Use this screen to calculate burden for Cobra projects, copy current year history into Cobra tables, and update the current period setting in the Configure Cobra Interface Settings screen.

Cobra stores burdens such as overhead and G&A at a very low level — such as per cost account, budget element. The Compute Cobra Burden Costs process is similar in function to the Compute Burden Costs process in Costpoint which calculates burden at the project/organization/account. This process allocates burdens to the resource level for labor (GLC, Employee, Vendor, Vendor Employee, or PLC).

The Manage Project Labor History screen (LAB_HS table) and the Project Ledger (PROJ-SUM) table are used to obtain the data to perform this calculation. 

This process creates the CB_SUM (Cobra Summary) and CB_BURD_SUM (Cobra Burden Summary) tables. They are similar in structure to the PROJ_SUM (Project Summary) and PROJ_BURD_SUM (Project Burden Summary) tables created by the Compute Burden Costs process.

Burden is computed only on projects that have been identified as Cobra projects. You can identify a project as a Cobra project by selecting the Cobra Project check box on the Basic Info tab of the Manage Project User Flow.

This process copies the current year labor and non-labor amounts as well as the prior year labor and non-labor amounts into the CB_SUM and CB_BURD_SUM tables by fiscal year, period, and subperiod. Prior year data for existing Cobra projects must be manually entered on the Manage Prior Year Cobra Costs screen (PY-CB_SUM and PY_CB_BURD_SUM). You can select the Copy Prior Year History check box to instruct the Compute Cobra Burden Costs process to copy the prior year data into the Cobra tables. You need do this only the first time you compute Cobra burden costs or if the data in the Manage Prior Year Cobra Costs screen changes. 

This process also updates the Fiscal Year, Period, and Subperiod fields in the Current group box on the Configure Cobra Interface Settings screen with the fiscal year, period, and subperiod information entered on this screen. This is the method the Cobra uses to determine the current period.

You must execute the Compute Burden Costs process before you can run this process. The Compute Cobra Burden Costs process uses the non-labor direct and indirect amounts in the PROJ_SUM and PROJ_BURD_SUM table to copy data into the CB_SUM and CB_BURD_SUM tables. You must complete the Compute Cobra Burden Costs process before you attempt to extract actual costs from Costpoint.