Cobra 8.3 Help System

Using the Help Search
Using the Help Search
  • Phrase:Returns all topics that contain the exact phrase in the search criteria. Use quotation marks around the phrase.
    Ex."system administration"
  • And:Returns all topics that contain all the words in the search criteria, in any combination. Insert a plus sign between all words in the search criteria.
    Ex.system + administration
  • Or:Returns all topics with any combination of words in the search criteria. This is the default.
    Ex.system administration
For more information:Searching Online Help

Criteria Selection Page of the Top Down Planning Wizard

Use this page to select criteria for the top down planning process.

Contents

Field Description
Criteria Use this field to select the criterion to be used for top down planning. You can select from the following options:
  • Total Project
  • Control Account
  • Work Package
  • Control Account Key Fields
  • Work Package Field
  • Resource
  • Resource Assignment
  • Control Account Codes 1 to 9
  • Work Package Codes 1 to 9
  • CAM
  • Work Package Manager

The choice you make in this field affects the options that are available in the remaining fields on the page. For example, selecting Control Account displays the list of available control accounts in the Selection field and disables the Include all children field.

Selection Use this field to select the portion of the project that you want to include in top down planning. The options that are available depend on the selection you made in the Criteria field. For example, if you selected Control Account in the Criteria field, the Selection field displays a list of control accounts. This field is not available if you selected Total Project in the Criteria field.
Include all children Use this field to select all the child codes of the code that you selected in the Selection field. This option is available only if the selected criterion in the Criteria field is based on a code file.
Date Range Use the From and To fields to specify the date range for which you want to perform top down planning.

Cobra files use only two decimal places to store the first result. Therefore, Cobra does not change the budget or forecast for periods in which the resulting change to the first result would be less than 1%. As a result, all calculated costs derived from these first results remain unchanged as well.