Color Band

In the Projects pane of the Cobra Explorer, when a project or master project is not performing as planned, variance and index calculated fields are highlighted, through the color band.

The color band displays for the VAC, CV, SV, CPI, and SPI fields.

If both the actual and earned values are zero, no color band is applied to the SPI, CPI, and CV fields.

The color band is also used in the Spreadsheet pane of the Project view to identify control accounts and work packages that exceed pre-defined threshold settings.

The table below provides information on the Cobra fields that use the color band.

Field	Description
SV	Color band ranges set for Schedule Variance, Schedule Variance Percent (SV %), Schedule Variance Hours (SV Hours), and Schedule Variance Hours Percent (SV Hours %).
CV	Color band ranges set for Cost Variance, Cost Variance Percent (CV %), Cost Variance Hours (CV Hours), and Cost Variance Hours Percent (CV Hours %).
CPI	Color band ranges set for Cost Performance Index.
SPI	Color band ranges set for Schedule Performance Index.
VAC	Color band ranges set for Variance at Completion, Variance at Completion Percent (VAC %), Variance at Completion Hours (VAC Hours), and Variance at Completion Hours Percent (VAC Hours %).

Attention: For information on how these fields are calculated, see Spreadsheet Pane Column Definitions.

The table below provides information on the color band used by different fields in Cobra.

Field	Blue	Green	Yellow	Red
VAC	VAC ≥ 10%	-5% ≤ VAC < 10%	-10% ≤ VAC < -5%	VAC < -10%
CV	CV ≥ 10%	-5% ≤ CV < 10%	-10% ≤ CV < -5%	CV < -10%
SV	SV ≥ 10%	-5% ≤ SV < 10%	-10% ≤ SV < -5%	SV < -10%
CPI	CPI ≥ 1	0.98 ≤ CPI < 1	0.95 ≤ CPI < 0.98	CPI < 0.95
SPI	SPI ≥ 1	0.98 ≤ SPI < 1	0.95 ≤ SPI < 0.98	SPI < 0.95