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Cost Information

Putting cost information into the right hands can help ensure project approval and keep costs to a minimum. Print cost information for team members who need to approve or keep track of project costs, such as your manager or members of the accounting department.

To print Use
Summary of resource costs Resource Sheet view, with Cost table and All Resources filter
Cost information broken down by task and resource over time Resource Usage view, with Cost table and Cost details displayed in the timescale
List of planned and actual resource costs Resource Sheet view, with Cost table
Cost of each task per specified time period, total cost of all tasks per time period, and total cost of each task Cash Flow report (in Cost reports)
List of resources whose costs will exceed baseline cost Overbudget Resources report (in Cost reports)
Graph of the cumulative cost per resource over the life of the project Resource Graph view, with Cumulative Cost
List of the cumulative cost per task Task Usage view, with Cumulative Cost details displayed in the timescale
List of tasks showing whether you’re ahead of or behind schedule as compared with the actual costs incurred Earned Value report (in Cost reports)
List of tasks showing the budgeted cost of each task and variance between budgeted costs and current costs Budget report (in Cost reports)
List of tasks whose costs will exceed the baseline cost Overbudget Tasks report (in Cost reports)

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