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Cost Sets

Cost sets are classes grouped together for exporting and reporting purposes.

For example, the EAC cost set is comprised of the actual class and the forecast class.

The standard cost sets are as follows:

  • Actuals
  • Budget
  • Earned/Progress
  • EAC
  • ETC
  • OTB
  • Replan
  • ReprogCVA
  • ReprogSVA

You can use the standard cost sets or create your own cost sets. Use the Cost Sets tab of the Project Properties dialog box to define alternative reporting cost set to represent the standard costs.

Reprogramming Cost Sets

When creating a new project and the Copy defaults from project option on the General Information page of the New Project Wizard is cleared, the ReprogCVA and ReprogSVA cost sets are created in the new project.

Cobra uses the ReprogCVA and ReprogSVA cost sets to house the classes that are used during reprogramming efforts. These classes, which contain the Reprogramming Adjustment values, are exported in the Deltek Common Data Exchange (DCDE), Integrated Program Management Data Analysis Report (IPMDAR), and Department of Energy (DOE) Project Assessment and Reporting (PARS) formats using the Cost Data Export Wizard. The ReprogCVA and ReprogSVA cost sets are also used during the export of Cobra data into wInsight XML or UNCEFACT XML.

By default, the following format reports support the ReprogCVA and ReprogSVA cost sets:

  • CPR Format 1
  • CPR Format 2
  • IPMR CPR Format 1
  • IPMR CPR Format 2
Attention: If you want to change the cost sets used in reports, see Report Parameters and Report Content Parameters.
Note: In an upgrade installation (from a lower version to 8.5 or higher), Cobra keeps the included costs sets defined on the report. However, if you run the Cobra Data Tool Wizard and select the Initialize Cobra system data option on the Options page for the selected data source, Cobra updates the cost sets of the default reports (not the saved reports) to ReprogCVA and ReprogSVA. When you restore any of the supported format reports, the included cost sets remain.
Note: You can populate the Reprogramming Adjustment section of the IPMR CPR reports and the IPMDAR export with Over Target Baseline (OTB) values. For more information, see Using OTB in the IPMR CPR Reports and IPMDAR Export .