Adding project parameters

Parameters are displayed in object forms in the order in which they are added to a lab. They can be sorted alphabetically; click a column heading or use a filter.

  1. Open the Lab form.
  2. Click the Project Parameters tab and add the parameters that are required for projects.
  3. Specify these criteria.
    Type

    Project parameters are not added to these default filters: Param Rollup, Param Cost, Param Equation, Param Info. You must add them manually in the Filter form.

    Or, you can create separate filters for project parameters. You must do one or the other to enable the parameters to show in the Project form.

    Do not add project parameters unless you want the parameters to display for items and formulas in these filters: Param Rollup, Param Cost, Param Equation or Param Info.

    Override
    • Allowed - Users can override a calculated value at the parent project level.
    • Prohibited - Users cannot override a calculated value at the parent project level.

    The Project form displays the parameters that are assigned to a filter and the parameters that are assigned to the Lab > Project Parameters tab.

    Lab > Project Parameters - Rollup Filter Project > Parameters - Rollup Filter Project > Parameters - Budget Filter
    BUDGETED_COST

    TARGET_VOLUME

    TARGET_MARGIN

    PROJECTED_VOL

    PROJECT_MARG

    BUDGETED_RESOURCE

    		BUDGETED_COST

    TARGET_VOLUME

    TARGET_MARGIN

    PROJECTED_VOL

    PROJECT_MARG

    BUDGETED_RESOURCE

    		BUDGETED_COST

    BUDGETED_RESOURCE

    Type in Lab
    Add these rollup parameters to the default Rollup filter in the Filter form or to a custom filter.
    Filter in Project
    The default Rollup filter shows all of the project parameters that are manually added to it in the Filter form. This custom Budgets filter shows a sub-set of parameters.