Use the Cost Set Lookup dialog box to select a cost set when the Allow Editing a Forecast option is selected on the Progress tab of the Projects form.
The lookup displays all cost sets for the selected project except EAC and ETC. If the cost set that you select doesn't meet the criteria, a message displays letting you know and you will need to select a different cost set. The criteria are as follows:
The cost set only contains one class.
The class is a forecast class.
The forecast type is M (retain ETC).
The forecast class level = work package.
The class is not in the EAC cost set or the ETC cost set.
If the forecast class selected uses an alternate date set, then the forecast dates displayed in the grid on the General tab are the alternate date set. See Alternate Date Set for more information.
This field displays Standard.
From the drop-down list of this field, select one of the following options:
Cost Set — Select this option to filter the search results by code that represents the type of cost.
Description — Select this option to filter the search results by description of the type of cost.
After selecting the field, click the Search button to populate the list box with results from the selected Search By.
This text box allows you to enter a value stored in the selected Search By field. After entering the search text, click anywhere in the search results grid or click the Search button to populate the list box with results.
This grid displays the search results after you define your filter criteria and then click Search.
. This option is only enabled
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