Use this form to compare billing amounts to actuals.
This tab only displays when:
- The
Budget Source is set to
Project Plan.
- The Billing application is installed.
- The
Reporting at Billing option is selected in Accounting System Settings.
For any field with a blue, underlined amount, click the amount to open the corresponding dialog box of supporting detail. On the supporting detail dialog box you can also click any blue, underlined amount to see another level of detailed data on a second drill-down dialog box.
Fields on the Billing tab are impacted by the following Accounting System Settings:
- Reporting at Billing Rates: When this option is selected,
project review displays amounts based on billing and cost rates. This option is only available if the Billing application is installed.
- Use Billing Currency not
Project Currency: When this option is selected,
project amounts are reported using the billing currency instead of the
project currency.
Contents
Field | Description |
Principal-In-Charge
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This field displays the
employee at your enterprise who is identified as the
project's
principal. You can drill down on this
employee name to display the
employee's record in the
Employees hub. You specify the
principal assigned to the
project on the General tab of the
Projects hub.
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Project Manager
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This field displays the
employee at your enterprise who is serving as the
project manager for the
project. You can drill down on this
employee name to display the
employee's record in the
Employees hub. You specify the
project manager assigned to the
project on the General tab of the
Projects hub.
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Supervisor
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This field displays the
employee at your enterprise who is serving as the
supervisor for the
project. You can drill down on this
employee name to display the
employee's record in the
Employees hub. The
supervisor is assigned to the
project on the General tab of the
Projects hub.
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Budget Source
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If your enterprise uses the Planning application, you can decide whether you want to draw budgeted amounts from:
- The budget worksheet in the Accounting application (Budget Worksheet option).
- A mapped plan in the
Project Planning application (Project Planning option).
You select the budget source on the Options dialog box in
. The budget source impacts the fields that display on the Billing Analysis tab. Refer to each field description for details.
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Currency
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If you use multiple currencies and report at billing rates in the billing currency (not the
project currency), this field displays the billing currency of the
project. Otherwise, it displays the
project currency of the
project that your company selected from the list of enabled currencies.
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Fee Analysis at Billing Value
Columns
The columns in this section provide an overview of the contract/fee, planned, and variance amounts at billing rates for your plan. The columns that display depend on the
project's budget source and the
project's charge type (regular, overhead, or promotional).
Field | Description |
Contract/Fee
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These fields display the user- entered
compensation or fee amount. As you update these amounts, the planned and variance amounts automatically recalculate.
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Planned
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These fields display the planned amount at billing rates.
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Variance
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These fields display the difference between the Contract/Fee and Planned amounts.
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Rows
You can read down each row to view the contract or planned amounts for the following categories:
Field | Description |
Compensation
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This is the sum of all
labor and direct expense amounts, which is added to the direct
consultant amount.
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Direct
Consultants
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This is the amount budgeted or spent on direct (non-reimbursable)
consultants.
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Reimbursable Allowance
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The reimbursable allowance includes all expenses that will be reimbursed to your company by the
client, including reimbursable
consultant fees.
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Total
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This is the total of all
compensation, direct
consultant, and reimbursable allowance amounts.
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Planning Analysis at Billing
Columns
The columns in this section provide an overview of the Actual, Estimate to Complete, and Estimate at Complete amounts at billing for your plan. The columns that display depend on the
project's budget source and the
project's charge type (regular, overhead, or promotional).
Field | Description |
Actual
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These fields display the actual amounts that are pulled from different areas.
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Estimate to Complete
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These fields display the amounts remaining to complete. The
ETC is calculated based on the application in which the plan was created.
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Estimate at Complete
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These fields display the sum of the actual and estimate to complete amounts.
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Rows
You can read down each row to view the actual and estimate to complete amounts for the following categories:
Field | Description |
Compensation
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This is the sum of all
labor and direct expense amounts, which is added to the direct
consultant amount.
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Direct
Consultants
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This is the amount budgeted or spent on direct (non-reimbursable)
consultants.
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Reimbursable Allowance
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This is the reimbursable allowance includes all expenses that will be reimbursed to your company by the
client, including reimbursable
consultant fees.
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Total
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This is the total of all
compensation, direct
consultant, and reimbursable allowance amounts.
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Job-to-Date Actual
Field | Description |
Planned Ratio
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This field displays when you plan at billing rates. This ratio is used to evaluate how much revenue a plan will return based on each
labor billing dollar planned.
Planned Total
Compensation (Compensation +
Consultant Fee + Reimbursable Allowance) - Direct and Reimbursable Expenses / Planned
Labor Billing
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Realization Ratio
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The realization ratio is calculated in this way:
Total Earned Value / Total Actual Billing Value
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Planned Variance $
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The planned variance amount is calculated in this way:
Total Contract
Compensation - Total Planned
Compensation
This field does not display if the
project's charge type is overhead or promotional.
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Earned Revenue
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This field displays the actual
job-to-date revenue for the current period.
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Actual Bill Value
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This field displays the actual
job-to-date amount that was spent at billing for the period.
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Actual Variance $
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The actual variance amount is calculated in this way:
Total Earned Actual - Total Billing Actual
This field does not display if the
project's charge type is overhead or promotional.
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Actual Variance %
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The actual variance percent is calculated in this way:
Total Variance / Total Earned
This field does not display if the
project's charge type is overhead or promotional.
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% Complete
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This field displays the percent of the
project that is complete.
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% Expended Hour
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The percent expended per hour is calculated in this way:
Total Actual Hours / Total Planned Hours
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% Expended $
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The percent expended dollar amount is calculated in this way:
Total Actual Hours / Total Planned Dollar Amount
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