Recalculate costs of all resource plans in a project

Recalculate the resource costs of all resource plans in a project whenever the hourly rates change in the associated rate model so that the plan costs are up to date.

Before you begin

Ensure the following setup:

• The project must be active.
• The project must have an active rate model assigned.
• The resource plans must be in the Planned, Requested, Confirmed, or Allocated state.

Role required: project_manager

About this task

This option recalculates the costs of all resource plans of the project at once. You can also open a resource plan from the Resource Plans related list to recalculate the resource costs of an individual resource plan.

Procedure

1. Navigate to Project > Projects > All.
2. Open a project.
3. On the Project form, right-click on the header bar and select the Recalculate Resource Costs option.
4. In the Recalculate Resource Cost dialog box, fill in the fields.

   Table 1. Recalculate Resource Costs dialog box

   Field	Description
   Start date	Start date of the time period for which the costs are recalculated. By default, the field shows the current date.
   End date	End date of the time period for which the costs are recalculated. By default, the field shows the end date of the project.
   Planned costs for Requested Resource plans	Option for recalculating the planned cost of Requested resource plans.
   Confirmed/Allocated costs for Confirmed/Allocated resource plans	Option for recalculating the confirmed or allocated cost of Requested resource plans.
   Planned costs for Confirmed/Allocated resource plans	Option for including the planned cost of a Confirmed or Allocated plan. The option is enabled if the Confirmed/Allocated costs for Confirmed/Allocated resource plans option is selected. By default, the option is not selected.

5. Click OK.

Result

• Recalculates the selected resource costs of all the applicable resource plans in the project based on the latest hourly rates. The hourly rates are derived from the rate model associated with the project.
• Updates the recalculated resource costs on the respective cost fields on the resource plan form and the Resource Plans related list.
• Reflects the revised values on the respective cost fields of the project.