The purpose of the Project Forecast Item information source is to retrieve information from IFS/Project Budgeting and Forecasting on an item level for reporting and analysis purposes.
All the amounts can be shown in base, transaction, budget and project currency. The reporting may be done based on the Work Breakdown Structures (WBS) or on cost elements and Cost Breakdown Structures (CBS).
Zoom in: Available for all measure items.
Drill down: Available for all measure items. Drills down to Project Forecast Item Period information source.
Writeback: Allowed. See Writeback for Project Forecast Item in Report Mode for more information.
URL to: Project Forecast Info.
Online, Data Mart..
The purpose of the Project Forecast Item Period information source is to facilitate reporting and analysis capabilities from IFS/ Project Budgeting and Forecasting on a forecast item period level. The information source may be used for instance when creating reports in IFS Business Reporter.
All the amounts can be shown in base, transaction, budget and project currency.
Zoom in: Available for all measure items.
Drill down: Not allowed.
Writeback: Not allowed.
URL to: Project Forecast Info.
Online, Data Mart.
The purpose of the Project Forecast Snapshot information source is to retrieve information for creating reports and cubes, based on the project forecast snapshot functionality in IFS/Project Budgeting and Forecasting.
All the amounts can be shown in base, transaction, budget and project currency. The reporting may be done based on the Work Breakdown Structures (WBS) or on Cost Breakdown Structures (CBS).
This information source can only be used for snapshot taken with details. The amounts can be divided into different object types.
Some report examples which might be created based on project forecast snapshot:
Zoom in: Available for all measure items.
Drill down: Not allowed.
Writeback: Not allowed.
URL to: Not applicable.
Online, Data Mart.
The company reporting period is derived based on the Expected Account Date field.
The purpose of the Project Forecast Snapshot information source is to retrieve information for creating reports and cubes, based on the project forecast detailed snapshot functionality in IFS/Project Budgeting and Forecasting.
All the amounts can be shown in base, transaction, budget and project currency. The reporting may be done based on the Work Breakdown Structures (WBS) or on Cost Breakdown Structures (CBS).
This information source can be used independent of the snapshot type but the amounts cannot be divided into different object types.
Some report examples which might be created based on project forecast snapshot:
Zoom in: Available for all measure items.
Drill down: Not allowed.
Writeback: Not allowed.
URL to: Not applicable.
Online, Data Mart.
The company reporting period is derived based on the Expected Account Date field.
The Project Activity information source facilitates reporting and analysis capabilities on progress, cost, hours and revenue figures on activity level.
On Cost and Hours information about estimated, planned, baseline, planned committed, committed, used and actual values in addition to earned value and scheduled work may be retrieved.
On Revenue estimated, planned, preliminary, posted and actual values may be analyzed.
Zoom in: Available for all measure items.
Drill down: Not allowed.
Writeback: Not allowed.
URL to: Activity.
Online, Data Mart.
The Project Activity Performance Analysis information source is developed to facilitate the in-depth project performance analysis.
The measure items selected in the Fact table are a numerous indicators which are calculated on the activity level. Note some of these indicators are interdependent and calculated based on each other. Examples on indicators are ACWP, BCWP (EV), BCWS CV, SV, CPI, SPI, VAC, IEAC, IETC, calculated progress both on hours and cost.
Fields calculated by the information source:
Count Activities: The number of activities
Count Planned Activities: The number of activities in status Planned
Count Released Activities: The number of activities in status Released
Count Completed Activities: The number of activities in status Completed
Count Closed Activities: The number of activities in status Closed
Count Cancelled Activities: The number of activities in status Cancelled
Count Late Planned Activities: The number of activities in status Planned with passed Early Start Date
Count Late Released Activities: The number of activities in status Released with passed Early Finish Date
Zoom in: Available for all measure items.
Drill down: Not allowed.
Writeback: Not allowed.
URL to: Performance Analysis.
Online, Data Mart.
The purpose of the Project Connection Details information source, which is mainly based on IFS/ Project, is to make available the information about the project connected objects and the related transactions to the user to be used in a excel report for analyzing purposes.
The company reporting period is derived based on the Expected Account Date field.
Zoom in: Available for all measure items.
Drill down: Not allowed.
Writeback: Not allowed.
URL to: Project Connections.
Note! Earned Value is not reported when Activity Progress Method is not "Connected Objects", which means using this measure in reports will give incorrect Earned Value on aggregated levels. If the Progress Methods however always are "Connected Objects" it is appropriate to use this measure on all aggregated levels.
Online, Data Mart.
The Project History Details information source, is aimed at providing historical project data to be used for reporting and analysis purposes for instance in IFS Business Reporter. The historical data can be fetched according to the connection details level. See also the general description on information source Project Connection Details.
History data is created either through history logging or when a baseline is created.
Zoom in: Available for all measure items.
Drill down: Not allowed.
Writeback: Not allowed.
URL to: Project History Info.
Online, Data Mart.
Purpose of the Project Transaction information source is to retrieve information from the project reporting related transactions to enable reporting and analysis using IFS/Business Reporter.
Purpose of the Invoicing plan information source is to retrieve information from the project invoicing plan to enable reporting and analysis using IFS/Business Reporter.
General Description
Purpose of the
Job rate Management information source is to retrieve information from the Job
Cost Details related sources to enable reporting and analysis using IFS/Business
Reporter.
Reports/Analysis
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Union Reports related to payouts.
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Report related to Job Cost Calculations
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Job cost details in relation with
Project/Work Task Transactions
Access Types
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Online
2.
Data Mart
Measure Items
Total Number of hours reported.
Amount
Total calculated amount that need to be paid.
Supported Dimensions
Company
Project
Sub Project
Activity
Employee
Resource Group
Job Cost Type
Rate Agreement
Rate Agreement Category
Transaction Date
Company Reporting Period
Reporting Period
Date Created
Employee Category
Work Task
Work Order
Main Features supporting IFS Business Reporter
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Zoom In
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all measure items
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Drill Down
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