Contents of the Hours Breakdown Screen

Use this screen to display labor hours charged or budgeted to the project, or variances of labor hours charged or budgeted to the project, for the last seven accounting periods, or if you are viewing future budgets, the next seven accounting periods.

Contents

Depending on the selected report type, the following report parameters display:

Field	Description
Report Type	Select the type of report you want to display. Choose from the following options: Cost: Select this option to display labor hours charged to the selected project for the last seven accounting periods. Budget: Select this option to display labor hours budgeted to the selected project for the last seven accounting periods, or if you are viewing future budgets, for the next seven periods. Variance: Select this option to display variances of labor hours charged or budgeted to the selected project for the last seven accounting periods. Negative variances display in favor of either actuals or budgets, depending on how Report Variances in Favor of is configured on the Display tab of Planning > Administration  > Administration Controls  > Configuration Settings. If configured in favor of Actuals and actual costs are higher than budgeted costs, the variance displays as negative. The opposite is true if budgeted costs are higher than actual costs, and the variance displays as positive. However, for either Budgets or Actuals, profit and revenue variances are always opposite to the cost calculation. What If: Select this option if you want to compare the actual cost of a project to a budget/EAC version, or to compare one budget/EAC version to another. If you select this option, the versions you want to compare display on the Hours Breakdown subtask. If you select Budget or Variance, only budget/EAC versions that are marked as final on the Project Budgets / EACs screen are included in the report. If you select Variance or What If, the Source column, which contains the budget type, version number, and version code of a budget/EAC, displays on the Hours Breakdown, and All Periods subtasks.
Hrs Breakdown	Select this check box to display combined hours breakdown details. If you select this check box and the Report Type is Budget, the Source column, which contains the budget type, version number, and version code of a budget/EAC, displays on the Hours Breakdown subtask.
All Periods	Select this check box to display all period details. If you select this check box and the Report Type is Budget, the Source column, which contains the budget type, version number, and version code of a budget/EAC, displays on the All Periods subtask. Depending on the selected report type, the following report parameters display:
Budget Type	If you selected the Budget or Variance report type, select one of the following from the drop-down list: Budget: Select this option to display the latest budget information. EAC: Select this option to display the latest EAC information.   Note: EAC displays in the drop-down list only if an EAC exists for the project.
Timing	Under Timing, select one of the following timing options: Past: Select Past to display seven accounting periods in the past. Future: Select Future to display seven accounting periods in the future.
Project ID	Enter, or click , to select, the project ID. Note: You must provide information for all enabled fields in order for the report to run as expected, else an error message displays.

Comparisons

Field	Description
Compare	Enter, or click to select, the actual cost or the budget/EAC of a project that you want to compare.
with	Enter, or click to select, the actual cost or the budget/EAC of a project that you want to compare.

Subtasks

To display lower level details, choose from the following links:

• Hours Breakdown: Click this link to display hours breakdown details.
• All Periods: Click this link if you want the report to include all periods details.