Update Totals Process

Use the Update Totals API process to update and save the total values for Budget, Earned, Actuals, and Forecast.

Process Settings

Below are the settings you must define for the Update Totals API process:

Setting	Description	Sample Value
ProcessID	This ID informs Cobra to run the Update Totals process.	UpdateTotals
Project	This setting refers to the project where you want to run the Update Totals process. This setting is required.	Demo Advanced
Total	This setting contains a comma-delimited list and is used to restrict the Total process to summarize the following: S — Budget P — Earned A — Actuals E — Forecast This setting is optional. By default, this setting is set to S,P,A,E.	S, P, A, and/or E
ScaleRetainEacMethodId	Use one of the following values: <Blank> — If no value is specified, Cobra will not scale the EAC to a particular value. C — This value instructs Cobra to use the value stored in the EAC field in the Spreadsheet pane of the Project view to calculate forecast. H — This value instructs Cobra to use the value stored in the Hours.EAC field in the Spreadsheet pane of the Project view to calculate forecast. HC — This value instructs Cobra to scale the resource assignments whose first result is Hours so that the total hours match the value stores in the Hours.EAC field in the Spreadsheet pane of the Project view. This setting is optional. By default, no value is specified for this setting.	C

Below is a sample script file for the Update Totals API process

[Process009]

ProcessID=UpdateTotals

Project=Demo Advanced

Total=S,A

ScaleRetainEacMethodId=C