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.

Until a forensic analysis is performed, the Analysis, SmartGantt, and Publish menu groups are the only visible groups on the tab.

Group Name

Field/Option Description
Create Analysis Click to start the Forensic Analysis wizard to perform a forensic analysis.
Remove Click to remove the selected forensic analysis from the Analysis pane.

Forensic Checks

This group displays the number of differences in Activities, Relationships, Resources, and Calendars. The number of variances found is displayed in parenthesis next to each field. Some of these commands may not be visible if there are no differences and you selected Hide Empty Forensic Analysis on the Deltek Options dialog box (User Interface).

Field/Option Description
Projects This displays details of the projects being analyzed. A blue equals sign next to the data () means that the value is the same as the base project to which it is being compared.
Duplicate Ids This check displays duplicate activity IDs when you create a forensic analysis using activity IDs. That is, when you select Ignore Subproject Structure (Compare using Activity IDs) on the Forensic Analysis Wizard screen.
Field/Option Description
Activities This check looks for activities that have been removed from one of the projects/scenarios.
Relationships This check looks for relationships that have been modified.
Resources This check looks for resource assignments that have been modified. Acumen uses remaining units for comparison.
Calendars This check 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 / Inputs / Outputs

These groups list results of the forensic comparison. The number of variances found is displayed in parenthesis next to each field. The fields that have no variances do not display if you select Hide Empty Forensic Analysis on the Deltek Options dialog box (User Interface).

SmartGantt

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

Publish

Field/Option Description
Publish
  • Publish Current Report publishes all forensic checks to an MS Excel file, each on a separate tab.
  • Publish Current Analysis publishes only the current forensic check to an MS Excel file.