Outside Cost

The data in this field comes from different places depending on which cost type, cost method and source are attached to the item. In all cases, the cost comes from the Cost Maint tab of the Item Costs form. Refer to the table below to determine whether the cost comes from the unit cost or current unit cost fields.

Cost Type	Cost Method	Source	Unit Cost or Current Unit Cost
Actual	Average	Purchased	Unit Cost
Standard	Average	Purchased	Unit Cost
Actual	Specific	Purchased	Unit Cost
Standard	FIFO/LIFO	Purchased	Unit Cost
Actual	FIFO/LIFO	Manufactured	Current Unit Cost
Standard	FIFO/LIFO	Manufactured	Unit Cost
Actual	Specific	Manufactured	Current Unit Cost
Standard	Specific	Manufactured	Unit Cost
Actual	FIFO/LIFO	Purchased	Unit Cost
Standard	Specific	Purchased	Unit Cost
Actual	Average	Manufactured	Unit Cost
Standard	Average	Manufactured	Unit Cost
Standard	Standard	Manufactured	Unit Cost
Standard	Standard	Purchased	Unit Cost

The Accum Values Outside Cost field displays the outside cost generated by the Project Resource Transactions form. Accumulated costs cannot be changed on this form. On the Estimate Project Resources form, the Accum Values Outside Cost field is always 0.00000 because you can not run the Resource Transactions activity for an estimate project.