Ribbon Commands on the Forensics Tab

Use the ribbon commands to perform such tasks as add additional fields, create a SmartGantt filter, and publish (export) the results.

Forensic Checks

Field Description
Projects Select this command to display the project summary comparison view.
Added - Removed Activities Select this command to display a view with activities that have been removed from one of the projects/scenarios.
Modified Relationships Select this command to display a view with relationships that have been modified.
Modified Resource Assignments Select this command to display a view with resource assignments that have been modified.
Modified Calendars The calendar forensics analysis integrates multiple versions of a schedule, identifying changes to the calendar definition. This includes changes to standard working/non-working time as well as changes to exceptions (for example, holidays). In addition, it can interrogate changes to calendar assignments on activities.

General

Some of these commands may not be visible if you selected Hide Empty Forensic Analysis on the User Interface tab of the Deltek Options dialog box.

Field Description
Description Select this command to display a view with activities where the description has changed.
Activity Type Select this command to display a view using the activity type.
Activity Status Select this command to display a view using the activity status.
More... Select this command to add additional criteria and columns to the Forensic analysis using the Fields tab. There is no limit to the number of additional comparisons and/or fields that you can add including custom fields and Code fields.

Inputs

This group displays the input variance fields. The number of variances found is displayed in parenthesis next to each field. Some of these options may not be visible if you selected Hide Empty Forensic Analysis on the User Interface tab of the Deltek Options dialog box.

Outputs

This group displays the output variance fields. The number of variances found is displayed in parenthesis next to each field. Some of these options may not be visible if you have selected Hide Empty Forensic Analysis on the User Interface tab of the Deltek Options dialog box.

SmartGantt

Field Description
Create SmartGantt Filter Click to create a SmartGantt filter based on the current forensic analysis.

Publish

Field Description
Publish
  • To Excel publishes all forensic checks to MS Excel, each on a separate tab.
  • Current tab to Excel publishes only the current forensic check to MS Excel.