Processes Tab

The Processes tab contains processes that you can run in Cobra.

Status Group

Command Description

Advance Calendar

Click this command to launch the Advance Calendar wizard, which you use to advance the project status date to the next period in the calendar.

Rolling Wave

Click this command to launch the Rolling Wave wizard, which you use to collapse past periods and expand future periods.

Calculate Progress

Click this command to launch the Calculate Progress wizard, which you use to calculate the earned value for a project or group of projects.

Calculate Forecast

Click this command to launch the Calculate Forecast wizard, which you use to create the time-phased estimate to complete a project.

Process Group

Command Description

Freeze Forecast

Click this command to launch the Freeze Forecast wizard, which you use to take a snapshot of the forecast, along with the actual costs.

Top Down Planning

Click this command to launch the Top Down Planning wizard, which you use to change budget and forecast costs for selected groups of control accounts or work packages.

Recalc

Click this command to launch the Recalc wizard, which you use to recalculate all costs without disturbing existing spreads.

Respread

Click this command to launch the Respread wizard, which you use to respread budget costs for an entire project at one time.

Reclass

Click this command to launch the Reclass wizard, which you use to copy an existing class to a different class.

Replan

Click this command to launch the Replan wizard, which you use to remove variances in a project.

Slip

Click this command to launch the Slip wizard, which you use to slip all or a portion of a project to a new date.

Apportionment

  • Mapping — Click this command to display the Apportionment Mapping dialog box, which you use to link source control accounts with target control accounts.
  • Calculation — Click this command to launch the Apportionment Calculation wizard, which you use to run apportionment calculations to create budget for apportioned resource.

Audit Group

Command Description

Project

Click this command to launch the Project Audit wizard, which you use to set up the project's baseline and audit log to record budget transactions.