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Before You Begin
You must have the Tempo Cost Tracker Financial Manager Access global permission.
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Click the Overview tab in the upper right, or select any project from the project list on the Cost Tracker Financial Manager home page to open this tab.
Hover over any part of the graph to see a breakdown of your project’s elements up to that date.
Depending on your project type, some tabs or fields are not displayed, such as the Expenses tab.
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A | The start and end dates of the project are determined either automatically or by a range that you set, shown at the bottom of the graph. The total timeframe is divided by 10. For very short timeframes, dates are shown in single digit increments. | |
B | The amount you have entered on the Configuration page, shown as an orange line. If you entered Budget Milestones, they appear as orange “steps”. For a time-based project, this is based on worked hours. | |
C | Total Cost | The labor cost plus expenses. For a time-based project, this is based on worked hours. |
D | Budget Remaining | The budget minus total cost. For a time-based project, this is based on worked hours. |
E | Revenue | This only appears if Revenue tracking is enabled. See Tracking a project's revenue for more. For a time-based project, this is based on worked hours. |
F | Labor | The number of hours logged by team members at the rate you’ve defined shown in dark blue. |
G | The fixed expenses for the project shown in light blue. | |
H | Profit | This only appears if Revenue tracking is enabled. See Tracking a project's revenue for more. |
I | Progress side panel | This displays an overview of the project's KPIs. |
J | Accounts | Compares expenses based on CAPEX and OPEX categorized accounts. For a time-based project, these are based on worked hours. |
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Tracking a Project's Revenue and Profitability
If Revenue Tracking is on, you’ll see the revenue generated for your project as a purple line on the graph. Revenue is calculated by multiplying the number of hours logged to a project (the hours that are considered billable) by a Billing Rate - see Tracking a Project's Revenue for more information.
You can compare the Total Cost to Revenue to see the profitability of your project. Profitability calculations are displayed above the Progress panel:
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The Schedule shows you how you're tracking towards your project deadline and how many working days remain until your project deadline. The working days are based on the holiday and workload schemes defined by Tempo's default holiday and workload schemes. This date is retrieved from the timeframe set for the project in the Configuration page. If no timeframe is defined, then a Schedule progress bar will not be displayed. To learn more about how calculated timeframes work, see Setting the Project's Timeframe.
To set the schedule for a new project, select Configure and select the start and end dates from the date picker. You can go back to the Configuration page to Revert back to a calculated timeframe but you will no longer be able to view anything in the Schedule section.
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Scope
The Scope shows you the number of completed tasks and how many are left to be completed in your project. If you want to view the tasks, select "XX remaining" to be redirected to your project's scope page. A completed task is one with a resolution (e.g., Done, Closed). To learn more about resolutions, go here.
To set the scope for a new project, select Set Scope and select the Jira filter, structure, Jira projects, or Jira epics you want to use for the project. This will import the tasks and time records associated to with the Jira filterscope.
Cost
The Cost shows you the actual cost, total budget and how much of your budget remains for your project. The actual cost is the sum of the labor costs (based on time records) and expenses.
To set a budget for a new project, select Configure and enter the budget in the Configuration page.
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By default, the Progress side panel will always appear on the right side of the Cost Tracker Financial Manager project overview screen. If you want to hide the Progress side panel, you can collapse it and Cost Tracker Financial Manager will remember your preference for that specific project on that browser. You can reopen it at any time using the side arrow. |