
The system does not automatically decrease the forecasted estimates. Maintain, decrease, or increase the estimates for the next period. If you adjust the forecast, follow this general process:Ĭopy forecast transactions into another forecast model.Ĭompare forecast transactions with actual transactions. If necessary, you can adjust the budget model when the project is in progress to get a more accurate view of the project. This method uses a total budget model with forecasted transactions. When you choose the Total budget - actual model, actual costs are compared against the forecast model that you select to determine the cost. When a value is typed in one of the totals columns, the system compares this value against the actual transactions posted in that period, and decreases the value in the Quantity to complete or Cost to complete column.

This approach does not require a forecast model, and the total cost or total quantity can be manually edited. Instead, it is usually based on a comparison against the total amount of estimated hours.

Typically, tracking the progress of costs is not based, for example, on how many hotel stays and meals are recorded in each period. After the Total cost or Total quantity column in the Cost estimate form is completed, the actual costs are subtracted from the user-entered totals to arrive at the cost to complete the project. When you choose the Total cost - actual method, estimated costs must be entered manually. You select a method in the Cost to complete method field in the Create estimate form. You can choose from six methods to calculate the cost to complete a project. In the Cost estimate form, you can change the method that is applied to a line while it has a status of Created. The method that you choose is applied individually to each cost line in the cost estimate. When you create an estimate, you can define how the cost to complete the project is calculated.

For the latest release plans, see Dynamics 365 and Microsoft Power Platform release plans.Īpplies To: Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 R3, Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 R2, Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 Feature Pack, Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 For the latest documentation, see Microsoft Dynamics 365 product documentation. This content is archived and is not being updated.
