Viewing costs associated with scheduled work

A maintenance planner needs to see the cost of work over a period to ensure that the department is not over budget. For example, the monthly maintenance cost for a certain location must not exceed $10,000.

Procedure

  1. In the Graphical Scheduling application, open the record that you want to view costs for.
  2. In the Start Week Day field, select the day of the week that should be considered starting day for work cost calculations. Weekly work costs will calculate from this day forward.
  3. On the Work Cost tab, enter the date that you want the cost calculation to begin on. Click Calculate Cost.
  4. In the Work Cost table on the Week, Month, or Year tab, open the time period that you want to view costs for.
    The totals are broken down into three categories.
    Committed estimated total
    The total cost of the work scheduled during the time period and committed to the database. The committed cost is saved in the work record applications.
    Saved estimated total
    The total cost of the work scheduled during the time period that was saved to the schedule. The saved cost is not saved to the work record applications.
    Actual total
    The total cost of the scheduled work incurred during the time period.
    The schedule costs do not include costs from PM records. If no work costs were accrued during a certain time period, for example, during a weekly shutdown, no calculation is calculated.
    You can also view the schedule costs graphically. The Schedule Costs tab in the Gantt view shows the schedule costs over the entire work period covered in the schedule.