Cost field is not accurate for a detailed task

[Adrian]

A colleague has provided me with a schedule that is demonstrating some weird
behaviour in the cost field.
There are a number of tasks where the cost field is not correct. For example
there is a task with a single resource assigned that is zero percent
complete. the resource rate is £71/hr and the work for the task is 5 hours
yet the cost field shows £644.80 and not the £355.00 that would be expected.
When I do a slit view and show the resource costs in the bottom window it
puts £355 against the single resource.
If anyone can provide an explanation for this I would really appreciate it?
Cheers,

 

[Jan De Messemaeker]

Hi Adrian,

Doesn't the task have a fixed cost?

 

[JulieS]

Hi Adrian,

Pardon me for jumping in.

As Jan said there appears to be a Fixed Cost of £289.80 applied to the
task. A Fixed Cost is one that does not vary as labor resources do and
is usually added by entering data in the Fixed Cost field.

In the Gantt chart view, add the Fixed Cost field to the table. (Insert

Column and select the field Fixed Cost from the list.)

I hope this helps. Let us know how you get along.

Julie
Project MVP

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[JulieS]

You're welcome Adrian and thanks for the feedback.

Julie
Project MVP

 

[Mike Glen]

Hi Adrian,

Welcome to this Microsoft Project newsgroup

Are there any fixed costs applied to the task? Try View/Table(Entry)/Cost.
Or you could try exposing Cost data in the Usage views
(Format/Details.../Cost).

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Hope this helps - please let us know how you get on

Mike Glen
MS Project MVP
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[Mike Glen]

oooops! you all beat me to it!

Have a healthy, prosperous and happy new year

Mike Glen
Project MVP