Definition of Total Cost

[Peter Wells]

Actually I'm looking for a variable that is the labor/resource costs but
can't find one so am thinking about using "total cost" aka "cost" minus
"fixed costs". Does anyone have the definition of "total cost" so I can see
if my plan should work?

Thank you,

Peter

 

[JulieS]

Hi Peter,

The "Total Cost" field in the Cost table applied to the task sheet is
actually the project [Cost] field. If you hover your mouse over the "Total
Cost" column in the table, you'll see it says "Total Cost (Cost)". The
[Cost] field in project includes the fixed cost + resource cost (work and
material).

So your idea of calculating resource costs with a custom field and the
formula [Cost]-[Fixed Cost] should work just grand.

Hope this helps. Let us know how you get along.

Julie