Direct Cost Lines

The direct cost line type can exist on budget templates, main and sum budgets, as well as, on the Direct Costs subbudget; however, it can only be added manually on the budget template.

When project or project group lines are created on the direct costs subbudget, a number of direct cost lines are automatically created as well.

Direct cost lines on direct costs subbudgets behave exactly as manual lines. This means that the user can manually specify values on each period or have a total value allocated using an allocation type.

On main budgets, the value of the period and total fields of direct cost lines will be the sum of the corresponding field on the associated direct cost line of all projects created on the direct costs subbudget.

On sum budgets, the value of calculation lines is the sum of all corresponding lines on the main and sum budgets directly below the sum budget in the budget hierarchy.