Direct Cost Lines

When project or project group lines are created on the direct costs sub budget, a number of direct cost lines are automatically created as well.

The direct cost line type can exist on budget templates, main and sum budgets, as well as on the Direct Costs sub budget. However, it can only be added manually on the budget template.

Direct cost lines on direct costs sub budgets behave exactly as manual lines. This means that you can manually specify values on each period or have a total value allocated using an allocation type.

On main budgets, the value of the period and total fields of direct cost lines are the sum of the corresponding field on the associated direct cost line of all projects created on the direct costs sub budget.

On sum budgets, the value of calculation lines is the sum of all corresponding lines on the main and sum budgets directly below the sum budget in the budget hierarchy.