Profit Analytics: Data Sources

The data displayed in Profit Analytics are calculated using a combination of revenue and cost data from Costpoint and revenue and cost budget data from an external budget file.

Costpoint Analytics configuration settings also affect the profit calculations.

Data Item

Source

Profit amount

Project revenue – This is all project direct and indirect costs.

Revenue — The source of Revenue is the Project Status Report reporting table in Costpoint. Revenue can be either actual or target, depending on the Revenue Type option your firm selects when it configures Costpoint Analytics.

Costs — The source of Costs is the Project Status Report reporting table in Costpoint.

If prior year cost or revenue adjustments are included in the PSR tables, the calculation of profit amounts may include those adjustments, depending on how Costpoint Analytics is configured. For more information, see Adjustment Period.

Profit Margin

Profit Margin = Profit Amount / Revenue

Margin is displayed as a percentage.

Gross profit amount

Project Revenue = (All project direct costs + Indirect costs directly linked to the project)

Revenue — The source is the Project Status Report reporting table in Costpoint. Revenue can be either actual or target, depending on the Revenue Type option your firm selects when it configures Costpoint Analytics.

Costs — The source is the Project Status Report reporting table in Costpoint.

The gross profit calculation is also affected by Costpoint Analytics configuration options that enable your firm to do the following:

  • Exclude cost of money from the calculation of gross profit

  • Specify the indirect cost pools to include in the calculation of gross profit

If prior year cost or revenue adjustments are included in the PSR tables, the calculation of gross profit amounts may include those adjustments, depending on how Costpoint Analytics is configured. For more information, see Adjustment Period.

Gross profit margin

Gross Profit Margin = Gross Profit Amount / Revenue

Margin is displayed as a percentage.

Baseline budget profit amount

Budgeted Project Revenue – This is all budgeted project direct and indirect costs.

Revenue — The source is the baseline budget revenue data in the revenue and cost budget file.

Costs — The source is the baseline budget cost data in the revenue and cost budget file.

Forecast profit amount

Budgeted Project Revenue – This is all budgeted project direct and indirect costs

Revenue — The source is the forecast revenue data in the revenue and cost budget file.

Costs — The source is the forecast cost data in the revenue and cost budget file.

Projected profit amount

This is a combination of profit calculated from Costpoint data for fiscal periods through the current period and budgeted profit calculated from baseline budget or forecast data for future fiscal periods.

Projected profit margin

Projected Profit Margin = Projected Profit Amount / Projected Revenue

Projected Revenue — This is a combination of revenue from Costpoint data for fiscal periods through the current period and budgeted revenue from baseline budget or forecast data for future fiscal periods.

Margin is displayed as a percentage.

Projected gross profit amount

This is a combination of gross profit calculated from Costpoint data for fiscal periods through the current period and budgeted gross profit calculated from baseline budget or forecast data for future fiscal periods.

Projected gross profit margin

Projected Gross Profit Margin = Projected Gross Profit Amount /Projected Revenue

Projected Revenue — This is a combination of revenue from Costpoint data for fiscal periods through the current period and budgeted revenue from baseline budget or forecast data for future fiscal periods.

Margin is displayed as a percentage.

Amount variance

Amount Variance = Projected profit or gross profit amount – Baseline budget amount or forecast amount

Amount variance percentage

Amount Variance Percentage = (Amount variance / Baseline budget amount or forecast amount) × 100

Baseline budget margin

Baseline Budget Margin = Baseline budget profit amount / Baseline budget revenue

Margin is displayed as a percentage.

Forecast margin

Forecast Margin = Forecast profit amount / Forecast revenue

Margin is displayed as a percentage.

Margin variance

Margin Variance = Blended profit or gross profit margin –  Baseline budget margin or forecast margin

Margin variance percentage

Margin Variance Percentage = (Margin variance / Baseline budget margin or forecast margin) × 100

Profit Tolerance

This is the percent of profit that your organization considers cautionary or urgent. Cautionary alerts display in the Profit analytic as yellow. Urgent alerts display in the Profit analytic as red.