Fixed Costs

[Kilen]

In Project Web Access the Fixed Costs on the projects are not showing up in a
Project Centre custom view that I have created. When I click on the project
and look at the Task Costs view it shows the Fixed Costs but doesn't roll the
amount up to the top as a total. Is there a reason for this?

Thx!

 

[Dale Howard [MVP]]

Kilen --

By default, Fixed Costs do not roll up to any summary task, including the
Project Summary Task. This is because the Fixed Cost field is unlocked for
editing on every task, every summary task, and even the Project Summary
Task. Microsoft's assumption behind this is that you may need to enter a
Fixed Cost on a summary task, such as an entire Phase, or even on the
project as a whole on the Project Summary Task. Even though this probably
isn't what you want to hear, that's the way the software works. Hope this
helps.

 

[Kilen]

Thanks, Dale - I will ask the PMs to manually roll up the costs so that they
show up on the view we need to see them on.

Kilen

 

[Dale Howard [MVP]]

Kilen --

Be aware that if your PM's add the total Fixed Costs to the Project Summary
Task, then they should remove the Fixed Costs from the specific tasks.
Otherwise, they will double the amount of Fixed Costs added to the total
Cost for the project. Hope this helps.