Control by Project/Activity/Labor (tpppc4551m000)

Use this session to monitor a project during its execution. The actual cost control is aggregated at the project/activity/labor control code level.

This is one in a range of sessions that are available in the Project Progress module for monitoring projects. Each of these sessions provides a different level of detail.

Field Information

Project

The code that identifies the project.

Current Period

The year of the actual cost control period.

/

The period for actual cost control

Activity

activity

Generated

The date on which the current project cost control was built. The value of this field is updated by the Build Actual Cost Control (tpppc4803m000) session.

Currency

The default currency in the overview session is the project currency. Both in a dependent and in an independent currency system you can change this currency to other currencies with the Rotate Currency option <CTRL-R>.

The following sequence is applicable:

  1. Project currency
  2. Local currency
  3. Reporting currency 1
  4. Reporting currency 2
Note: Only the last three currencies are home currencies.
Currency

The currency.

Control Code Labor

The control code is used for the most detailed level of cost control.

Total Budget

The budgeted amount as shown in the control data.

Earned Value

The costs allowed at the end of the current period.

Actual Cost

The actual costs posted to the history for the current period.

Cumulative Variance

The amount in this field is the expected result from the budget.

Performed (This Period)

The costs that can be incurred in the current period.

Actual Costs (This Period)

The actual costs posted to the history for the current period.

CstPer Variance

Costs per expected result.

Budget Quantity

The total budgeted number of hours as shown in the control data.

Earned Value

The number of hours as allowed at the end of the current period.

Actual Quantity

The total number of hours for the cost transactions posted to the history for all periods up to the current one.

Cumulative Variance

The cumulative expected result.

Performed this Period

The number of hours which may be spent within the current period.

Actual Quantity (This Period)

The total number of hours for the cost transactions posted to the history for the current period.

CstPer Variance

The costs per expected result.

Cost Forecast

The forecast cost.

Variance at Compl.

The expected result at completion.

Forecast Quantity

The additional number of hours forecast for the end of the project as anticipated for the end of the current period.

Variance at Compl.

The expected result at completion.