Classes Tab of the Project Properties Dialog Box
Use the Classes tab of the Project Properties dialog box to display classes associated with the project and to define different classes for tracking specific project information.
For example, you can use different budget classes to separate the different funding sources for the project, or you can use a different earned class to segregate the project's earned value from the replanned earned value.
The Classes tab has two sections. The top section displays a grid that identifies all the classes currently used in the project. The bottom section displays information about these classes.
Classes Grid of the Classes Tab
This section displays all available classes used in the project.
Tabs of the Classes Tab
The bottom section of the Classes tab has four tabs:
- General
- Included Earned Classes
- Included Budget Classes
- Included Actual Classes
Cobra uses Included Classes to calculate earned values and forecasts, and to analyze the cost of one class against other classes. For example, if earned class EV is associated with the budget class CB, Cobra will look at the budget for class CB when calculating earned value for class EV. Reports also show this association among classes.
The type of information displayed in any of these panes depends on the class type selected in the Classes grid. For example, if you select the Earned class on the Classes grid, only the General and Included Earned Classes tabs in the bottom section will be available.