Cobra 8.0 Help System

Welcome to the Deltek Cobra Help System. Cobra is a powerful system for managing project costs, measuring earned value, and analyzing budgets, actuals, and forecasts. It offers seamless integration with leading scheduling tools and unmatched flexibility to meet even the most exacting cost management requirements, such as the rigorous EVMS standard required by the US and other governments.

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Related Topics:

  • Cobra Overview
    Cobra is a powerful system for managing project costs, measuring earned value, and analyzing budgets, actuals, and forecasts.
  • Security
    System administrators can use Cobra security features to grant or restrict users' access to data and processes.
  • Cobra Explorer
    The Cobra Explorer automatically displays when you log on to Cobra. The left Navigation pane is a menu of data and reports that are available in Cobra. Click on a menu item and see a list of contents in the right pane.
  • File Management
    Use the Cobra file management features to back up and restore files, change your password, and perform other file-related processes.
  • Data Tool
    Use the Data Tool to create or update connection information, load system data (such as reports, menu items, and required users and groups) during the installation process, define data link properties to the Cobra database, and define result field names. Result field names are used to define the results that can be added to resource calculations.
  • Ancillary Files
    Cobra uses calendar, code, rate, and resource files to track and update your projects' progress. Use the information in this section to create and maintain these files.
  • Projects
    In Cobra, the project is where you keep the budget, actuals, and forecasts, and calculate earned value. You can enter project data manually or you can use the Integration wizard to load data from a schedule or text file.
  • Project Processes
    Use processes such as advancing the calendar, calculating earned value, and respreading budgeted costs to maintain and analyze your project data.
  • Tools
    Cobra provides a number of tools related to project-wide functions.
  • Data Conversion
    The Data Conversion utility is no longer included in the standard Cobra product. If you need to convert your Cobra 4.7 database to a Cobra 5.x database, contact Customer Care for assistance.
  • Configuration Security
    Use the Configuration Security feature to set the security for saved configurations.
  • Integration Wizard
    The Integration wizard allows you to import data into Cobra.
  • Reports
    Use the Reports feature of Cobra to generate reports that meet your firm's specific needs.
  • Data Export
    You can export data from Cobra to other applications.
  • Cobra Web Services
    Cobra Web services allow you to create applications that can programmatically execute Cobra functionalities over the network.
  • Data Dictionary
    The Deltek Cobra Data Dictionary provides information about all available data tables, columns, and indexes in the Cobra database. You can view the data dictionary from within the Deltek Cobra Help system. You do not need to save it to your workstation.