Using control inquiries and reportsDuring the execution of a project, use the control inquiries and report sessions to monitor projects. You can make inquiries and print reports for project control purposes. Data is extracted from several other modules for control overviews. The project control inquiries and the project monitoring reports include the budget, budget adjustments, and budget extensions, combined with the costs, revenues, commitments, actual progress, and forecasts for final results. You can display and print control data on various levels, and view recorded data in a number of ways and at several levels. All inquiries provide the following columns:
Sort the overviews by: LN provides several drill-down capabilities. For example, you can start an inquiry for all projects, perform a drill-down on one particular project to view a cost type, cost component, element, extension, or activity. You can further drill-down on, for example, one of the elements to view the cost type. Finally, you can drill-down to the actual inquiries of the control codes. All inquiries for the previously mentioned levels provide an overview of budget, actual costs, performed, and results. Additional information is:
Use the reports sessions to print the data displayed in the inquiries. For example, you can compare estimated budget costs against actual costs. You can print the hours, or cost figures at the cost object level. Main features:
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