Project Cost
This topic describes the information that displays in the detail tables of the Project Cost screen for the Budget report type.
Note: Negative variances display in favor of either actuals or budgets, depending on how
Report Variances in Favor of is configured on the Display tab of
. If configured in favor of Actuals and actual costs are higher than budgeted costs, the variance displays as negative. The opposite is true if budgeted costs are higher than actual costs, and the variance displays as positive. However, for either Budgets or Actuals, profit and revenue variances are always opposite to the cost calculation.
Top Level
This table displays summary cost variance information for top-level direct projects for top level direct projects.
| Column Headings | Description |
|---|---|
| Project | This column displays the Proj ID numbers that you are allowed to see based on the your security org ID. |
| Project Title | This column displays the project title. |
| Manager | The name displayed in this column derives from the Project Manager field in the Contract Master. |
| Start | This column displays the project start date. |
| End | This column displays the project end date. |
| Funding | This column displays the funding amount. |
| ITD Var | This column displays cost variance information from the date the project started to the current date. |
| This column starts with the most current closed period and then shows the past six periods of data. |
Level Down
This table displays summary cost variance information for level-down projects.
| Column Headings | Description |
|---|---|
| Project | This column displays the Proj ID numbers that you are allowed to see based on the your security org ID. |
| Project Title | This column displays the project title. |
| Manager | The name displayed in this column derives from the Project Manager field in the Contract Master. |
| Start | This column displays the project start date. |
| End | This column displays the project end date. |
| Funding | This column displays the funding amount. |
| ITD Var | This column displays cost variance information from the date the project started to the current date. |
| Month/Year | This column starts with the most current closed period and then shows the past six periods of data. |
Burdened Cost Category Details
This table displays project actual burdened cost breakdown category details.
| Column Headings | Description |
|---|---|
| Project ID | This column displays the Project ID of the cost category. |
| Category | This column displays the name of the cost category. |
| ITD Var | This column displays cost variance information from the date the project started to the current date. |
| Commitments | This column displays the raw costs of unposted timesheets and yet unfulfilled open purchase order amounts. |
| Month/Year | This column starts with the most current closed period and then shows the past six periods of data. |
Burdened Cost Combined Details
This table displays project actual burdened cost breakdown details for all levels, including category, account, resource, and source.
Note: The fields described below also display in the individual burdened cost detail tables.
| Column Headings | Description |
|---|---|
| Project ID | This column displays the Project ID of the cost category. |
| Category | This column displays the name of the cost category. |
| Account ID | This column displays account ID of the cost category. |
| Account Name | This column displays the account name of the cost category. |
| ID | This column displays the resource ID for the cost category. |
| Name | This column displays the resource name for the cost category. |
| Source | This column displays the source for the cost category. |
| ITD | This column displays inception-to-date raw cost totals since the start of the project/task ID over time. |
| Commitments | This column displays the raw costs of unposted timesheets and yet unfulfilled open purchase order amounts. |
| Month/Year | This column starts with the most current closed period and then shows the past six periods of data. If you selected Future under View Timing, the next seven periods display. |
Burdened Cost Account Details
This table displays actual burdened cost breakdown account details, a level below the category details.
| Column Headings | Description |
|---|---|
| Account ID | This column displays account ID of the cost category. |
| Account Name | This column displays the account name of the cost category. |
| ITD | This column displays inception-to-date totals from the start of the project/task ID over time. |
| Commitments | This column displays the raw costs of unposted timesheets and yet unfulfilled open purchase order amounts. |
| Month/Year | This column starts with the most current closed period and then shows the past six periods of data. If you selected Future under View Timing, the next seven periods display. |
Burdened Cost Resource Details
This table displays actual burdened cost breakdown resource details, a level below the account details.
| Coumn Headings | Description |
|---|---|
| ID | This column displays the resource ID for the cost category. |
| Name | This column displays the resource name for the cost category. |
| ITD | This column displays inception-to-date totals from the start of the project/task ID over time. |
| Commitments | This column displays the raw costs of unposted timesheets and yet unfulfilled open purchase order amounts. |
| Month/Year | This column starts with the most current closed period and then shows the past six periods of data. If you selected Future under View Timing, the next seven periods display. |
Burdened Cost Source Details
This table displays actual burdened cost breakdown source details, a level below the resource details and the lowest level of detail available.
| Coumn Headings | Description |
|---|---|
| Project ID | This column displays the resource ID for the cost category. |
| Source | This column displays the source (for example, Actual) for the cost category. |
| ITD | This column displays inception-to-date totals from the start of the project/task ID over time. |
| Commitments | This column displays the raw costs of unposted timesheets and yet unfulfilled open purchase order amounts. |
| Month/Year | This column starts with the most current closed period and then shows the past six periods of data. If you selected Future under View Timing, the next seven periods display. |