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

Other Tab of the Application Preferences Dialog Box

Use this tab to configure other application settings.

Warning: When you make changes on this tab of the Application Preferences dialog box, you must exit Cobra for changes to take effect. You must also stop and restart all Cobra Web Service instances, including those that are deployed in PM Compass.

Contents

Field Description
Prevent deleting resources from the Resource File if they are assigned to a project

Select this option to prevent a user from deleting a resource from a resource file if the resource is used as an assigned resource assignment on a project.

When importing resources using the Integration Wizard > Ancillary Data and selecting Overwrite in the Action field on the File Selection page to overwrite an existing resource file, the integration completes with errors and aborts. This occurs if the file you imported is missing a resource which exists as an assigned resource in the project. If new resources are also being added to the resource file in the same transaction, the resources will not be imported.

Example error message: "[Error] The Resource 'DRAFT' is being used by the project 'Demo Advanced' and cannot be deleted during the import."

Round audit log transactions to 6 decimal places

Select this option to round up project audit transaction amount to 6 decimals places for new and existing projects.

  • You can only change this option on this tab once. When this option is selected, it becomes read-only and the check box is replaced with N/A on the Project Preferences tab of the Project Properties dialog box.
  • Once the setting is selected (turned on), you can no longer clear it. Changing the value of this option displays a warning message and clicking the Apply button sets this option to read-only. Closing the dialog box or the application will not reset the value of this option.
  • The application preferences value takes precedence over the project preferences value. If this option is already selected on this tab, this option becomes read-only and the check box is replaced with N/A on the Project Preferences tab of the Project Properties dialog box.
Validate only the classes included in the Budget against the baseline dates Select this option if you want Cobra to validate only the included Budget classes against the baseline dates when adjusting time-phased resources during spread.

Customer Experience Improvement Program

Field Description
Automatically send usage statistics to Deltek Use this drop-down list to specify your preference on how Cobra collects information about your usage of Cobra.
  • Use selection from Help->About Deltek Cobra: Selecting this option enables the Automatically send usage statistics to Deltek option on the About Deltek Cobra dialog box and allows each Cobra user connected to the current database to choose their own selection.

  • Always for users connected to this database: Selecting this option disables and overrides the selection in the Automatically send usage statistics to Deltek option on the About Deltek Cobra dialog box. Selecting this option means Cobra will always report usage information for users connected to the current database.

  • Never for users connected to this database: Selecting this option disables and overrides the selection in the Automatically send usage statistics to Deltek option on the About Deltek Cobra dialog box. Selecting this option means Cobra will never report usage information for users connected to the current database.

This selection is saved as an application preference in the database. If you use multiple databases in your organization and you wish to control this setting for all users, you will need to connect to each database and apply your setting.