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Update Totals Process

Use the Update Totals API process to update and save the total values for Budget, Earned, Actuals, and Forecast.

Process Settings

Below are the settings you must define for the Update Totals API process.

Setting

Description

Sample Value

ProcessID

This setting informs Cobra to run the Update Totals process.

UpdateTotals

Project

This setting refers to the project where you want to run the Update Totals process.

The project name is case-sensitive. This setting is required.

Demo Advanced

Total

This setting contains a comma-delimited list and is used to restrict the Total process to summarize the following:

  • S: Budget
  • P: Earned
  • A: Actuals
  • E: Forecast

This setting is optional. By default, this setting is set to S,P,A,E.

If Eis included in the setting (Total=S,P,A,E), EAC is not retained and Forecast is included in calculating the total values. This is the same as clicking Yes in the following confirmation prompt when you run the Update Totals Wizard: "Do you want to include EAC values in the process of calculating the total, possibly changing the existing Control Account/Work Package EAC values?"

If Eis not included in the setting (Total=S,P,A,E), EAC is retained and Forecast is not included in calculating the total values. This is the same as clicking No in the following confirmation prompt when you run the Update Totals Wizard: "Do you want to include EAC values in the process of calculating the total, possibly changing the existing Control Account/Work Package EAC values?"

S, P, A, and/or E

Sample Script

Below is a sample script file for the Update Totals API process.

[Process009]
ProcessID=UpdateTotals
Project=Demo Advanced
Total=S,A

How to...

Update Totals

Run the API Script

Create Windows Shortcut for the API Script


Learn more about...

API Script

Project Template Creation

Update Totals Utility


Parent Topic:

Process Sections of the API Script