Activity costs

Overview

You can use the Activity costs page to define a standard cost to run an activity. You can use the Activity costs page do the following tasks:

• Add an activity cost
  • Define a default value for all activities.
  • Define a cost value for a specific activity.
  • Define whether the cost value refers to the manual activity, the automatic activity, or both.
  • Define the date until which the specified cost must be applied to the activity (an activity standard cost might vary over time).
• Edit or delete the the defined values

Adding an activity cost

You can use the following steps to add an activity cost:

1. For the selected process, go to Manage > Activity costs.

2. On the page, click Add activity cost.

3. In the Add activity cost dialog, do the following tasks:

   a. In the Activity field, select the activity for which you want to add the cost.

   b. In the Cost field, add the value.

   c. In the Type field, select the activity type as Automatic, Manual, or Any.

   d. In the End date field, select the date to which the system must consider the defined value.

   

Editing and deleting an activity cost

You can use the following steps to edit or delete an activity cost:

1. For the selected process, go to Manage > Activity costs.

2. To delete an activity cost, do the following step: a. Hover the mouse to the activity for which you want to remove the value, and then click the delete icon.

   b. In the Are you sure you want to delete the selected value? message box, click Delete.

3. To edit an activity cost, do the following steps:

   a. Hover the mouse to the activity for which you want to edit the value, and then click the edit icon.

   b. In the Edit activity cost dialog, update the values, and then click Save.

   Note: In the Edit activity cost dialog, you can only update the Cost, Type, and End Date.