Raw Cost Breakdown (Variance Report Type)

This topic describes the information that displays in the detail tables of the Raw Cost Breakdown screen for the Variance report type. Table details are presented in the following order:  

Negative variances display in favor of either actuals or budgets, depending on how Report Variances in Favor of is configured on the Display tab of Planning » Administration »Administration Controls » Configuration Settings (MAM10). If configured in favor of Actuals and actual costs are higher than budgeted costs, the variance displays as negative. The opposite is true if budgeted costs are higher than actual costs, and the variance displays as positive. However, for either Budgets or Actuals, profit and revenue variances are always opposite to the cost calculation.

Raw Cost Breakdown Category Details

This top-level table displays raw cost breakdown category details.  

Column Headings

 

Description

Project ID

This column displays the Project ID of the cost category.

Category

This column displays the name of the cost category.

ITD

This columns displays inception-to-date raw cost totals since the start of the project/task ID over time.

Commitments

This column displays the raw costs of unposted timesheets and yet unfulfilled open purchase order amounts.

Month/Year

This column starts with the most current closed period and then shows the past six periods of data.

Raw Cost Breakdown Combined Details

This table displays raw cost breakdown details for all levels, including category, account, resource, and source.

The fields described below also display in the individual raw cost detail tables.   

Column Headings

 

Description

Project ID

This column displays the Project ID of the cost category.

Category

This column displays the name of the cost category.

Account ID

This column displays account ID of the cost category.

Account Name

This column displays the account name of the cost category.

ID

This column displays the resource ID for the cost category.

Name

This column displays the resource name for the cost category.

Source

This column displays the source for the cost category.

ITD

This columns displays inception-to-date raw cost totals since the start of the project/task ID over time.

Commitments

This column displays the raw costs of unposted timesheets and yet unfulfilled open purchase order amounts.

Month/Year

This column starts with the most current closed period and then shows the past six periods of data.

Raw Cost Breakdown Account Details

This table displays raw cost breakdown account details, a level below the category details.

Column Headings

Description

Account ID

This column displays account ID of the cost category.

Account Name

This column displays the account name of the cost category.

ITD

This columns displays inception-to-date totals from the start of the project/task ID over time.

Commitments

This column displays the raw costs of unposted timesheets and yet unfulfilled open purchase order amounts.

Month/Year

This column starts with the most current closed period and then shows the past six periods of data.

Raw Cost Breakdown Resource Details

This table displays raw cost breakdown resource details, a level below the account details.

Coumn Headings

Description

ID

This column displays the resource ID for the cost category.

Name

This column displays the resource name for the cost category.

ITD

This columns displays inception-to-date totals from the start of the project/task ID over time.

Commitments

This column displays the raw costs of unposted timesheets and yet unfulfilled open purchase order amounts.

Month/Year

This column starts with the most current closed period and then shows the past six periods of data.

Raw Cost Breakdown Source Details

This table displays raw cost breakdown source details, a level below the resource details and the lowest level of detail available.

Coumn Headings

Description

Project ID

This column displays the resource ID for the cost category.

Source

This column displays the source (for example, Actual) for the cost category.

ITD

This columns displays inception-to-date totals from the start of the project/task ID over time.

Commitments

This column displays the raw costs of unposted timesheets and yet unfulfilled open purchase order amounts.

Month/Year

This column starts with the most current closed period and then shows the past six periods of data.

Related Information

All Cost Breakdown All Periods