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Project Cost (PPL2)

This topic describes the cost information that displays in the detail tables of the Project Cost screen for the Variance report type.

Note: 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.

Level Down

This table displays variance information by element (for example, labor, materials, subcontractor, and so forth) for level-down projects.

Column Headings Description
Project This column displays the Proj ID numbers that you are allowed to see based on the your security org ID.
Project Title This column displays the project title.
Manager The name displayed in this column derives from the Project Manager field in the Contract Master.
Start This column displays the project start date.
End This column displays the project end date.
Funding This column displays the funding amount.
ITD Var This column displays cost variance information from the date the project started to the current date.
Month/Year This column starts with the most current closed period and then shows the past six periods of data.

Burdened Cost Breakdown Category Details

To view Burdened Cost Breakdown Category details, see "Burdened Cost Breakdown (Variance Report Type)."