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Setting Resource Costs

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The bottom panel of the window displays the resource details.

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This section displays:

* '''Resource name''' – click to display the resource details screen.
* '''Disable button''' – click to disable the resource and suppress further timesheet submissions.
* '''Re-assign button''' – click to re-assign the resource. This technique is useful if you have used a proxy or generic resource to build the estimate, but now wish to assign the “real” resource.

You cannot re-assign a resource if timesheets have been entered and approved. You must:

* Disable the resource.
* Use the '''Add resource''' button to assign a non-budgeted resource.
* '''Effort''' – budget and actual, measured in hours.
* Direct, indirect and total costs – displayed in the [[User|user’s]] own currency. Clicking on the total costs budget or actual, will display the breakdown of the totals.
* '''Set Actual''' – used to directly set the actual cost.
* '''Timesheet View''' – used to view all the timesheets associated with this task and resource.

=Directly Updating a Task=

You will directly update this task.

1. Set the '''Start''' and '''End''' dates to the '''Estimate Start''' and '''End''' dates.

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2. Set the '''Percentage Complete''' to '''100%'''.

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3. Click the '''Update''' button.

The task is updated, but because no costs have been added the effect is minimal.

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You will now update another task, but this time the task will have started late, and takes longer than expected.

=Directly Setting Resource Costs=

You will now directly set some resource costs.

1. Click the '''Actual Costs Set''' button.

The '''Actual''' cost screen is displayed.

[[Image:Ajob84.png]]

2. Set the '''Effort''' to '''8'''.

The cost is calculated, and matches the total cost displayed at the bottom of the budget column.

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If there were any indirect costs associated with the direct costs, these would also be calculated.

3. Click the '''Update''' button.

4. Click the '''View Task''' tab.

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5. Click the '''View Project''' tab.

The project details have also been updated.

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[[Category:Project and Job Costing]][[Category:Applications]][[Category:System Management]]
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