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Which fields and formats do production-budget tools actually exchange (Movie Magic Budgeting exports, account codes, accounting links), and where does data drop out?

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Movie Magic Budgeting exchanges budgets as .mmbx/.mbd, a stable XML (Basic) export and fuller XML (Advanced)/JSON exports, without a published field schema in the pages read; exporting to MMB7 loses Budget Info and notes, and account numbers are truncated or padded to the coding pattern, which can break accounting imports. The account number string is the only shared key across tools in these sources. Curator qualifications: Docs read 2026-10-22; no budget, rate or footage processed. AICP form and screen-agency templates (S15, S23) from producer reading. Limitations: Docs read 2026-10-22; no budget, rate or footage processed. Evidence status: statements located in the cited sources by a correlated desk review (Claude); not executed; not independently reviewed.

Structured fields

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    {
      "url": "https://aicp.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/content/assets/editor/AICP_bidform_2023_update.pdf",
      "note": "MMB docs: Importing & Exporting Budgets; MMB docs: Account Coding"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://mmb-docs.ep.com/release_notes.html",
      "note": "MMB docs: Importing & Exporting Budgets; MMB docs: Account Coding"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://mmb-docs.ep.com/Projects_and_Budgets/importexport.html",
      "note": "MMB docs: Importing & Exporting Budgets; MMB docs: Account Coding"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://mmb-docs.ep.com/Budget_Preferences/Budget_Prefs_Account_Coding.html",
      "note": "MMB docs: Importing & Exporting Budgets; MMB docs: Account Coding"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://mmb-docs.ep.com/Projects_and_Budgets/accounting_integrations.html",
      "note": "MMB docs: Importing & Exporting Budgets; MMB docs: Account Coding"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://www.screenaustralia.gov.au/resource_subject/application-paperwork/",
      "note": "MMB docs: Importing & Exporting Budgets; MMB docs: Account Coding"
    }
  ]
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Evidence claims

[sourced_fact] Movie Magic Budgeting exchanges budgets as .mmbx/.mbd, a stable XML (Basic) export and fuller XML (Advanced)/JSON exports, without a published field schema in the pages read; exporting to MMB7 loses Budget Info and notes, and account numbers are truncated or padded to the coding pattern, which can break accounting imports. The account number string is the only shared key across tools in these sources. · locator: MMB docs: Importing & Exporting Budgets; MMB docs: Account Coding source

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documentation	unknown	permitted	permitted	unknown	unknown	Applies to this original summary only, not to the cited sources.

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