The columns on the Expenses grid provide a summary of the expenses that are budgeted for the plan.
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The Baseline, Planned, JTD, and Planned Less JTD columns default to displaying billing amounts. However, a Billing/Cost toggle button displays on the Expenses page under the following circumstances:
- For Vision plans, the
Calculate Expense Billing Amounts option is selected on the Rates tab of Project Planning, and the corresponding rate method is set to something other than
None. If the project has multiple Vision plans that are included in utilization, the setting on the plan with the earliest creation date is used.
- For Navigator plans, the
Rate Method on the Plan Settings dialog box in Navigator is
Multiplier Only,
From Account Rate Table, or
From Category Rate Table.
Use this button to toggle between cost and billing amounts on the Baseline, Planned, JTD, and Planned Less JTD fields.
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| Level/Resource
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This field displays the name of the WBS element, as specified in the Vision Project Info Center.
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For Navigator plans, the WBS elements only display for those rows that are at or above the selected planning level for expenses as specified in Navigator Plan Settings.
For projects with Vision plans, WBS elements are shown for the highest planned level and above. For example, if the project has phases and tasks, and some expenses were planned at the phase level while others were planned at the task level, the Navigator Expenses grid displays all of these expenses under the phase row. The task row is not shown.
For projects with no plan, all of the project's WBS elements are shown.
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| Start Date/End Date
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These fields display the start and end dates for the WBS element as defined on the Labor page. If these dates are changed on the Labor page, they will automatically be updated on the Expenses page as well.
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| Contract
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This field displays the sum of the Direct or Indirect Expenses and Reimb. Expenses on the Contract grid.
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| Baseline
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This field displays baseline planned expense amounts. This amount is summed to higher levels of the WBS.
If the project has multiple Vision plans that are included in utilization, Navigator sums the baseline amounts from the plans.
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| Planned
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This field displays the planned expense amounts. The expense type that is assigned impacts the calculation that is used for this field:
- Direct or Indirect expense type: Navigator ensures that the cost and billing amounts are the same for the row.
- Reimbursable expense type: Navigator calculates the planned bill value using the Reimbursable Rate Method, Table, and Multiplier assigned in Navigator Plan Settings.
If the WBS row's planned bill amount does not match the row's contract amount, a
yellow flag displays in the corner of the field. Each WBS row amount is checked and a flag can display for any row.
If the project has multiple Vision plans that are included in utilization, Navigator sums the planned amounts from the plans.
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| JTD
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This field displays the sum of the charges to Direct, Indirect, and Reimbursable types of accounts on all posted transactions and committed purchase orders through today. This amount is summed to higher levels of the WBS.
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| Planned Less JTD
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This field displays the difference between the planned amount and the JTD amount through today.
The amount is summed to higher levels of the WBS.
If the project has multiple Vision plans that are included in utilization, Navigator sums the planned amounts from the plans.
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| Contract Balance
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This field displays the difference between the Contract and the JTD amount through today. If JTD is greater than Contract, the amount displays as negative and is red.
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