Project> Reports> Category> Category - Actual vs. Budget> Category - Consumption

Use this report to analyze consumption for a project by comparing actual values and budgeted values.

The following table shows the relationship between the values in the report columns and the posting setup.

Column	Posting type
Hour - Qty	Cost WIP - Cost value
Hour	Cost WIP - Cost value
Expense	Cost WIP - Cost value
Item	Cost Cost - Item WIP - Cost value - Item
Total consumption (Hour) + (Expense) + (Item)	Cost Cost - Item WIP - Cost value WIP - Cost value - Item

Navigating the report

The following links and table provide descriptions for the controls in this report.

Field

Description

Include project types

Select whether to include each project type in the report.

Include transaction types

Select whether to include each transaction type in the report.

Project date

From date/ Break date/ To date

Specify a start date and end date to include in the report category earnings that are posted in Project.

Note
See the note at the bottom of this table for Break date.

Ledger date

From date/ Break date/ To date

Specify a start date and end date to include in the report category earnings that are posted to the ledger.

Note
See the note at the bottom of this table for Break date.

Actual vs. Budget

Select Deviationto display in the report the difference between actual values and budgeted values.
Select Sumto display in the report the actual values plus budgeted values.

Forecast model

Select the forecast model that you want the report to use.

Skip zero

Select whether to exclude all rows in the report where the amounts are equal to zero.

Show amount

Select how you want decimals to appear in the report.

Show hour

Select whether to display the amount of hours, the quantity of hours, or both in the report.

Note
When you select Sumin the Actual vs. Budgetfield, the Break datethat you enter will determine where the calculation of actual values ends and the calculation of budgeted values begins.