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Add Control Account Dialog Box

Use this dialog box to add a control account to a project.

The names of the control account fields depend on the labels that you specified when you created the project in the New Project wizard. For example, if you specified WBS as the label for Control Account Field 1 (CA1) in the New Project wizard, the field name displayed on the Add Control Account dialog box is WBS. You can also modify the control account field names on the Fields tab of the Project Properties dialog box.

The number of control account fields available on the Add Control Account dialog box depends on how many control account fields you specified when you created the project in the New Project wizard. You can specify a maximum of three control account fields. You can also use the Fields tab of the Project Properties dialog box to modify the number of control account fields to display on the Add Control Account dialog box.

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Field Description
CA1 Use this field to enter a name for the first control account field. If you assigned a code file to this control account field when you created the project in the New Project wizard, click to display the Code lookup dialog box, where you can select the code value from the code file assigned the control account field.
CA2 Use this field to enter a name for the second control account field. If you assigned a code file to this control account field when you created the project in the New Project wizard, click to display the Code lookup dialog box, where you can select the code value from the code file assigned the control account field.
CA3 Use this field to enter a name for the third control account field. If you assigned a code file to this control account field when you created the project in the New Project wizard, click to display the Code lookup dialog box, where you can select the code value from the code file assigned the control account field.
Description Use this field to enter a brief description of the new control account.
Dates Use this group box to modify the control account dates.
Baseline Click the drop-down buttons in the Start and Finish columns to display a calendar, where you can select the baseline start and finish dates for the control account.

You can only select a baseline start date that falls on or after the first date of the calendar used in the project. You cannot select a baseline finish date that falls after the last date of the calendar used in the project.

Pending Click the drop-down buttons in the Start and Finish columns to display a calendar, where you can select the pending start and finish dates for the control account.

When you create a new control account, the Pending start and finish dates are the same as the baseline start date of the control account by default.

CAM Use this field to assign a CAM value to the control account.

This field is available only if you specified a code file for the CAM field when you created the project in the New Project wizard. You can also specify a code file for the CAM field on the Project Properties dialog box.

Control Account code assignments Use this grid to assign codes to the control account. The code assignments are based on codes values that exist in the control account code files attached to the nine fields on the Control Account Codes tab of the Fields tab of the Project Properties dialog box.

You can only define code assignments for the control account if you specified that codes will be used for that control account on the Fields page of the New Project wizard when you were creating the project or on the Fields tab of the Project Properties dialog box after you created the project.