Labor Multipliers and Currency Fields

Fields on the upper right of the Labor tab display multiplier and currency information. Currency is only relevant if you use the Vision Multicurrency feature. All chart and grid information display in the selected currency.

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The EAC Multiplier updates when a project, phase, or task is selected on the Planning grid.

The calculations for the data are as follows:

Field Description
Labor Target Multiplier

This multiplier is used as the basis for evaluation against the Labor EAC multiplier. The multiplier represents how much revenue is anticipated for each labor cost dollar spent on a project. If you are viewing a Vision plan, this field displays the Target Multiplier for Cost on the General tab of Vision > Project Planning. If you are viewing a Navigator plan, this field displays the Target Multiplier that is assigned in Plan Settings.

If the Vision plan's Budget Type is set to Billing, the multiplier is blank.

Calculation: Target Labor Cost Multiplier for the Project

If a project is mapped to multiple Vision plans that have the Include in utilization and project reports option selected, Navigator shows the target multiplier from the plan with the earliest creation date.

Labor EAC Multiplier

The estimate-at-completion (EAC) labor cost amount is the cost value of the hours worked through today and the remaining planned hours. To determine the multiplier, this calculation is used: Labor Contract / EAC Labor.

Only the EAC cost amounts from plans in utilization are included in the calculation. All Navigator plans are marked to Include in utilization and project reports. Vision plans may or may not be marked to Include in utilization and project reports.

The job-to-date values in EAC are from posted and unposted labor. If a plan's budget type is set to Billing, the plan does not track labor cost values and nothing can be calculated for the Labor EAC Multiplier.

If your firm is using Vision Multicurrency, the Use Billing Currency not Project Currency option in Vision > Accounting > System Settings determines how the multiplier is calculated.
  • If you are using Project currency, or if you are not using a Multicurrency system, the calculation is as follows: Labor EAC Multiplier (in project currency) = Labor Contract in project currency / EAC Labor in project currency
  • If you are using Billing currency, the calculation is as follows: Labor EAC Multiplier (in project currency) = {(Labor Contract in billing currency / Compensation in billing currency) x Compensation in project currency} / EAC Labor in project currency
Currency If your firm uses Vision Multicurrency, this field displays the currency code. All amounts included display in the indicated currency. The currency code is based on the Use Billing Currency not Project Currency option in Vision > Accounting > System Settings.