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Cost Sets Page of the Report Wizard

Use this page to define the cost sets to display on the report. Cost sets group classes together for the purpose of reporting.

The data that is displayed on the report is organized by the selected cost sets. You can select either a single cost set or multiple cost sets (pre-defined group of classes).

Note: This page displays only if you select a project file to run the report against and if the report definition is set to allow the selection of a cost set. Reports that contain formulae such as CV and SV use predefined cost sets that do not allow you to make cost set selections. However, you can change one cost set to another in the report definition.
Attention: For more information, see Report Content Parameters.

Available Cost Sets

This list displays all of the cost sets defined in the Cost Sets tab of the Project Properties dialog box for the project or master project you select. You can select more than one cost set. The maximum number of cost sets you can select is displayed above this list. An error occurs if you select more than this number of cost sets.

If you are including multiple projects on the report (the Include multiple projects on report checkbox on the Report page is selected), all cost sets from the selected projects are displayed in the Available Cost Sets pane.

If a cost set exists in more than one of the selected projects, Cobra follows these rules to determine the cost set descriptions displayed on the Cost Sets page of the Report Wizard and in the generated report:
  • If the cost set exists in the default project, Cobra uses the cost set's description in the default project.
  • If the cost set does not exist in the default project, Cobra uses the cost set's description from the first selected project (with projects sorted by ID) where the cost set exists.

Selected cost sets

This list displays the selected cost sets from the Available cost sets list.

Field Description
> Click this button to move a cost set from the Available cost sets list to the Selected cost sets list. You can select only one result at a time. The Selected cost sets list displays the cost sets in the order in which you select them.

You can also move a cost set to the Selected cost sets list by double-clicking the cost set in the Available cost sets list.

< Click this button to move the selected cost set from the Selected cost sets list to the Available cost sets list.
<< Click this button to move all cost sets from the Selected cost sets  list to the Available cost sets list.
Up Click this button to move the selected cost set in the Selected cost sets list up one position in the order.
Down Click this button to move the selected cost set in the Selected cost sets list down one position in the order.

Report Options

Field Description
Include only non-zero cost sets Use this checkbox to specify whether or not cost sets with zero values should be displayed with the selected sub-total criteria. Select this checkbox to exclude zero results from the report.

This option affects the individual sub-total criteria. For example, a control account that does not have actual cost does not display the actual line, but a different control account that has actual cost does.

If you do not  select this checkbox, there is a line under each sub-total even if the values are zero. This option is useful in Curve reports where the red line always indicates the actual costs. This option is also useful when subtracting one cost set from another. If you do not select this option, it takes longer for the report to run.