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Contents of the Compute Cobra Burden Costs Screen

Use the fields and options to configure the Compute Cobra Burden Costs screen.

Identification

Use the fields in this block to create a new parameter ID or to retrieve a previously saved parameter ID. A parameter ID represents a set of screen selection parameters. After you have saved a parameter ID and its related parameters, you can retrieve them using Query.

You can use the retrieved parameters to produce reports and run processes more efficiently and with greater consistency. The saved parameters are also useful and necessary when you want to run the process as part of a batch job. Many users save a unique set of parameters for each different way they run a report or process. When you select a previously saved parameter ID or parameter description, the associated saved screen selection parameters automatically display as selection defaults. The page setup and print options, if there are any, are also included in the saved parameter ID. You can change any of the associated selection defaults as necessary.

Field Description
Parameter ID

Enter, or click to select, a parameter ID of up to 15 alphanumeric characters. Choose characters for your parameter ID that help identify the type of selections you made on the screen, such as PERIOD or QUARTERLY.

When you save your record, all the selections made on the screen are stored with the parameter ID. Later, you can retrieve the parameter using Query.

You can use the parameter to run the process more efficiently because you can select the parameter ID with its previously defined screen selections. After the default selections display on the screen, you can override the defaults.

Description

Enter, or click to select, a parameter description of up to 30 alphanumeric characters.

Selection Ranges

Projects

Use the fields in this group box to select the range of projects for which you want to compute Cobra burden cost.

Field Description
Option

Use this drop-down list to select the range of projects for which you want to compute Cobra burden. The available options are:

  • All: Use this option to select all Cobra projects.
  • One: Use this option to compute burden for one project.
  • Range: Use this option to compute burden for a specific range of projects.
  • From Beginning: Use this option to select a contiguous range of projects from the beginning of the range through a specific project in the range.
  • To End: Use this option to select a contiguous range of projects from a specific project in the range to the end of the range of projects.

Only projects that have been identified as Cobra projects can be included in this process. An error message displays if the range that is entered contains a project that is not a Cobra project. Select the Cobra Project check box on the Basic Info tab of the Manage Project User Flow to identify the project as a Cobra project.

Start

Use this field to enter a project if you have selected the One, Range, or To End options in the Option field. This field is unavailable if you have selected the All or From Beginning option in the Option field.

End

Use this field to enter a project if you have selected the Range, or From Beginning options in the Option field. This field is unavailable if you have selected the All or To End options in the Option field.

Accounting Period

Use this group box to enter the fiscal year, period, and subperiod through which you want to compute burden cost. You must execute the Compute Cobra Burden Costs process for each subperiod. This differs from the Compute Burden Costs process in which you can compute burden for all the subperiods within a given period.

Field Description
Option

This field always displays One.

Fiscal Year

Enter, or click to select, a fiscal year for which you want to compute burden.

Period

Enter, or click to select, a period for which you want to compute burden.

Subperiod

Enter, or click to select, a subperiod for which you want to compute burden.

Ending Date

This field displays the subperiod ending date.

Options

Field Description
Copy Prior Year History

Select this check box to copy data from the Manage Prior Year Cobra Costs screen into the CB_SUM and CB_BURD_SUM tables. These tables are used to store inception-to-date labor, non-labor, and burden cost at the resource level. You must select this check box only the first time you compute burden for a Cobra project, when the prior year costs have changed, or when you are computing Cobra burden cost at the beginning of a new fiscal year.