Find costs that are over budget - Project

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Find costs that are over budget

Applies to: Microsoft Office Project 2003

By applying a Cost Overbudget filter (filter: Specifies which task or resource information should be displayed or highlighted in a view. For example, when you apply the Critical filter, only critical tasks are displayed.), you can quickly focus on 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.") overruns for tasks (task: An activity that has a beginning and an end. Project plans are made up of tasks.) or assignments (assignment: A specific resource that is assigned to a particular task.).

Show View task cost overruns

On the View menu, click Task Usage, point to Table, and then click Cost.
In the Filter box, click Cost Overbudget.
If you want to see specific cost overruns, click Cost Greater Than in the Filter box, and then specify a cost value in the Show tasks/assignments whose cost is greater than box.
To see all tasks, click All Tasks in the Filter box.

Show View resource cost overruns

On the View menu, click Resource Usage, point to Table, and then click Cost.
In the Filter box, click Cost Overbudget.
If you want to see specific cost overruns, click Cost Greater Than in the Filter box, and then specify a cost value in the Show resources/assignments whose cost is greater than box.
To see all resources, click All Resources in the Filter box.

Show View a report of tasks or resources that are over budget

On the View menu, click Reports.
Click Costs, and then click Select.
To display task overruns, click Overbudget Tasks, and then click Select. To display resource overruns, click Overbudget Resources, and then click Select.

Note Before you can check for costs that over budget, you need to save a baseline for your project plan. Learn how to save a baseline plan.