| Solution ID: prim37186 |
| Global Change to assign a calculated Percent Complete |
| Status: Reviewed |
| Version(s): 4.0, 4.1, 5.0 |
| Problem: | Global Change to assign a calculated Percent Complete |
| Problem: | How to use a User defined field as a variable to hold data for a Global Change? |
| Fix: | The following Global Change is an example of creating a calculated Percent Complete. In this case we want it to be Actual Cost (AC) / Budgeted Cost (BC). It uses an Activity Level User Defined field as a variable to hold AC/BC because it then needs to be multiplied by 100. To create the Activity Level User Defined field, do the following: 1. Go to Enterprise, User Defined Fields. 2. Make sure the subject area is Activities. Select Add and give the new User defined field a name. In this example, we called it “New Percent”. 3. Set the Data Type for it to “Number”.
To set the calculated Percent Complete using Global Change, do the following: 1. Go to Tools, Global Change. 2. Select New. 3. Enter a name for the Global Change and make sure the Subject Area is Activities. 4. If a filter is required, enter that in the If section. In the THEN section enter the following: <User defined field created above> = Actual Labor Cost (Can also use Total/Nonlabor/Material) / Budgeted Labor Cost
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