Resource Information: Costs

You can create resources when either the Cross Tab or Resource Bar Chart views are active.

The following table describes the fields on this screen shown below:

 

Field Description
Standard Cost Specifies the standard cost of the resource per unit of time, such as cost per day.
Date From Specifies the date when the costs change - used to forecast the resource costs over time.

As resources age, their costs can change. To cater for this, you can enter the date from which you want to vary the costs of the resource.

You can enter as many changes as you want by adding more lines.

Unit Cost Specifies the cost of the resource from this date.

Enter the value as a cost per unit of time.

Previous Click to display the Resource Information screen of the previous resource that you have defined.

This button is only active if you have more than one resource defined and you are not displaying the first resource on your list of resources.

Next Click to display the Resource Information screen of the next resource that you have defined.

This button is only active if you have more than one resource defined and you are not displaying the last resource on your list of resources.

OK Click to accept all the changes you made and close this screen.
Cancel Click to cancel all the changes you made and close the screen.
Click to display the help available for this screen.

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