Project Summary (Inquiry)
Additional Information
The Project Summary Inquiry allows you to review the status and performance of projects. This includes a comparison of the hours, cost, effort, variance, and revenue to the budget and an evaluation of the receivables information.
The inquiry uses the project's task hierarchy to display information with the option to drill down to the task summary. From the Task Summary level, you can also access the Organization Task Summary or Task Detail related items for a selected task.
Restrictions
The inquiry includes the following default restrictions:
| Req'd | Restriction | Description |
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| From Posting Period |
Enter or select a posting period. This is the first date in the date range to include open items. |
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To Posting Period | Enter or select a posting period. This is the last date in the date range to include open items. |
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Currency Type | Enter or select the type of currency to display on the inquiry. This field defaults to Project Currency, but available options include Base Currency, Company Currency, and Project Currency. |
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Period Type | Select a period type. This field defaults to Range, but available options include To Date, Month To Date, and Year To Date. The To Date options only look at the To Posting Period date. |
| Project Status | Select a status. This limits the inquiry results to projects with the selected status. |
For a list of the optional restrictions, see
Project Summary Inquiry Optional Restrictions.
Results
The inquiry results include the following two levels of information as shown below.
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Project Summary: The first level of the inquiry provides project task hierarchy information, which includes Project Name, Variance Level, Hours, Effort, Revenue, Variance, TD Budget Effort, Revenue % Complete, Net Labor Multiplier, Work In Progress, Billings, and Receivable Balance. The Work In Progress, Billings and Receivable Balance only pertain to the project and not the tasks.
Project Summary Optional Columns.
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Task Summary: The second level of the inquiry provides task summary information, which includes Task Name, Variance Level, Hours, Effort, Revenue, Variance, TD Budget Effort, Revenue % Complete, and Net Labor Multiplier for the Project Task Hierarchy item selected. With a task summary row selected, use the related items functionality to view the Organization Task Summary (Inquiry) or Task Detail (Inquiry) related item; for more information, see Related Items.
Task Summary Optional Columns.Note: The following columns have To Date values: Budget Effort, Expense Budget Effort, Labor Budget Effort, Unbilled Cost, Unbilled Effort, Unbilled Expense Cost, Unbilled Expense Effort, Unbilled Labor Cost, Unbilled Labor Effort and Unbilled Labor Hours.