You can enter or import the actual costs incurred by the project into MPM for analysis and comparison with the budget. Actuals are not collected by MPM. Your accounting system provides the actuals, which you can either input manually or import directly. MPM sorts and summarizes actual costs by WBS/OBS and then provides comparative reports and graphs. Actuals may be collected by Element of Cost or by Resource at any level of the WBS.
You can enter actuals data for resources and Elements of Cost (EOCs) by selecting the appropriate tab in the Actuals window.
Once you have entered your actuals, you can run several reports and graphs to compare your actuals to your budget and try to predict the costs and schedule required to finish the project.
Entering actuals is described in Entering the Project Actuals.