482 | 622,617 | 641,295 | |
| Debt service | 1,244,577 | 1,281,914 | 1,320,372 | 1,359,983 | ||
| Insurance | Health | 3,565,945 | 3,672,923 | 3,783,111 | 3,896,604 | |
| Other | 367,998 | 379,038 | 390,409 | 402,121 | ||
Datasets can include historical and budget forecasts for as many years as you have available data.
Each line item can include metadata such as the primary source of the data (from your website, DLS, or wherever), and pop-up explanations.