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You can review costs (cost: The total scheduled cost for a task, resource, or assignment, or for an entire project. This is sometimes referred to as the current cost. In Project, baseline costs are usually referred to as "budget.") and variance (variance: The difference between baseline and scheduled task or resource information, they usually occur when you set a baseline plan and begin entering actual information into your schedule. Variances can occur in work, costs, and schedule.) per task (task: An activity that has a beginning and an end. Project plans are made up of tasks.), resource (resources: The people, equipment, and material that are used to complete tasks in a project.), or assignment (assignment: A specific resource that is assigned to a particular task.) to see when and where costs are more or less than budgeted (budget: The estimated cost of a project that you establish in Project with your baseline plan.).
 Review task cost variances
- On the View menu, click More Views.
- In the Views list, click Task Sheet, and then click Apply.
- On the View menu, point to Table, and then click Cost.
- Review available cost values in the Total Cost, Baseline, Variance, Actual, and Remaining fields (field: A location in a sheet, form, or chart that contains a specific kind of information about a task, resource, or assignment. For example, in a sheet, each column is a field. In a form, a field is a named box or a place in a column.).
Press TAB to move to the fields if they are not visible.
Review resource cost variances
- On the View menu, click Resource Sheet.
- On the View menu, point to Table, and then click Cost.
- Review available cost values in the Cost, Baseline Cost, Variance, Actual Cost, and Remaining fields (field: A location in a sheet, form, or chart that contains a specific kind of information about a task, resource, or assignment. For example, in a sheet, each column is a field. In a form, a field is a named box or a place in a column.).
Press TAB to move to the fields if they are not visible.
Notes - If you have material resources, you may want to focus on them by applying a filter. In the Filter box
 , click Resources - Material. To see all resources again, click All Resources in the Filter box. - You can also quickly categorize costs by work or material resources. In the Group By box
 , click Work vs. Material Resources. To undo grouping, click No Group in the Group By box.
Review assignment cost variances
- On the View menu, click Resource Usage or Task Usage.
- On the View menu, point to Table, and then click Cost.
- In the Cost table for the Resource Usage view, review available cost values in the Cost, Baseline Cost, Variance, Actual Cost, and Remaining fields.
In the Cost table for the Task Usage view, review available cost values in the Fixed Cost, Fixed Cost Accrual, Total Cost, Baseline, Variance, Actual, and Remaining fields (field: A location in a sheet, form, or chart that contains a specific kind of information about a task, resource, or assignment. For example, in a sheet, each column is a field. In a form, a field is a named box or a place in a column.).
Press TAB to move to the fields if they are not visible.
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