Status Page of the Integration Wizard — Files

Use this page to define how status is imported into Cobra from the status file defined on the Project Selection page. Cobra uses this data in calculating earned value and updating actual, forecast, early, and late dates.

Contents

Field	Description
Update status using	Use this field to select a date to use when importing status. Select one of the following options from the drop-down list: Forecast Dates Early Dates Late Dates
Allow percent complete reduction	Select this check box to enable Cobra to decrease the percent complete based on the amount in the schedule. If the percent complete is currently 30%, it can become 20%. This option affects work packages, milestones, and resources that use percent complete. Note: If you do not select this option, Cobra allows only the increase of values.
Change Cobra actual dates to match the schedule	Select this check box to update Cobra actual dates that are different from the file dates so that they match the file dates for the mapped activities
For schedule activities with percent complete and no actual start date, use the early start date as the Cobra actual start date	Select this check box to import the early start date when the actual start date is blank for activities with percent complete greater than 0.
Update early and late dates	Select this check box to update the early and late dates used for alternative forecasts in Cobra from the schedule early and late dates.
Calculate the Work Package percent complete from Earned/BAC in the file	Select this check box to calculate the % complete using the values in the file. If the Earned and BAC columns are not mapped on the Status File Field Mapper page, the values are set to zero.
Update assignment % for resources with class	Click to select a budget class to update. Use this option when there are multiple resources with different classes on the work package. Percent complete is updated for resources with the selected class.