Use this screen to calculate burden for Cobra Programs, copy current year history into Cobra tables, and update the current period setting in the Cobra Interface Settings screen.
Cobra stores burdens such as overhead and G&A at a very low level – such as per cost account, budget element. The Compute Cobra Burden Costs process is similar in function to the Compute Burden Cost process in Costpoint which calculates burden at the project/organization/account. This process allocates burdens to the resource level for labor (GLC, Employee, Vendor, Vendor Employee, or PLC).
The Maintain Labor Summary screen (LAB_HS table) and Project Ledger (PROJ-SUM) are used to obtain the data to perform this calculation.
This process creates the CB_SUM (Cobra Summary) and CB_BURD_SUM (Cobra Burden Summary) tables. They are similar in structure to the PROJ_SUM (Project Summary) and PROJ_BURD_SUM (Project Burden Summary) tables created by the Compute Burden Cost process.
Burden will only be computed on projects that have been identified as Cobra Programs. You can identify a project as a Cobra Program by selecting the Cobra Program check box in the Maintain Project Master or Basic Info screens.
This process copies the current year labor and non-labor amounts as well as the prior year labor and non-labor amounts into the CB_SUM and CB_BURD_SUM tables by fiscal year, period, and subperiod. Prior year data for existing Cobra Programs should be manually entered in the Maintain Prior Year Cobra Costs (PY-CB_SUM and PY_CB_BURD_SUM). You can select the Copy Prior Year History check box to instruct the Compute Cobra Burden Costs process to copy the prior year data into the Cobra tables. You only have to do this the first time you compute Cobra Burden Costs or if the data in the Maintain Prior Year Cobra Costs changes.
This process will also update the Fiscal Year, Period, and Subperiod fields in the Current group box of the Cobra Interface Settings screen with the fiscal year, period, and subperiod information entered in this screen. This is the method the Cobra uses to determine the current period.
You must execute the Compute Burden Cost process in Costpoint Cost and Revenue Processing before you can run this process. The Compute Cobra Burden Cost process uses the non-labor direct and indirect amounts in the PROJ_SUM and PROJ_BURD_SUM table to copy data into the CB_SUM and CB_BURD_SUM tables. You must complete the Compute Cobra Burden Cost process before you attempt to extract actual costs from the Costpoint system.
Use the fields in this group box to select the range of projects for which you want to compute Cobra burden cost.
Use this drop-down list to select the range of projects for which you want to compute Cobra burden. The available options are:
All – Use this option to select all Cobra Programs.
One – Use this option if you only want to compute burden for one project.
Range – Use this option if you want to compute burden for a specific range of projects.
From Beginning – Use this option if you want to select a contiguous range of projects from the beginning of the range through a specific project in the range.
To End – Use this option if you want to select a contiguous range of projects from a specific project in the range to the end of the range of projects.
Only projects that have been identified as Cobra Programs can be included in this process. An error message will display if the range that is entered contains a project that is not a Cobra Program. Select the Cobra Program check box in the Basic Info or the Maintain Project Master screen to identify the project as a Cobra Program.
Use this field to enter a project if you have selected the One, Range, or To End options in the Range Option field. This field is unavailable if you have selected the All or From Beginning option in the Range Option field.
Use this field to enter a project if you have selected the Range, or From Beginning options in the Range Option field. This field is unavailable if you have selected the All or To End options in the Range Option field.
Use this group box to enter the fiscal year, period, and subperiod through which you want to compute burden cost. You must execute the Compute Cobra Burden Cost process for each subperiod. This differs from the Compute Burden Costs process in which you can compute burden for all the subperiods within a given period.
Enter, or use the drop-down list to select, a fiscal year for which you want to compute burden.
Enter, or use the drop-down list to select, a period for which you want to compute burden.
Enter, or use the drop-down list to select, a subperiod for which you want to compute burden. The unlabelled field to the right displays the subperiod ending date.
Select this check box if you want to copy data from the Maintain Prior Year Cobra Costs screen into the CB_SUM and CB_BURD_SUM tables. These tables are used to store inception-to-date labor, non-labor, and burden cost at the resource level. You only need to select this check box the first time you compute burden for a Cobra Program, when the prior year costs have changed, or when you are computing Cobra burden cost at the beginning of a new fiscal year.
This process creates the CB_ SUM (Cobra Cost Summary) and CB_ BURD_SUM (Cobra Burden Summary) tables.