Cobra 8.3 Help System

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Time-phase Detail Pane of the Project View

The Time-phase Detail pane displays full calculations details of the selected resource assignment in the Spreadsheet pane.

Contents

Field Description
Result This column displays the results for the selected resource assignment.
Units This column displays the budget (the first result on the resource's calculation) units used for the results.
Total This column displays the current total for each of the results over the life of the project.
The other columns in the Time-phase Detail pane display the costs for each budget or forecast resource assignment by result for each period as defined by the dates in the calendar associated with the project. When you edit any of these columns and there is already a spread curve assigned to the selected budget or forecast resource assignment, the Spread Curve column in the Spreadsheet pane changes to Manual if you select any of the following options on the Spread dialog box:
  • Remaining fiscal period
  • Use existing profile
  • Last period only
Show details Select this option to display another pane below the Time-phase Detail pane that contains additional forecast class information for the selected resource assignment. This option is available only for forecast classes.
Fix Spread Click this button to adjust the time-phased spread when the time-phased spread is outside the baseline dates of the control account or work package. Time-phased values outside the baseline dates are highlighted in red in the Time-phase pane. This button is enabled only if you have update access to the class.
Reconcile For budget purposes, use this button when the time-phased total (value in the Total Currency row for the TOTAL column) of a budgeted resource no longer matches the budget at complete (BAC) for that resource. Click the period where you want the reconciliation to occur and click Reconcile. Cobra puts the reconciled difference in the selected period.

For forecast purposes, use this button when the time phased total (value in the Total Currency row for the TOTAL column) of the forecast no longer matches the estimate to complete (ETC) for that resource. Click the period where you want the reconciliation to occur and click Reconcile. Cobra puts the reconciled difference in the selected period.

This button is enabled only if you have update access to the class.

Spread Click this button to display the Spread Curve dialog box, where you can select the spread method to use when time-phasing your resource. The spread methods available depend on the spread methods defined on the Spread Curves tab of the Application Preferences dialog box.