Ribbon Commands on the Forensics Tab

Use the ribbon commands to perform such tasks as add additional fields, create a SmartGantt filter, and publish (export) the results.

Until a forensic analysis is performed, the Analysis, SmartGantt, and Publish menu groups are the only visible groups on the tab.

Group Name

Field Description
Create Analysis Click to start the Forensic Analysis wizard to perform a forensic analysis.
Remove Click to remove the selected forensic analysis from the Analysis pane.

Forensic Checks

This group lists the number of differences in Activities, Relationships, Resources, and Calendars. The number of variances found is displayed in parenthesis next to each field. Some of these commands may not be visible if there are no differences and you selected Hide Empty Forensic Analysis on the User Interface tab of the Deltek Options dialog box.

Field Description
Activities The activities analysis looks for activities that have been removed from one of the projects/scenarios.
Relationships The relationships analysis looks for relationships that have been modified.
Resource Assignments The resource assignments analysis looks for resource assignments that have been modified. Acumen uses remaining units for comparison.
Calendars The calendars forensics analysis integrates multiple versions of a schedule, identifying changes to the calendar definition. This includes changes to standard working/non-working time as well as changes to exceptions (for example, holidays). In addition, it can interrogate changes to calendar assignments on activities.

General / Inputs / Outputs

These groups list results of the forensic comparison. The number of variances found is displayed in parenthesis next to each field. The fields that have no variances do not display if you select Hide Empty Forensic Analysis on the User Interface tab of the Deltek Options dialog box.

SmartGantt

Field Description
Create SmartGantt Filter Click to create a SmartGantt filter based on the current forensic analysis.

Publish

Field Description
Publish
  • Publish Current Report publishes all forensic checks to an MS Excel file, each on a separate tab.
  • Publish Current Analysis publishes only the current forensic check to an MS Excel file.