Entering Actual Costs

Under normal circumstances, you enter information about actual costs after updating all schedule status information. By default, Cobra allows the entry of actual cost information only for open work items.

The default setting can be modified using the Actual Costs dialog box on the Preferences tab of the Project view. Thus, you should be sure that all progress information has been entered before beginning the entry of actual cost information.

Cobra offers a number of options for the entry of actual costs that will affect your implementation and integration with other applications.

Attention: For more information, see Actual Cost Import File.

Cobra provides a way to enter and validate actual costs using import files or to enter actual costs manually.