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  • 1.  CA PPM Tuesday Tip: Calculated Attribute for Actual Cost

    Broadcom Employee
    Posted Dec 23, 2014 09:07 AM

    Hi Community!  Happy Tuesday.

     

    Are you looking for total project  $ from your financial transactions?


    In many situations it is advantageous to see the actual costs from WIP financial transactions.  This is the most accurate project cost when using Financials.  Out of the Box functionality is instance based and only shows this amount on a project’s financial pages; cost plans and hierarchy tab. 


    You can actually create a calculated attribute which will show actual costs aggregated on the project level. You can then use this on a portlet to view the amount for several projects.


    Steps to create the attribute are:

     

    1.  Open the Project Object

    2.  Click on Attributes

    3.  Click New

    4.  Give the attribute a name and ID

    5.  Choose Data Type:  Calculated

    6.  Result Data Type:  Number

     

       

     

    7.  Click Save

         Once attribute saves

    8.  Click Build Calculated Attribute link

       

     

    9.  Choose

        Function:  Sum

       

      

        Additional fields are shown

     

    10.  Argument Number:  1

          Choose Radio Button for Attribute Name (ID) and add

          Actual Cost (aggr_actual_cost)

     

    11.  Click Generate

     

       

    12.  Click Validate

    13.  Click Save and Return

     

    The attribute is now available to be placed on any 'General' Instance portlet.

     

    It is not advisable to place this attribute on the project list page as calculated fields do cause performance issues.

     

    There are similar attributes that you can explore to suit your specific business needs.

     





  • 2.  Re: CA PPM Tuesday Tip: Calculated Attribute for Actual Cost

    Posted Dec 23, 2014 09:25 AM

    Thanks for sharing this, Liz

     

    Happy holidays

     

    NJ



  • 3.  Re: CA PPM Tuesday Tip: Calculated Attribute for Actual Cost

     
    Posted Jan 07, 2015 02:42 PM

    Thanks for sharing this tip with the community Liz!

    Liz Williamson wrote:

     

    Hi Community!  Happy Tuesday.

     

    Are you looking for total project  $ from your financial transactions?


    In many situations it is advantageous to see the actual costs from WIP financial transactions.  This is the most accurate project cost when using Financials.  Out of the Box functionality is instance based and only shows this amount on a project’s financial pages; cost plans and hierarchy tab. 


    You can actually create a calculated attribute which will show actual costs aggregated on the project level. You can then use this on a portlet to view the amount for several projects.


    Steps to create the attribute are:

     

    1.  Open the Project Object

    2.  Click on Attributes

    3.  Click New

    4.  Give the attribute a name and ID

    5.  Choose Data Type:  Calculated

    6.  Result Data Type:  Number

     

       

     

    7.  Click Save

         Once attribute saves

    8.  Click Build Calculated Attribute link

       

     

    9.  Choose

        Function:  Sum

      

     

        Additional fields are shown

     

    10.  Argument Number:  1

          Choose Radio Button for Attribute Name (ID) and add

          Actual Cost (aggr_actual_cost)

     

    11.  Click Generate

     

       

    12.  Click Validate

    13.  Click Save and Return

     

    The attribute is now available to be placed on any 'General' Instance portlet.

     

    It is not advisable to place this attribute on the project list page as calculated fields do cause performance issues.

     

    There are similar attributes that you can explore to suit your specific business needs.