Direct Costs Subbudget

Use this type of subbudget to create lines of type project, project group, and direct cost.

However, the structure of this subbudget is very strict and the line type of the individual lines is controlled by the application logic, hence, the user cannot set or change the line type manually. When a user creates a line in this subbudget, it is automatically interpreted as a project line. For each direct cost line that exists on the associated main budget, one similar direct cost line is created and attached as a subordinate line to this project line. The pairing of a project line and a number of subordinate direct cost lines can be understood as a building block in this subbudget and cannot be changed, broken, or in any other way, manipulated by the user. Direct cost lines cannot be manually deleted; but when a project is deleted, all the subordinate direct cost lines are deleted as well.

You can create multiple projects on the same direct costs subbudget. Some of these projects can be indented to become subordinates of other projects. When this happens, the parent project is changed into a project group.

The only lines on this subbudget that allow a user to specify amounts in the periods or the total fields are the direct cost lines attached to project lines. The direct cost lines associated with a project group line sum up the associated direct cost lines attached to the projects and project groups that are subordinate to the project group of the direct cost lines. Project lines sum up the attached direct cost lines and project group lines sum up the subordinate project and project group lines.

The Direct Costs subbudget cannot be created on the budget template but is automatically created on main budgets when these are created from the template.