Use the Labor Plan Timeline dashpart to view the cumulative planned and actual labor amounts, and compare them to the contract amount that was earned through the current date. This is helpful when you want to analyze the accuracy of original forecasts and improve future planning efforts.
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If a project is mapped on multiple Vision plans that have the
Include in utilization and project reports option selected, Navigator totals are the combined value of the plans.
The data that displays on this chart is as follows:
| Field | Description |
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| Planned
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This line displays planned labor at billing through today's date at the project level.
Calculation: Planned = Planned labor at billing through today
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| Actual
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This line displays the billing value of posted and unposted labor charges through today's date at the project level.
Calculation: Actual = Billing value for posted and unposted labor through today
The dotted line represents the EAC amount beyond today at the project level.
Calculation: EAC = JTD labor amount at billing through today + ETC labor amount at billing from tomorrow forward for plans in utilization
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| Contract Earned
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This field displays the contract earned amount, based on the Percent Complete Formula selected in the plan. The options that impact this amount are as follows:
- (Planned - Estimate-to-Complete)/Planned
- Job-to-Date/(Job-to-Date + Estimate-to-Complete)
- (Baseline - Estimate-to-Complete)/Baseline
Calculation: The percent complete is calculated for each period. This percent is then multiplied by the contract at the project level to determine the amount of the contract that has been earned for the period.
If a project is mapped to multiple Vision plans that have the
Include in utilization and project reports
option selected, but there are different percent complete formulas assigned to the plans, Navigator applies the percent complete formula from the plan with the earliest creation date.
The
Contract Earned line does not display in the following situations:
- If the Percent Complete Formula on the Vision plan is set to User Entered.
- If the Percent Complete Formula is set to (Baseline - Estimate to Complete)/Baseline but there is no baseline
- If there is no planned data
- If there is no JTD + ETC data
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| Contract
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This line displays the compensation amount, based on the amount in the
Compensation field in the Vision Project Info Center.
Calculation: Contract = Compensation from Project Info Center
If your firm uses Vision Multicurrency, the currency amounts display in the project's billing currency or project currency. The currency is based on the
Use Billing Currency not Project Currency option in Vision Accounting System Settings.
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| Data Points
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This dashpart includes the ability to mouse over or tap on specific data points to see detailed information for a particular time. If you are using a Navigator plan, the time scale that is used for these data points depends on the date range that is defined in Vision's Plan Settings. If you are using a Vision plan and the range is 0 to 180 days, the data points default to weekly; if the range is greater than 180 days, the data points default to monthly.
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| Tooltips
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Tooltips display when you hover over or tap various parts of the Navigator interface, including buttons, status and warning indicators, and data on the dashparts and charts. You can also click the
 buttons to view specific calculation information, and click the
More links to access the pertinent Navigator online help.
If you are using a tablet device, the tooltip hover action is not available, but you can tap the
buttons and
More links to view the calculations and online help.
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Note: You can turn chart lines on and off, except for the dotted EAC line on the Labor Plan Timeline. Click a line name in the chart legend to turn the chart line on or off.
