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View cost totals

Applies to: Microsoft Office Project 2003

You can view the cost (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.") per task (task: An activity that has a beginning and an end. Project plans are made up of tasks.), per resource (resources: The people, equipment, and material that are used to complete tasks in a project.), per assignment (assignment: A specific resource that is assigned to a particular task.), or per project.

Show View costs per task

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 the Total Cost field (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.).

Show View costs per resource

On the View menu, click Resource Sheet.
On the View menu, point to Table, and then click Cost.
To display summarized resource cost totals, click Work vs. Material Resources in the Group By box.
Review the Cost field (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.).

Note If you have used outline codes (outline codes: Custom tags you define for tasks or resources that allow you to show a hierarchy of the tasks in your project that is different from WBS codes or outline numbers. You can create up to 10 sets of custom outline codes in your project.) in Microsoft Office Project 2003 to create a cost code, you may prefer to group by cost code to see summarized resource cost totals.

Show View project costs

On the View menu, click More Views.
In the Views list, click Task Sheet, and then click Apply.
On the Tools menu, click Options, and then click the View tab.
Under Outline options for, select the Show Project summary task check box, and then click OK.
On the View menu, point to Table, and then click Cost.

Note You can also review total project costs quickly in one place. On the Project menu, click Project Information, and then click Statistics.